Faculty Articles
Submissions from 2024
Real-World Analysis of Long-Acting and NPH-Containing Insulins on Glycemic Control., Genevieve Hale, Valerie Marcellus, Tina Benny, Cynthia Moreau, Elaina Rosario, and Alexandra Perez
Submissions from 2023
Editorial: Are Mitochondrial Therapeutics the Next Disruptor in Molecular Healthcare?, Benedict Albensi
Implementing OSCE Exam for Undergraduate Pharmacy Students: A Two Institutional Mixed-Method Study, Hamza Alhamad, Deema Jaber, Mohammad B. Nusair, Fares Albahar, Sahar M. Edaily, Nazek Q. Al-Hamad, and Haneen A. Basheer
The Length of Hospital Stay of Patients with Venous Thromboembolism: A Cross-Sectional Study from Jordan., Haneen Amawi, Rasha M Arabyat, Sayer Al-Azzam, Toqa AlZu'bi, Hamza Tayseer U'wais, Alaa M Hammad, Ruba Amawi, and Mohammad B. Nusair
Advanced nanoscale drug delivery systems for bone cancer therapy., Nazanin Amiryaghoubi, Marziyeh Fathi, Jaleh Barar, Hossein Omidian, and Yadollah Omidi
Cardiac RGS Proteins in Human Heart Failure and Atrial Fibrillation: Focus on RGS4., Jordana I. Borges, Malka S. Suster, and Anastasios Lymperopoulos
Theophylline for the management of respiratory disorders in adults in the 21st century: A scoping review from the American College of Clinical Pharmacy Pulmonary Practice and Research Network., Paul M. Boylan, Maha Abdalla, Brittany Bissell, Mark A. Malesker, Melissa Santibañez, and Zachary Smith
Personalizing prevention: Advances in pharmacotherapy for HIV prevention., Marisa Brizzi, Elizabeth Sherman, Sarah B. Green, Diana N. Nowicki, Emily N. Drwiega, Melanie R. Nicol, Daniel B. Chastain, Eric G. Sahloff, William R. Truong, David Cluck, Melissa E. Badowski, Sarah M. Michienzi, and Spencer H. Durham
Critical care pharmacy practice advancement recommendations on direct patient care activities: An opinion of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy Critical Care Practice and Research Network, Mitchell S. Buckley, Nicole M. Acquisto, Christopher Adams, Kimberly Brandt, Mahmoud A. Ammar, Ranjit Deshpande, Heather Bullard, Melissa Santibañez, Gabriel V. Fontaine, Megan Musselman, Melissa Noble, Jonathan Van Cleve, John J. Whitcomb, Marcia Johansson, Ashlee Jontz, Kimberly Bates, Michael F. O'Connor, Daniel Mayer, Michael Lanspa, Suresh Uppalapu, Alison J. Tompeck, Michael Rodricks, Rachel L. Choron, and David O. Walls
Gender and ethnic disparities in students' perceptions of how different groups of persons suspected of possessing and/or selling illegal drugs are treated in the criminal justice system., Manuel J. Carvajal, Assma Twahir, and Ioana Popovici
A voting-based machine learning approach for classifying biological and clinical datasets., Negar Hossein-Nezhad Daneshvar, Yosef Masoudi-Sobhanzadeh, and Yadollah Omidi
The therapeutic potential of targeting cardiac RGS4., Giselle Del Calvo, Teresa Baggio Lopez, and Anastasios Lymperopoulos
Exploring Chemovar-Specific Cannabis Extracts Quantification and Evaluation of Cytotoxic Compounds for Targeting Glioblastoma Multiforme, Ashraf Duzan, Mufeed Basti, Travis Cesarone, Waldemar Debinski, and Daniel Todd
Quality Control of 11 Cannabinoids by Ultraperformance Liquid Chromatography Coupled with Mass Spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS), Ashraf Duzan, Desiree Reinken, and Mufeed M Basti
