The Wilkes University Nesbitt School of Pharmacy has a commitment to scholarship.
Each year students have the opportunity to participate in various research electives
mentored by faculty members from the departments of Pharmacy Practice and Pharmaceutical
Sciences. The results of these projects are showcased during an annual Student Research
Poster Day in April. Students and faculty members also regularly present posters at
national pharmacy conferences, including the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy and the American Pharmacists Association.
Detailed information on presented posters along with links to view them are available
in our Poster Archive. Those titles preceded by an asterisk (*) indicate winners in
the Student Research Day judging.
Past Presentations
Combined Clinical and Basic Sciences
Poster Title: *Autophagy Induction by Alpha-Santalol in Human Prostate Cancer Cells
Student Authors: Maverick Reed, Cole Walters, Samantha Bartholomew, and Sarah Hughes
Faculty: Dr. Ajay Bommareddy
Poster Title: Chemoprevention of Prostate Cancer by Alpha-santalol in Mouse Model of Prostate Cancer
Student Authors: John Oberlin, Kaitlyn Blankenhorn, Sarah Hughes, Erica Mabry, Aaron Knopp, and Isaiah Pinkerton
Faculty: Dr. Ajay Bommareddy, VanWert, A.
Poster Title: *Identification of xxDNA Atamer Specific to an Oral Anticoagulant
Student Authors: Nevina Trunzo, Mina Roueinfar, Kayla Masters
Faculty: Dr. Ka Lok Hong
Poster Title: In-solution molecular recognition comparison of Aptamers against the Herbicide Atrazine
Student Authors: Mina Roueinfar, Kevin Abraham
Faculty: Dr. Ka Lok Hong
Student Authors: Cody Morcom, Rachel Wood
Faculty: Dr. Nicole Pezzino
Poster Title: *Pharmacist GRIT assessment and its association to the medication therapy management completion rates
Student Author: Kimberly Jones
Faculty: Dr. Nicole Pezzino
Poster Title: Synthesis of Higher Carbon Sugars Thio-functionalized with Heterocycles
Student Author: Daon Kim
Faculty: Dr. Zbigniew J. Witczak, Dr. Donald E. Mencer
Poster Title: Synthesis of Unexpected Chromanone Heterocycles from Dihydrolevoglucosenone
Student Authors: Nicole Jankowski, Christopher Hager
Faculty: Dr. Zbigniew J. Witczak, Dr. Donald E. Mencer
Poster Title: Formation of Exo-cyclic Enones form Formyl Benzoic Acids and Dihydrolevoglucosenone
Student Author: Cassie Oldt
Faculty: Dr. Zbigniew J. Witczak, Dr. Donald E. Mencer
Poster Title: Ring Contraction and Formation of Spironolactone During the Reaction of Dihydrolevoglucosenone and 2-Pyridinecarboxaldehyde
Student Author: Holly Arcure
Faculty: Dr. Zbigniew J. Witczak, Dr. Donald E. Mencer
Poster Title: Determining the Ratio of Reduced Glutathione to Oxidized Glutathione using Fluorescence Derivatization and UPLC
Student Author: Alison Walck and Hannah Whitesel
Faculty: Dr. Adam VanWert, Dr. Scott Bolesta