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2025
Hong KU, Hein DW. Metabolic effects of heterocyclic amines on insulin‑induced AKT phosphorylation and gluconeogenic gene expression are modified by N-acetyltransferase 2 genetic polymorphism. Pharmacogenet Genomics. 2025 Jan 29.
*Gelzinis JA, Howard KC, Taylor KA, Khan S, *Wurl SE, Szahaj MK, Sage T, Chandrika NT, Hou C, Tsodikov O, Gibbins JM, Garneau-Tsodikova S, Kennedy DR. Development of zafirlukast analogues for improved anti-thrombotic activity through thiol isomerase inhibition. Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology
Kennedy, J. (2025). An observational study on the impact of an elective course in enhancing multiple dimensions of pharmacy student wellness. Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning, Vol 17 (4): 102305
Mizuno, CS.; Alves dos Santos, R; Nascimento Silveira, N. The Biological Activities of Ent-Polyalthic Acid. Chem Biodivers. 2025 Jan 31:e202402894. DOI:
Walls KM, Joh JY, Martinez MM, Dave, A.; Park, E.-J.; Piya, S.; Pezzuto, J.M. Long-Term Dietary Consumption of Grapes Alters Phenotypic Expression in Skeletal Muscle of Aged Male and Female Mice. Foods 2025, 14, 695. .
2024
Liu Y, Hou J, Zhao Y, Zhou J, Bai S, Ding Y (2024) Comprehensive pan-cancer analysis of the C2ORF40 expression: Infiltration associations and prognostic implications. FASEB J. 38: e23761. doi: 10.1096/fj.202302386RR
Ekong J, Purkayastha A, Ekong G. Work in Progress: Impact of Collaborative Learning Strategies on Anxiety Reduction in Introductory Programming Courses. Conference paper for the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) annual conference and exposition, Portland, Oregon, June 2024.
Ola A. Ghoneim, Jyothi Dhuguru, Heba Eassa, Lydia Tran, Victoria Gancarczyk, Dillon H. Keefe, Raed Shalaby, Ashraf Khalil. Hybrid Approach to Mitigate Repetitive Behaviors in Autism Spectrum Disorder: N-arylpiperazines as Key Motifs towards Developing Bi-functional Serotonergic Ligands. Molecules (MDPI Open Access Journal, under review.)
Human CKAP2L shows a cell cycle-dependent expression pattern and exhibits microtubule-stabilizing properties. Kwon H, Joh J, Hong KU. FEBS Open Bio. Accepted on May 29, 2024. (In press).
Heterocyclic amines disrupt lipid homeostasis in cryopreserved human hepatocytes. Walls KM, Joh JY, Hong KU, Hein DW. Cardiovasc Toxicol. 2024 Jun 8. doi: 10.1007/s12012-024-09874-1. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38851663
The unfolded protein response and its implications for novel therapeutic strategies in inflammatory bowel disease. Verjan Garcia N, Hong KU, Matoba N. Biomedicines. 2023 Jul 23;11(7):2066. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines11072066.PMID: 37509705
Induction of glucose production by heterocyclic amines is dependent on N-acetyltransferase 2 genetic polymorphism in cryopreserved human hepatocytes. Walls KM, Hong KU, Hein DW. Toxicol Lett. 2023 Jul 1; 383:192-195. doi: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2023.07.002. Epub 2023 Jul 7. PMID: 37423373
N-acetyltransferase 2 haplotype modifies risks for both dyslipidemia and urinary bladder cancer. Hong KU, Hein DW. Pharmacogenet Genomics. 2023 Aug 1;33(6):136-137. doi: 10.1097/FPC.0000000000000500. Epub 2023 May 29. PMID: 37306342
Castleman, B. V., Jarvinen, L.Z., and Jarvinen, M.K. (2024). Neurodiversity in the minds of students: From perception to campus programming. Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education. In Press.