Long-term evaluation of clinical success and safety of omadacycline in nontuberculous mycobacteria infections: a retrospective, multicenter cohort of real-world health outcomes., Amer El Ghali, Taylor Morrisette, Sara Alosaimy, Kristen Lucas, Maria G Tupayachi-Ortiz, Raaga Vemula, Carly Wadle, Julie V Philley, Carlos Mejia-Chew, Yasir Hamad, Ryan W Stevens, John D Zeuli, Andrew J Webb, Christina T Fiske, Anahit Simonyan, Christo L Cimino, Mehriban Mammadova, Virginia E Umana, Rodrigo Hasbun, Saira Butt, Kyle C Molina, Michael Thomas, Emily A Kaip, Jeannette Bouchard, Tristan W Gore, Catessa Howard, M Gabriela Cabanilla, Dana J Holger, Jeremy J Frens, Melissa Barger, Aaron Ong, Keira A Cohen, and Michael J Rybak
Is chymase 1 a therapeutic target in cardiovascular disease?, Carlos M. Ferrario, Sarfaraz Ahmad, Robert Speth, and Louis J. Dell'Italia
Nanoparticle approaches for the renin-angiotensin system, Sajini D. Hettiarachchi, Young M. Kwon, Yadollah Omidi, and Robert C. Speth
Trends in Pain Medication Use in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: NHANES 2005-2018., Michelle Krichbaum, Neil Miransky, and Alexandra Perez
The implications of pharmacogenomics in oncology, Jean J. Latimer
Recent trends in the prescription of opioids in the emergency department in patients with urolithiasis., Spencer S Liem, Timothy Demus, Alexandra Perez Rivera, Dhaval Jivanji, Crystal Y Lee, Kevin A George, Alejandra Perez, Luigi Cubeddu, and Jorge F Pereira
Narrative Review: The FDA’s Perfunctory Approach of Dietary Supplement Regulations Giving Rise to Copious Reports of Adverse Events, WeiQi Li and Albert Wertheimer
Utilizing Pharmacist-Led Telehealth Services in Ambulatory Patients with Heart Failure, Ivanna L. Lugo Zamora, Crystal Lloyd, Shirley Lorenzo-Castro, Carolina Mussenden, and Genevieve Hale
Clinical pharmacology of cardiac cyclic AMP in human heart failure: too much or too little?, Anastasios Lymperopoulos
Editorial to the IJMS Special Issue on Sglt2 Inhibitors Vol. 1, Anastasios Lymperopoulos
Evaluation of Omadacycline Alone and in Combination with Rifampin against Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis in an, Taylor Morrisette, Kyle C. Stamper, Katherine L. Lev, Razieh Kebriaei, Dana J. Holger, Jacinda C. Abdul-Mutakabbir, Ashlan J. Kunz Coyne, and Michael J. Rybak
Atherosclerosis preventive effects of marrubiin against (TNF-α)-induced oxidative stress and apoptosis, Ailar Nakhlband, Alireza Garjani, Nazli Saeedi, Yadollah Omidi, Samad Ghaffari, Jaleh Barar, and Morteza Eskandani
In Vitro Dissolution and Permeability Testing of Inhalation Products: Challenges and Advances., Ali Nokhodchi, Salonee Chavan, and Taravat Ghafourian
Comparative evaluation of biased agonists Sarcosine , d-Alanine -Angiotensin (Ang) II (SD Ang II) and Sarcosine , Isoleucine -Ang II (SI Ang II) and their radioiodinated congeners binding to rat liver membrane AT receptors, Natalia M. Noto, Yazmin M. Restrepo, Hong W. Pang, Filipe Stoyell-Conti, Crystal A. West, Robert C. Speth, and Nova Southeastern University
High-Performing Conductive Hydrogels for Wearable Applications., Hossein Omidian and Sumana Dey Chowdhury
Advancements and Applications of Injectable Hydrogel Composites in Biomedical Research and Therapy., Hossein Omidian and Sumana Dey Chowdhury
Cryogels: Advancing Biomaterials for Transformative Biomedical Applications., Hossein Omidian, Sumana Dey Chowdhury, and Niloofar Babanejad
