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From the Dean's Desk
“In the six hundredth year of Noah’s
life, on the seventeenth day of the
second month—on that day all the
springs of the great deep burst forth,
and the floodgates of the heavens
were opened. And rain fell on the
earth forty days and forty nights.”
Genesis 5:32-10:1
Dear Friends,
Okay, it was not of Biblical proportions, but it seemed like it at the
time, when the University of Wyoming College of Health Sciences
Building suffered a flood. On Saturday, December 7th, right after Fall
Commencement, I received a call from Dr. Kurt Dolence that water
was running down from the top floor of the addition on the west side
of the School of Pharmacy area of our building. If you remember the
Hoofprints
February, 2014
College of Health Sciences
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weather in early December, there was a severe cold snap when the
temperature in Laramie dropped to well below a negative 20 degrees
Fahrenheit. Apparently, it was enough to freeze the water in a fire
suppression pipe on the top floor of the building. The weather on that
Saturday was still cold, but warmer and, apparently, warm enough for
the ice in that pipe to begin to thaw. As we all remember from basic
chemistry, when ice thaws, it expands. When the ice in that pipe
thawed, it ruptured the pipe and water flowed down five stories. I can
testify that fire suppression systems can put out an unbelievable
amount of water.
I quickly returned to campus and found that the UW Physical Plant,
the Laramie Fire Department, the UW Risk Manager, Laura Lynn
Petersen, and many of our faculty and administrators had already
responded. The water on the first floor of the building was knee deep
in some spots. With each floor that it passed through, it soaked the
ceiling tile, turning it mushy and falling in many places. Offices,
laboratories and classrooms on that side of the building were hit
hard. When a building like ours has a disaster there are many things to
consider, such as dangerous chemicals in the laboratories, animal care,
loss of electricity to essential appliances, and confidential records to
name a few. To additionally complicate things, our water break was
only one of eight that occurred that day on campus. However, ours was
the worst.
The response was fantastic. There were
so many groups and individuals involved
that I cannot mention all of them. UW
Risk Manager, Laura Lynn Petersen, was
present throughout the clean-up and
restoration and she is still working on final
details. By that Saturday afternoon, the
University had contracted with Belfor
Property Restoration and they were on site
that evening starting to dry the damaged
areas and salvage what they could. Dr.
Kem Krueger from the School of
Pharmacy stayed most of the night helping
answer questions for the Belfor team and
feeding them Chinese food. My thanks to both Laura and Kem for all
the extra work they did.
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We were lucky in some
respects. One of the
adjusters was amazed
that the water did not
damage any major (read
expensive) pieces of
research equipment. He
said that was very
unusual for these
situations. The damage
occurred at the end of the
semester with only finals
week remaining, so the students were not displaced too much. We
were able to find temporary quarters for the faculty and
Communication Disorders Clinic staff. It helped that the university
was closed between December 24th and January 2nd. Classes did not
start until January 13th and this allowed for almost all of the damage to
be restored. This is not discounting the amount of damage that needed
to be restored, wall board, insulation, and ceiling tile had to be
replaced and everything had to be cleaned. We are still doing some
work but the damaged area is close to being fully repaired.
It has been a difficult experience for the folks whose offices and
laboratories were damaged; but I am grateful for the all of the fantastic
folks at UW who came together to address the situation. The response
was tremendous and we are almost back to fully functioning.
Go Pokes!
Joe
Diane Epler with the Speech and Hearing Clinic - "High and Dry at
Last!"
Pictured above in the header photo - Amy Weaver (L) and Teresa Garcia put the Hearing Lab back together.
New CRMC clinic planned for Pine
Bluffs
The Cheyenne Regional Medical Center plans to build a new
clinic in Pine Bluffs. Read the full story at WyomingNews.com.
Division News
Division of Social Work Launches Faculty Experts
Directory
The Division of Social Work launched a Faculty Experts
Directory in December. This easy-to-use resource provides
contact information for social work faculty who can provide the
news media with quotes, background information, and opinions
in over 50 diverse areas from addiction to women's issues.
Center for Cardiovascular Research and Alternative
Medicine C-CRAM
C-CRAM was found in April 2004 with the purpose of fostering
greater interdisciplinary activities in the fields of alternative and
cardiovasular medical research and increasing the overall
research endeavors in the areas of cardiovascular and alternative
medicine at UW. Check out all the latest in the
CCRAM_newsletter_2013
Nursing reflects on 2013 top stories
The Fay W. Whitney School of Nursing took time to look back
on lessons learned and people not to be forgotten in 2013. Click
on the following link to scroll through a colorful listing of
spotlight articles over the past 12 months. Find encouraging
lessons from last summer's visit from Dr. Loretta Ford;
appreciate the careers of the special people nursing lost in 2013,
including former instructor Elizabeth (Betsy) Wiest, faculty
member Debora Retz, and native of Wyoming and nursing
"Living Legend" Donna Diers. Join in the kudos given to many
individuals through spotlights on faculty and staff awards,
Advanced Practice Nursing awards, Preceptor of the Year
awards, and Community Partners awards. Find links to previous
nursing newsletters, alumni career spotlights, student spotlights,
and especially note the renaming of the "Aspire" program to
honor the late Dr. Marcia L. Dale.