Medina M, Farland MZ, Conry J, Culhane N, Kennedy DR, Lockman K, Malcom DR, Mirzaian E, Vyas D, Steinkopf M and Ragucci K. Finalizing the Work Related to the Curriculum Outcomes and Example Objectives and Entrustable Professional Activities (COEPA) Document: The Report of the 2022-2023 Academic Affairs Standing Committee. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education 2023, In Press
Medina M, Farland MZ, Conry J, Culhane N, Kennedy DR, Lockman K, Malcom DR, Mirzaian E, Vyas D, Steinkopf M and Ragucci K. The AACP Academic Affairs Committee’s Final 2022 Curricular Outcomes and Enstrustable Professional Activities (COEPA) for Pharmacy Graduates to replace 2013 CAPE and 2016 EPAs. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education 2023, In Press
Medina M, Farland MZ, Conry J, Culhane N, Kennedy DR, Lockman K, Malcom DR, Mirzaian E, Vyas D, Steinkopf M and Ragucci K. The AACP Academic Affairs Committee’s Guidance for Use of the Curricular Outcomes and Entrustable Professional Activities (COEPA) for Pharmacy Graduates. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education 2023, In Press
Medina M, Stolte S, Conry J, Culhane N, Farland MZ, Kennedy DR, Lockman K, Malcom DR, Mirzaian E, Vyas D, Steinkopf M, and Ragucci K. Revising the Center for the Advancement of Pharmacy Education (CAPE) Educational Outcomes and Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs): The Report of the 2021-2022 Academic Affairs Standing Committee. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education 2023, 87 (1) Article 9453
Implementing a longitudinal poster project to engage pharmacy students beyond the classroom in a foundational sciences course. Kaitlin J. Armstrong, Maria Hysolli, Shannon R.M. Kinney. Pharmacy Education. (2024). 24(1)79-90.
Vonhoff F, Koʻomoa-Lange DL, Davis JS, Termini CM, Martinez-Montemayor MM, Maximizing Access to Cell Biology for PEERS: Retracting the term minority in favor of a more inclusive lexicon, Molecular Biology of the Cell, 11 Jul 2024, Vol 35, No. 8.
Ouellette E, Calvao PO, Koʻomoa-Lange DL, Whitman-Jemison AC, Ostroff ML, Impact of Mental Health Education in the Golden Bear Summer Camp, Submitted to American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, in press.
Koʻomoa DL, Espinoza-Fuenzalida I, Sunada N, Shackleford M, Sun D, Lange I, Novel Compounds Target Aberrant Calcium Signaling for the Treatment of Relapsed High-Risk Neuroblastoma, Submitted to International Journal of Oncology, in press.
Kelley A, Koʻomoa-Lange DL, Whitman A, Ostroff M, Making a Difference: The Impact of Community Service on Pharmacy Students, Submitted to the Journal of American Pharmacists Association, in press.
Argentin, M. N.; Cruz, Nogueira, F. D.; Souza, A. B.; D'Aurea, E. M. O.; Bastos, J. K.; Ambrosio, S. R.; Veneziani, R. C. S.; Camargo, I. L. B. C.; Mizuno, C. S. Synthesis and Antibacterial Activity of Polyalthic Acid Analogs. Antibiotics, (2023), 12, 1202
Shcherbakova N, Desselle S, Bandiera C, Canedo J, Law AV, Aslani P. Drivers of citations in social pharmacy and practice research articles. Res Social Adm Pharm. 2024;20:590-6. 10.1016/j.sapharm.2024.03.004
Qasba NT, Wallace KF, Yu V, Capoccia KL, Goff SL, Shcherbakova N. Online survey of consumer awareness and perceptions of a Massachusetts law for 12-month supply of contraception. Contraception. 2023;128:110138. 10.1016/j.contraception.2023.110138
Shcherbakova N, Pesaturo KA, Pezzuto JM. High Total Failures of the North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination (NAPLEX) Warrant Monitoring of Professional Pharmacy Programs. Am J Pharm Educ. 2024;88:100723. 10.1016/j.ajpe.2024.100723
2023
Kavookjian, J., LaManna, J. B., Davidson, P., Davis, J. W., Fahim, S. M., McDaniel, C. C., Ekong, G., Todd, A., Yehl, K., & Cox, C. (2022). Impact of Diabetes Self-Management Education/Support on Self-Reported Quality of Life in Youth with Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetes. The science of diabetes self-management and care, 48(5), 406–436.
Ekong, G., Unni, E., Edwards, A., & Echeverri, M. (2023). Pharmacy faculty perspectives on Cultural Competence education in pharmacy schools. Pharmacy Education, 23(1), p. 296–306.
Gilzad Kohan, Hamed et al., The efficacy and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines around the world: a mini-review and meta-analysis. Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob 22, 42 (2023).