Exploring the Potential of Nanotechnology in Pediatric Healthcare: Advances, Challenges, and Future Directions., Hossein Omidian and Kwadwo Mfoafo
Bioinspired Polymers: Transformative Applications in Biomedicine and Regenerative Medicine., Hossein Omidian, Renae L. Wilson, and Niloofar Babanejad
Enhancing Therapeutic Efficacy of Curcumin: Advances in Delivery Systems and Clinical Applications., Hossein Omidian, Renae L. Wilson, and Sumana Dey Chowdhury
Urate-Lowering Therapy Use among US Adults with Gout and the Relationship between Patients’ Gout Treatment Status and Associated Comorbidities, Marcos J. Ortiz-Uriarte, Jeanlouis Betancourt-Gaztambide, Alexandra Perez Rivera, and Youssef M. Roman
Impact of Student Pharmacist-Led Transition-of-Care Services on 30-Day Hospital Readmissions at a University Call Center., Huy Pham, Tricia Gangoo-Dookhan, Genevieve M. Hale, Alexandra Perez Rivera, and Tina Joseph
Hippocampal versus cortical deletion of cholinergic receptor muscarinic 1 in mice differentially affects post-translational modifications and supramolecular assembly of respiratory chain-associated proteins, mitochondrial ultrastructure, and respiration: implications in Alzheimer's disease, Mohammad Golam Sabbir, Mamiko Swanson, Robert C. Speth, and Benedict C. Albensi
Alcohol use and High-Risk Sexual Behaviors among Members of a Latino Migrant Worker Community in Central Florida, Jesus Sanchez and Jodi-Ann Hibbert
Conductive polymers for cardiac tissue engineering and regeneration., Parvin Shokrollahi, Yadollah Omidi, Luigi X. Cubeddu, and Hossein Omidian
Renin-Angiotensin System Inhibition in Advanced CKD, Robert C. Speth
SYNDEEP: a deep learning approach for the prediction of cancer drugs synergy., Anna Torkamannia, Yadollah Omidi, and Reza Ferdousi
Improving the quality of economic evaluations of clinical pharmacy services, Daniel R. Touchette and Alexandra Perez Rivera
Novel Anti-Melanoma Compounds Are Efficacious in A375 Cell Line Xenograft Melanoma Model in Nude Mice, Sadeeshkumar Velayutham, Ryan Seerattan, Maab Khalid Sultan, Trisha Sea, Samaya Danthurthy, Baskaran Chinnappan, Jessica Landi, Kaitlyn Pearl, Aveta Singh, Keiran S. M. Smalley, Julia Zaias, Jun Yong Choi, and Dmitriy Minond
Impact of the Novel CoronaviruS (COVID-19) on Frontline PharmacIsts Roles and ServicEs: INSPIRE Worldwide Survey., Kaitlyn E. Watson, Dillon H. Lee, Mohammad B. Nusair, and Yazid N. Al Hamarneh
Worldwide Impact of COVID-19 on Frontline Pharmacists’ Roles and Services: INSPIRE International Questionnaire, Kaitlyn Watson, Dillon Lee, Mohammad Nusair, and Yazid Al Hamarneh
Brave new pharmaceuticals world., Albert Wertheimer
Torsemide vs Furosemide After Discharge and All-Cause Mortality in Patients With Heart Failure., William R. Wolowich
Submissions from 2022
Educational initiative in an NCATS TL1 training program to address the impact of systemic racism on human health, biomedical research, and the translational scientist, Martha D. Gay, Kimberly A. Bell, Emily A. Bujold, Marilla Geraci, Dexter L. Lee, Kathryn Sandberg, and Robert C. Speth
Prevalence of Antiobesity Treatment and Weight-Inducing Antihyperglycemic Agents Among Patients With Type 2 Diabetes in the United States, Andrea Levin, Navjot Kaur, Nana Kwaku Mainoo, and Alexandra Perez
Cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway and COVID-19, Danial Mehranfard and Robert C. Speth
CGP42112: the full AT2 receptor agonist and its role in the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system: no longer misunderstood, Yazmin M. Restrepo, Natalia M. Noto, and Robert C. Speth
Loss of Cholinergic Receptor Muscarinic 1 (CHRM1) Protein in the Hippocampus and Temporal Cortex of a Subset of Individuals with Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease, or Frontotemporal Dementia: Implications for Patient Survival, Mohammad Golam Sabbir, Robert C. Speth, and Benedict C. Albensi
An opinion on the impacts of COVID-19 worldwide, Robert C. Speth
Why Angiotensin II is a Poor Choice for Circulatory Support of Ventilated COVID-19 Patients Compared to Vasopressin, Robert C. Speth and Michael Bader
Submissions from 2021
Effects of a Therapeutic Interchange Between Branded and Generic Inhaled Therapy on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Rucha B Acharya, Tina Joseph, Cynthia Moreau, Genevieve M. Hale, Alexandra Perez, and Elaina Rosario
Discovery of Molecular Interactions of the Human Melanocortin-4 Receptor (hMC4R) Asp189 (D189) Amino Acid with the Endogenous G-Protein-Coupled Receptor (GPCR) Antagonist Agouti-Related Protein (AGRP) Provides Insights to AGRP's Inverse Agonist Pharmacology at the hMC4R, Mark D. Ericson, Erica M. Haslach, Sathya M. Schnell, Katie T. Freeman, Zhimin M. Xiang, Frederico P. Portillo, Robert Speth, Sally A. Litherland, and Carrie Haskell-Luevano
Impact of a Pharmacy-Led Transitions of Care Program Within a Primary Care-Based Accountable Care Organization, Tina Joseph, Genevieve M. Hale, Cynthia Moreau, Stephanie L Kourtakis, and William R. Wolowich
Evaluating a Pharmacist-Led Intervention on Cardiovascular-and Diabetes-Related Quality Measures in a Primary Care-Based Accountable Care Organization, Tina Joseph, Genevieve M. Hale, Cynthia Moreau, Elaina D. Rosario, Nichele Logan, and Alexandra Perez Rivera
Modulation of the rat angiotensin type 1a receptor by an upstream short open reading frame, Parnika S. Kadam, Susette C. Mueller, Hong Ji, Jun Liu, Amrita V. Pai, Junfeng Ma, Robert C. Speth, and Kathryn Sandberg
Preliminary study of ovariectomy and chronic losartan-induced alterations in brain AT receptors, Danial Mehranfard, Andrea Linares, Alesa Chabbra, Glenda Campos, Aline M. de Souza, Hong Ji, Crystal West, Kathryn Sandberg, and Robert C. Speth
Alterations in Gene Expression of Renin-Angiotensin System Components and Related Proteins in Colorectal Cancer, Danial Mehranfard, Gabriela Perez, Andres Rodriguez, Julia M. Ladna, Christopher T. Neagra, Benjamin Goldstein, Timothy Carroll, Alice Tran, Malav Trivedi, and Robert C. Speth
Male bias in ACE2 basic science research: missed opportunity for discovery in the time of COVID-19, Branka Miličić Stanić, Sydney Maddox, Aline M. de Souza, Xie Wu, Danial Mehranfard, Hong Ji, Robert C. Speth, and Kathryn Sandberg
Countering the classical renin-angiotensin system, Natalia M. Noto, Yazmin M. Restrepo, and Robert C. Speth
Metabolism of angiotensin peptides by angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) and analysis of the effect of excess zinc on ACE2 enzymatic activity, Yasmin Polak and Robert C. Speth