http://www.uwyo.edu/nursing/news/2013/2013%20recap.htm
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Nursing has two major agenda items for 2014
A big agenda item in nursing is the March 2014 accrediting
review for the Doctor of Nursing (DNP) program. The school's
accrediting body, the Commission on Collegiate Nursing
Education (CCNE), requires that students be enrolled for one
year before an accreditation visit can be scheduled. The first UW
DNP students began their program in the fall of 2012, so the year
is up! The school is proud that the BSN and MS programs have
been nationally accredited through 2020, and looks forward to
having the DNP program nationally accredited as well.
The second 2014 agenda item is the implementation of the
school’s new vision, mission, and values. Faculty and staff
worked together in the fall of 2013 to readdress the school's
focus. Click in the link below to read the specifics and also to
scan through the 2014 "Look Ahead Calendar" for key events
coming up on the national, state and school levels.
http://www.uwyo.edu/nursing/news/2014/2014-looking-ahead.html
The Interprofessional Education Workshop
On January 9, 2014, 72 faculty, 2 senior students and the Dean
of the College of Health Sciences (CHS) at the University of
Wyoming gathered for a very successful one-day
Interprofessional Education Workshop facilitated by Brenda
Zierler and Peggy Odegard from the University of Washington
Center for Health Science Interprofessional Education, Research
and Practice. Read the full story!
Faculty and Staff News
Afzal Khan, MD
Afzal Khan, MD, third-year resident physician in the Family
Medicine Residency Program at Cheyenne, has been notified
that he was selected for the 12-month Sports Medicine
Fellowship at St. Vincent’s Health Center in Erie, PA. There are
185 available nationwide in 123 programs. The Residency
Program is extremely proud of Doctor Khan’s
accomplishment. He was born and raised in Phoenix, graduated
with BS in biology/pre-med from Arizona State University and
completed medical school at St. Matthew’s University, Grand
Cayman. Doctor Khan has always been involved in athletic
activities and team sports. He began his Family Medicine
residency training in Cheyenne, July 1, 2011 and will graduate
June 30, 2014. His future plans include working with youth and
high school athletes.
Travis Brown, Ph.D.
Travis Brown, Ph.D., UW School of Pharmacy assistant
professor of pharmaceutical science, is one of seventeen
recipients of the highly competitive American Association of
Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) New Investigator Award for
2014. He will receive start-up funding from AACP for his
research program, "The Role of Cathepsin K in Mediating
Hippocampal Synaptic Plasticity and Memory."
In addition to the research grant, Brown will receive $1,000 from
AACP for required travel to present his research findings at the
AACP Annual Meeting to be held July 11–5, 2015 at the
Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center in National
Harbor, Md.
Cara Harshberger Completes the "Dopey Challenge" at
Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend
Cara Harshberger, Pharm.D.
Cara Harshberger, Pharm.D., BCOP, UW School of Pharmacy
clinical assistant professor of pharmacy practice, recently
competed in the Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend in Lake
Buena Vista, Fla. Harshberger completed the Dopey Challenge,
where she ran a 5K, 10K, Half Marathon, and full Marathon all
in four days, for a total of 48.6 miles. She ran the 5K (3.1 miles)
on Thursday, Jan. 9, the 10K (6.2 miles) on Friday, Jan. 10, the
Half Marathon (13.1 miles) on Saturday, Jan. 11, and the full
Marathon (26.2 miles) on Sunday, Jan. 12. More than 7,000
runners competed in the Dopey Challenge, with more than
50,000 runners from across the nation and 60 other countries
participating in the Marathon Weekend events.
Xihui (Alex) Xu Receives 2013 C-CRAM Research Award
Xihui (Alex) Xu
The UW Center for Cardiovascular Research and Alternative
Medicine (C-CRAM) presents an annual research award for the
outstanding C-CRAM researcher based on a points system taking
into account the publications, journal impact factor,
presentations, awards etc. This year’s recipient of the award,
Xihui (Alex) Xu, has to his credit 11 papers published/accepted
in top-tier journals including Cardiovasc. Res., Hypertension,
Autophagy, J. Mol. Cell Cardiol. and J Am. Heart Assoc. He had
presented three posters at the 2013 AHA Scientific Sessions
(Dallas) and an oral presentation in the Third Biennial Western
Regional IDEA Conference (Hawaii). He is also the recipient of
this year's ACRE-CnAHA Symposium award (second prize) and
the BCVS-AHA Travel grant. Alex also successfully defended
his PhD thesis in 2013 and has the distinction of the first
graduate student from the Biomedical Sciences Graduate
Program.