Gelzinis JA, Szahaj MK, Bekendam RH, Wurl SE, Pantos MM, Verbetsky CA, Dufresne A, Shea M, Howard KC, Tsodikov O, Garneau-Tsodikova S, Zwicker JI, Kennedy DR. Targeting thiol isomerase activity with zafirlukast to treat ovarian cancer from the bench to clinic. FASEB Journal – 37(5) e22914
Medina M, Stolte S, Conry J, Culhane N, Farland MZ, Kennedy DR, Lockman K, Malcom DR, Mirzaian E, Vyas D, Steinkopf M, and Ragucci K. Revising the Center for the Advancement of Pharmacy Education (CAPE) Educational Outcomes and Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs): The Report of the 2021-2022 Academic Affairs Standing Committee. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education 2023, 87 (1) Article 9453
Prescott WA, Kennedy DR, and DeLuca JI. Remote Work in Pharmacy Academia and Implications for the New-Normal. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education – 2022, 86 (10), Article 8950
Kennedy DR, and Porter AL. The Illusion of Urgency. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education 2022 86 (7) Article 8914
Kinney S, Janzen KM, Shields KM, Tetenbaum-Novatt J, Mandal M, Owens RE, Seeger CM, Smith S, Tran E, Wagner JL, Zitko K, Kinney J, and Eiland LS, Mentorship Landscape and Common Practices in an Academic Pharmacy Association, American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, (2022) doi:
Synthesis and Antibacterial Activity of Polyalthic Acid Analogs. Marcela Nunes Argentin, Felipe de Paula Nogueira Cruz, Ariana B. Souza, Elisa Marcela de Oliveira D’Aurea , Jairo Kenupp Bastos, Sérgio R. Ambrósio, Rodrigo Cassio Sola Veneziani, Ilana Lopes Baratella Cunha Camargo, Cassia Suemi Mizuno. Submitted on June 7th to Antibiotics Journal.
Shcherbakova N, Pezzuto J. Monitoring Schools and Colleges of Pharmacy based on NAPLEX pass rate. MedRxiv. 2023.05.02.23289407;
Fernandez-Llimos F, Deselle S, Stewart D, Garcia-Cardenas V, Babar Z, Bond C, Dago A, Jacobsen R, Stig Norgaard L, Polidori C, Sanchez-Polo M, Santos-Ramos B, Shcherbakova N, Tonin F. Improving the quality of publications in and advancing the paradigms of clinical and social pharmacy practice research: The Granada statements. Research in Social & Administrative Pharmacy. 2023; 19 (5):830-835
Osmond D, Shcherbakova N, Huston S. Prestige and financial stability: motivating factors to pursue a doctor of pharmacy degree. Int J Pharm Pract. 2023; 31 (1): 95-101; 10.1093/ijpp/riac086.
Mo Y, Shcherbakova N, Alam N, Zeibeq J. The use of midodrine in tapering vasopressors in an ICU setting. The New Jersey Journal of Pharmacy. 2023: XCVII (1):4-6.
Qasba N, Wallace KF, Sopko J, Czajka J, Shcherbakova, N, Goff S. Twelve-month supply of short-acting contraception methods: Pharmacists' perspectives on implementation of new state law. J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). 2022. 10.1016/j.japh.2022.02.013
Mo Y, Shcherbakova N, Inman KL, et al. Evaluation of Individualized Cefepime Dosing Strategy Using Population Pharmacokinetics. J Clin Pharmacol. 2022;62:359-65. 10.1002/jcph.1967
2021
Holbrook LM, Keeton S, Sasikumar P, Nock S, Gelzinis J, Brunt E, Ryan S, *Pantos MM, *Verbetsky C, Gibbins JM, and Kennedy DR. Zafirlukast is a broad-spectrum thiol isomerase inhibitor that inhibits thrombosis without altering bleeding times. British Journal of Pharmacology. – 2021;1–14. https://doi.org/10.1111/bph.15291
Krajewski D, Polukort SH, Gelzinis J, *Rovatti J, *Kaczinski E, *Galinski C, *Pantos MM, Shah NN, Schneider SS, Kennedy DR and Mathias CB. Protein disulfide isomerase inhibition regulates mast cell function conferring protective effects to ingested allergens. Frontiers in Immunology - Front. Immunol. 11:606837.doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.606837
Book Chapter: Ghoneim O, and Booth R. Therapeutic and Diagnostic Agents for Parkinson’s Disease. Burger’s Medicinal Chemistry, Drug Discovery and Development, 8th edition, 2021.
Blakely, M. L., & Ekong, G. Student pharmacists' perspectives on training, readiness, and confidence to provide transition of care services. Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning. *Pantos MM, Kennedy DR, Nemec EC. Remimazolam: a novel option for procedural sedation in high risk patients. Journal of Pharmacy Practice – Paper in Press
Koikov L, Starner RJ, Swope VP, Upadhyay P, Hshimoto Y, Freeman KT, Knittel JJ, Haskell-Luevano C, and Abdel-Malek ZA., 2021, Development of hMC1R Selective Small Agonists for Sunless Tanning and Prevention of Genotoxicity of UV in Melanocytes, The Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 17 February 2021 .