Chronic administration of pharmacological doses of angiotensin 1-7 and iodoangiotensin 1-7 has minimal effects on blood pressure, heart rate, and cognitive function of spontaneously hypertensive rats, Filipe F. Stoyell-Conti, Alesa Chabbra, Joseph Puthentharayil, Katya Rigatto, and Robert C. Speth
I-Angiotensin 1-7 binds to a different site than angiotensin 1-7 in tissue membrane preparations, Filipe F. Stoyell-Conti, Sarin Itty, Christy Abraham, Katya Rigatto, Crystal A. West, and Robert C. Speth
The role of the brain renin-angiotensin system (RAS) in mild traumatic brain injury (TBI), Jason D. Vadhan and Robert C. Speth
Submissions from 2020
Angiotensin III Induces P38 Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase Leading to Proliferation of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells, Ahmed Z. Alanazi and Michelle A. Clark
Effects of Angiotensin III on c-Jun N Terminal Kinase in Wistar and Hypertensive Rat Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells, Ahmed Z. Alanazi and Michelle A. Clark
Modelling the Cost‐Effectiveness of Statin Therapy in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Markov‐Cycle Evaluation from National Data Bank for Rheumatic Diseases, Diena M. Almasri, Leanne Lai, Ahmad O. Noor, Kaleb Michaud, Leroy Koh, and William F. McGhan
Turning Teaching on Its Head: Perspectives on the Flipped Classroom Approach, Paul Boylan, Jaime Weiner Riskin, and Sara M Eltaki
A Review of 2014 Cancer Drug Approvals, With a Look at 2015 and Beyond, Taylor Butler, Stacey Maravent, J Boiselle, Jose Valdes, and Chris Fellner
Severe food restriction activates the central renin angiotensin system, Aline Maria De Souza, Andrea Linares, Robert C. Speth, Glenda V. Campos, Hong Ji, Deoclécio Chianca, Kathryn Sandberg, and Rodrigo C. De Menezes
From Volume to Value – Integrating Clinical Faculty into Accountable Care Organizations, Genevieve M. Hale, Tina Joseph, Cynthia Moreau, Andrea Levin, Matthew J. Seamon, and Karen R. Sando
ARV Therapy in Adults & Adolescents, J Janelle, J Orrick, and Elizabeth M. Sherman
The possible role of a bacterial aspartate β-decarboxylase in the biosynthesis of alamandine, Shalinee Jha, Robert C. Speth, and Peter Macheroux
Sex-Specific Modulation of Blood Pressure and the Renin-Angiotensin System by ACE (Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme) 2, Hong Ji, Aline M. de Souza, Bilkish Bajaj, Wei Zheng, Xie Wu, Robert C. Speth, and Kathryn Sandberg
Pharmacists in ACOs Part 3: Chronic Care Management, Chronic Disease State Management, and Transition of Care, Tina Joseph, Genevieve M. Hale, Stephanie Gernant, Cynthia Moreau, Yesenia Prados, R Jones, and Matthews J. Seamon
Chronic Interstitial Cystitis: Comorbidities and Tobacco Use, Jo Ann Kleier and Leanne Lai
Incorporation of Agouti-Related Protein (AgRP) Human Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) in the AgRP-Derived Macrocyclic Scaffold c[Pro-Arg-Phe-Phe-Asn-Ala-Phe-dPro] Decreases Melanocortin-4 Receptor Antagonist Potency and Results in the Discovery of Melanocortin-5 Receptor Antagonists, Zoe M. Koerperich, Mark D. Ericson, Katie T. Freeman, Robert C. Speth, Irina D. Pogozheva, Henry I. Mosberg, and Carrie Haskell-Luevano
Off-Label Prescribing for Children with Migraines in U.S. Ambulatory Care Settings, Leanne Lai, Leroy Koh, Jane Ai-Chen Ho, Alexander Ting, and Augustine Obi