The C-CRAM award was established in 2004 and the past
recipients are: Sreejayan Nair and Feng Dong (2005), Xiaoping
Yang (2006), Min Du (2007), Ji Li (2008), Heng Ma and Meijun
Zhu (2009); Tuerdi Subati and Yingmei (Megan) Zhang (2010),
Yinan Hua (2011); Yingmei (Megan) Zhang (2012).
By Dr. Sreejayan Nair
Mary Jo Cooley Hidecker, Ph.D., MS, MA, CCC-A/SLP
Mary Jo Cooley Hidecker, Assistant Professor, is a consultant
for a UNICEF project to develop a measurement of child
disability that can be used by countries with low- and middle-
resources.
CHS Student News
Speed Mentoring Puts BSW Students on the Fast Track to
Success
(Left to right: Carrie Sturgeon, Tazia Morgart, and Katelyn
Taft (students)
and Debbie Mueller (social worker).
The junior BSW class at UW/C had an opportunity to participate
in a speed mentoring event on November 19. A collaboration
between Assistant Lecturer Bethany Cutts and Wyoming NASW
regional representative Midge Payette, the event, now in its
second year, has been quite a success. Six social workers from
the community donate their time to meet with students. Students
are given the biographies of each social worker ahead of time so
they can formulate question for each social worker. Groups of
three students meet with each social worker for 10 minutes and
then there is some time at the end to mingle and network more.
Student feedback was very positive. Carrie Silveira exclaimed
“Wow, what an informative evening! I gained more out of
tonight’s event than I thought I would. Not only did I learn what
some area organizations are doing, but I got to ask so many
questions that I normally would never have had the chance to
ask.”
BSW Student Headed to Nepal to Work with Orphans
Social Work Education Prepares Students for
International Adventure
Division of Social Work student, Tia Lowry (BSW, ’14), was
selected to spend the upcoming summer volunteering with
International Volunteer Headquarters in Nepal through the
“HOPE and HOME” program. Lowry will be assigned to work
in an orphanage in Nepal (city TBD) from June to August 2014.
She will primarily be serving in a mentor role, assisting children
residing in the orphanage with their schoolwork and pro-social
skills. Lowry will work with the orphanage staff to develop
programs and address agency needs. In addition, she will be
engaged with the surrounding community to find sustainable
solutions for education, health, conservation, and development
issues.
Lowry cites her education in the social work program,
specifically her increased understanding of the value of cultural
humility, the ways in which she has learned to serve cultures
different from her own, and the importance of serving vulnerable
populations, as the most important components to prepare her for
this upcoming experience. Lowry, who is currently completing
her practicum experience with Big Brothers/Big Sisters of
Laramie, believes that her social work field education is helping
her to develop the skills of youth mentorship and advocacy.
Although she is nervous about trying to learn Nepali during her
short time in the country, this anxiety is overshadowed by her
excitement to be immersed in another culture, having the
opportunity to show love and compassion to the children in the
orphanage, and the opportunity to connect with volunteers who
are passionate about promoting the wellbeing of vulnerable
children.
“I am excited to be working with this small system [the
orphanage] and to gain an understanding of how the bigger
picture—policy, culture, etc.—effects what happens on a day-to-
day basis,” Lowry states.
UW Nursing graduate makes a difference through in-flight emergency care for pilot
Recent UW nursing graduate and Wyoming Medical Center
Nurse Amy Sorensen (’12) earned special press over a safe
landing for the pilot of a United Airlines jet recently. Sorensen’s
medical background brought her from the passenger seat into the
cockpit to help care for a pilot experiencing a heart attack during
a flight from Iowa to Colorado. Her story was told on the front
page of the Casper Star Tribune. Read more through the
following link:
http://www.uwyo.edu/nursing/profiles/notable-
alumni/sorensen-spotlight.html
Interdisciplinary Collaboration on Student-Led Research
Project
Jenna Allais, P4 pharmacy student from Rock Springs, Wyo.,
and Drew Mcmillan, ASPIRE-pre-pharmacy student from Cody,
Wyo., collaborated on a poster presentation at the 2013
American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP)
Midyear Meeting in Orlando, FL., in December.
Allais’ research project titled, “Assessment of Provider’s
Knowledge of Current Diabetes Guidelines and Drawbacks to
Reaching Patient Goals,” was part of her Pre-Residency
Rotation. The study's objectives were to increase glycemic
control in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), assess
providers' knowledge of current treatment recommendations,
gain an understanding of drawbacks preventing patients from
reaching their therapeutic goals, and identify opportunities for
pharmacists to educate providers regarding diabetes treatments.
As an ASPIRE student, Mcmillan was interested in collaborating
on a project that he would be able to continue to do additional
research on while in pharmacy school. His work on this project
also satisfied the research component of the ASPIRE Program.
Working with Michelle Hilaire, UW School of Pharmacy clinical
associate professor, and Davis Blanton, MD, from the Fort
Collins Family Medicine Center, allowed this interdisciplinary
research opportunity that will also result in increased patient
care.
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