Wednesday, April 2, 2025


Faculty, students, and alumni from the UI College of Pharmacy came together at the APhA 2025 Annual Meeting and Exposition last month to reconnect and celebrate achievements. Congratulations to all who delivered presentations, showcased posters, or received awards! A special shoutout to Randy McDonough, the newly installed President and the sixth UI alumnus to hold this esteemed position. 

Awards and Honors

APhA Photo
Dean Kolesar, APhA past-presidents Matt Osterhaus, Nancy Alvarez, and Jenelle Sobotka, APhA president Randy McDonough, and IPA CEO Kate Gainer
  • Randy McDonough, ’87 BSPh, ’97 MS, ’00 PharmD
    APhA's 170th president
     
  • Assistant Professor Tze Ning Hiew
    APhA-APRS Ebert Prize 
     
  • Clinical Associate Professor Stevie Veach
    APhA Community Pharmacy Residency Excellence In Precepting Award
     
  • Olayinka Shiyanbola (’09 PhD) and Elizabeth Unni (’08 PhD)
    2025 APhA-APRS Fellow
     
  • UI College of Pharmacy APhA-ASP Chapter
    Runner Up (Division AA), 2025 Back the PAC Fundraising Campaign
     
Chapter Award - Shayla Loffler '27, and UI APhA-ASP 2025 Policy Vice President, Emma Prostine '28 - Copy
Korey Kennelty Panelists and moderator at APhA
Tze Ning Hiew Ebert Prize Winner 1
Veach and past residents_colleagues
McDonough Jenelle Sobotka Carol McDonough

Posters and Presentations

Poster #TitleNameActivity
1363/1364Are Chain Pharmacy Work System Characteristics Associated with Work and Work-Life Outcomes?: A National StudyBri Bakken ('15 PharmD) and Bill Doucette (faculty)Poster
1251Association of Medication Complexity with Patient Medication ExperienceBill Doucette (faculty), Sarah Hou (P4), Emily Weyenberg (P4), Marianne Said (P4), and Randy McDonough ('87 BSPh, ’97 MS, ’00 PharmD)Poster
1003Blood Pressure in Young Adults in IowaEsra'a Khader (graduate student)Poster
1187Evaluation of Community Pharmacy Outreach Events to Screen for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)Stevie Veach (faculty), Matt Witry (faculty), Robert Nichols ('17 PharmD, '18 R), and Destanie Truman ('24 PharmD, PGY1 resident)Poster
NAExploring Pragmatic Clinical Trials Straight from the ResearchersKorey Kennelty (faculty)Speaker
1230Implementing Long-Acting Injectable (LAI) Medications in a Comprehensive Strategy for Opioid AbstinenceMatt Witry (faculty), Stevie Veach (faculty), Amanda Powers ('02 PharmD), Rachel Otting ('13 PharmD), and Opeyemi Omotoyinbo (PGY1 Resident)Poster
1140Implementation and Evaluation of a Naltrexone Extended-Release Injectable Administration Service in an Independent PharmacyEmilie Heggen ('24 PharmD, PGY1 resident)Poster
NAPatterns of Infections with Induction Therapy Among Pediatric Kidney Transplant PatientsWesam Ismail (PhD candidate)Speaker
1309Pilot Service of Community Pharmacist Management of Continuous Glucose Monitors I Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Not on Insulin TherapyMatt Witry (faculty), Stevie Veach (faculty), Tammy Bullock ('98 PharmD, '99 R), Jessie Schaefer ('18 R), Fabiola Gallardo Penchi ('24 PharmD, PGY1 resident)Poster
1311Practical Naloxone Communication Tips for Pharmacists:  Lessons Learned from The Linguistic Model of Patient Participation in CareKorey Kennelty (faculty)Poster