The Pharmacists' Contribution Against Opioid Addiction, Leanne Lai and Albert I. Wertheimer
The apoptotic effect of GSK-3 inhibitors: BIO and CHIR 98014 on H1975 lung cancer cells through ROS generation and mitochondrial dysfunction., Theodore Lemuel Mathuram, Thiagarajan Venkatesan, Jayanta Das, Umamaheswari Natarajan, and Appu Rathinavelu
Surface Cross-Linked Saps with Improved Swollen Gel Strength Using Diol Compounds, Solmaz Mojarad-Jabali, Kourosh Kabiri, Zeynab Karami, David J. Mastropietro, and Hamid Omidian
Trends in Angiotensin Receptor Blocker Use Among those at Risk for COVID-19 Morbidity and Mortality in the United States, Alexandra Perez, Robert Charles Speth, and Juan Saavedra
Assessment of Experiences and Impact of Hurricane Maria in Perceived Academic Performance of Student Pharmacists, Georgina Silva-Suárez, Yarelis Alvarado Reyes, Linnette Rodriguez-Figueroa, Norymar Rivera-Ortiz, Juan Vargas- Loyselle, Silvia E. Rabionet, Patricia Medina-Rivera, Raquel Lozada, and Blanca I. Ortiz
Angiotensin II administration to COVID-19 patients is not advisable, Robert C. Speth
Commentary on: "Does COVID19 Infect the Brain? If So, Smokers Might Be at a Higher Risk", Robert C. Speth
Keep taking your ACE inhibitors and ARBs during the COVID 19 pandemic, Robert C. Speth
Economic Evaluations of Clinical Pharmacy Services in the United States: 2011-2017, Brian Talon, Alexandra Perez Rivera, Connie Yan, Ali Alobaidi, Katherine Zhang, Bob G. Schultz, Katie J. Suda, and Daniel R. Touchette
Submissions from 2019
Angiotensin-III Induces Interleukin-6 Secretion in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells Isolated From SHR and Wistar Rats, Ahmed Z. Alanazi and Michelle A. Clark
Angiotensin III Induces JAK2/STAT3 Leading to IL-6 Production in Rat Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells, Ahmed Z. Alanazi and Michelle A. Clark
Host Cell Reactivation: Assay for Actively Transcribed DNA Nucleotide Excision Repair using Luciferase Family Expression Vectors, Jowaher S. Alanazi and Jean Johanna Latimer
Statin Use and the Point Prevalence of Antibiotics in Ambulatory Patients with Diabetes in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2003-2012, Sumaiah J. Alarfaj, Alexandra Perez Rivera, and Nathan R. Unger
Trends of Cancer-Associated Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) In the United States (2005-2014), Omar A. Almohammed, Leanne Lai, Nile M. Khanfar, Barry A. Bleidt, and Hisham Aljadhey
Cultural Sensitivity and Global Pharmacy Engagement in the United States, Naser Z. Alsharif, Nile M. Khanfar, Lisa F. Brennan, Elias B. Chahine, Miranda Law, Jigna Parekh, Marina Kawaguchi-Suzuki, and Michael D. Hogue
Cultural Sensitivity in Global Engagement in the Arab World, Naser Z. Alsharif, Nile M. Khanfar, Elias B. Chahine, Lisa F. Brennan, Abeer M. Al-Ghananeem, Jillian Retallick, Mona Schaalan, and Neven Serhan
Effect of Fast-Disintegrating Tablets' Characteristics on the Sublingual Permeability of Atropine Sulfate for the Potential Treatment of Organophosphates Toxicity, Alhussain Aodah, Mohamad Rawas-Qalaji, Rawan Bafail, and Mutasem Rawas-Qalaji
Clopidogrel Safety Communication Impact on Histamine‐2 Receptor Antagonist and Proton‐Pump Inhibitor Use Trends, Amie Armbrister, Annette Vidal, Shanique James, Claudia Nunez Chiang, Jennifer G. Steinberg, and Alexandra Perez Rivera