Posted on 11/26/12

The Universities at Shady Grove (USG) Committee on Collaboration, Interprofessional and Interdisciplinary Education Strategies (CIPES) hosted USG’s fourth annual Biomedical Sciences Day on November 15, 2012, focusing on the evolving topic of pain management and treatment. The event, titled "It Takes a Village to Treat Pain", featured an expert panel discussion and included a poster session highlighting original student research.

Twenty-one research posters were presented by students at USG in the University of Maryland School of Nursing, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) Psychology program, and the University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP) Biological Sciences program. Three winners were selected for outstanding research and presentation:

University of Maryland School of Pharmacy

Acceptance Rates for Pharmacist-Recommended Medication Changes and Laboratory Orders in a Safety-Net Clinic

LaShawn Dianat, Dr. Heather Congdon, BCPS, CDE, Dr. Hoai-An Truong, MPH, AE-C, Rosemary Botchway, MS HCA, Diem-Thanh (Tanya) Dang, Farmarz Zarfeshan, RPh, and Dr. Jennifer Thomas

 Acceptance Rates for Pharmacist-Recommended Medication Changes and Laboratory Orders in a Safety-Net Clinic

University of Maryland School of Nursing

Tap Water vs. Saline in Acute Wound Irrigation

Sruthi Domalapally, Michele Nguyen, Jennifer Sherwood, Chris Tinsworth, and Winnie Trang

 Tap Water vs. Saline in Acute Wound Irrigation

University of Maryland, College Park, Biologcial Sciences

Genotyping Genetically Modified Mouse Models for Drug Discovery

Theresa R. Price, Annais X. Zarate, Salar Azad, Yan Zhang, and Danna B. Zimmer

 Genotyping Genetically Modified Mouse Models for Drug Discovery

Thank you to all panelists for a lively discussion about changing pharmaceutical needs, research, perception of pain, development of new pain therapeutics, and interventional approaches to treating pain.

  • Andrew Coop, PhD Professor and Chair, Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences University of Maryland School of Pharmacy
  • Cynthia L. Renn, Phd, RN Assistant Professor, Department of Organizational Systems and Adult Health, University of Maryland School of Nursing
  • Mary Lynn McPherson, PharmD, BCPS, CPE Professor & Vice Chair of Dept. of Pharmacy Practice & Science University of Maryland School of Pharmacy
  • Jeffrey D. Petersohn, MD Anesthesiologist and Pain Management Associate Professor of Anesthesiology Drexel University School of Medicine
  • Moderator: Beth Parent, PhD Program Director University of Maryland, College Park Biological Sciences