2020
Bose, D.D, Murphy, M, Polidoro, J., Sun, S. (2020) “One drug, many uses: a narrative review of magnesium sulfate for Pharmacists”. EC Pharmacology and Toxicology. Vol 8; Issue 9.
Gilzad-Kohan H, Jamali F. Anti-Inflammatory Properties of Drugs Used to Control COVID-19 and their Effects on the Renin-Angiotensin System and Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme-2. J Pharm Pharm Sci. 2020;23:259-277. DOI:10.18433/jpps31346
Ekong, G., Chou, C., Lakin, J., Hardin, A., Fox, B., Hunt, C., & Kavookjian, J. (2020). Pharmacist-led motivational interviewing for diabetes medication adherence in a worksite wellness program. Journal of the American Pharmacists Association
Kennedy DR, Harrell TK, Lodise NM, Mattingly TJ II, Norenberg JP, Ragucci K, Ranelli P, Stewart AS. Current Status and Best Practices of Shared Governance within US Pharmacy Programs. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education – 2020, 84 (7) 7281
Romanelli F, Black EP, Rhoney DH, Conway J, and Kennedy DR. Pharmacy Education Crosses the Rubicon. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education. 2020 – 84 (6) Article 8131
Textbook: Mathias CB, McAleer JP, Szollosi DE, editors. Pharmacology of Immunotherapeutic Drugs. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2020.
Shcherbakova N, Desselle S. Looking back at U.S. Pharmacy’s past to help discern its future. Ann Pharmacother. 2020; (In press) Available at:
Kennedy DR, Beckett RD, O’Donnell LA. Strategies, Ideas, And Lessons Learned While Getting Started in SoTL Without Formal Training. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education. 2020, 84 (1) 7702.
*Dias ML, *Armstrong KJ, *Pantos M, Spooner JS, Kennedy DR. Examining Course Credits, Placement, and Integration of Pathophysiology and Anatomy and Physiology within PharmD Curriculum. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education. 2020
2019
Murphy M, Qin X, Kaul S, Barrientos G, Zou Z, Mathias C, Thomas D, Bose, DD. The polyphenol Ellagic Acid exerts anti-inflammatory actions via disruption of store-operated calcium entry (SOCE) pathway activators and coupling mediators. European Journal of Pharmacology- 2019, 875
Kennedy DR - The Effect of Banning Computers on Exam Performance in a First-Year Pathophysiology Class. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education – 2019, 83 (10) 7535
Vaidya, B.; Shukla, S. K.; Kolluru, S.; Huen, M.; Mulla, N.; Mehra, N.; Kanabar, D.; Palakurthi, S.; Ayehunie, S.; Muth, A.; Gupta, V. Nintedanib-Cyclodextrin Complex to Improve Bio-Activity and Intestinal Permeability. Carbohydr. Polym. 2019, 204, 68–77. *Vuernick EL, *Josefiak KF, Spooner JJ, and Kennedy DR. Non-terminal Degree Offerings in USPharmacy Programs. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education – 2019 83(7) Article 6917.
Rivera J, Shcherbakova N, Vala C, Capoccia K. Community pharmacists’ interventions and documentation during medication therapy management encounters delivered face-to-face versus via telephone: The devil is in the details. Research in Social & Administrative Pharmacy. 2019; (In-press).
Hastings TJ, Kavookjian J, Ekong G. Associations among student conflict management style and attitudes toward empathy. Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning. 2019 Jan 1;11(1):25-32.
Echeverri M, Unni E, Harpe SE, Kavookjian J, Alkhateeb F, Ekong G, Law A. A Multi-School Validation of a Revised Scale for Assessing Cultural Competence in Pharmacy Students. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education. 2019 Apr; 83(3):6602.
Baker DM, Colaizzi JL, *Leite K, Buerki RA, Higby GJ, McCarthy RL, Ridgway C. Teaching History of Pharmacy in U.S. Pharmacy Schools. Am J Pharm Educ. 2019; 83 (1): Article 6500.
*Di Donato CM, Baker DM. The Rose and Its Thorns: The Historical Use of Toxins in Cosmetics. “Pharmacy Chronicles: Past, Present, and Future;” 2019 Spring; 7: 10-12, 14.