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Faculty News
New Faculty
Marie L. Davies, PharmD, MS
Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmacy Practice and Administration
Dr. Davies received her Doctor of Pharmacy and Master of Science in Clinical
Research degrees from Campbell University College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences
in Buies Creek, North Carolina. Prior to this she attended UC Davis for her Bachelor
of Science degree in Exercise Biology. Upon completing her PharmD, she then
completed her PGY-1 residency at the Durham VA Medical Center in Durham,
North Carolina and a PGY-2 specialty residency in Ambulatory Care at the
University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Her clinical area of expertise is
in diabetes, hypertension, lipids, and heart failure. Her research interests are in
chronic disease state outcomes and scholarship of education.
Dr. Davies joined the College of Pharmacy in July, 2014. At WesternU she is co-
facilitating the OSCEs in the P2 and P3 years, as well as teaching pharmacy
calculations. Dr. Davies’ clinical practice site is with Harbor-UCLA Family Medicine
Clinic in Harbor City, CA. There, she will be taking WesternU student pharmacists
on APPE rotations and practicing in advanced ambulatory care, managing patients for diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia,
smoking cessation, and other chronic disease states such as asthma/COPD, BPH, mental illnesses, and pain. Outside of clinic and
teaching, she enjoys Crossfit, running, playing slow pitch softball, and she is loving the SoCal sun!
Grants & Contracts Peter Oelschlaeger Jeffrey Wang
• Received funding on his NIH/NIAID • Received funding from Novo
Bradley Andresen R15 grant “Bicyclic beta-Lactam Nordisk, Inc. for his research project
• Received funding of $40,000 Antibiotics as Poor Substrates for entitled, “Preclinical Development of
intramural grant award for his Metallo-beta-lactamases” in an Orally Effective Factor IX-based
proposal, “Investigation of collaboration with Dr. John Buynak Agent for the Prophylaxis and
GRK4gamma protein-protein (PI) at Southern Methodist University. Treatment of Bleeding Episodes in
interactions.” In collaboration with The 3-year $438,212 grant includes Hemophilia B Patients.” The grant
Dr. Craig Adams, Assistant Director- $144,540 to support Dr. Oelschlaeger’s funding is $265,736 over two years
Center for Biomarker Research at the consortium study and began on January 1, 2015
Keck Graduate Institute
Sunil Prabhu
Ying Huang • Received the NIH/NCI R15 award Honors & Awards
• Received funding of $248,064 for with his colleagues for their grant Sheryl Chow
research entitled, “Antitumor effects proposal entitled: “Combinatorial • Served as a as moderator for
of Ganoderma lucidum in in vitro and Nanotechnology-based Regimens for American Heart Association (AHA)
in vivo models.” Tong Ren Tang Inc. Pancreatic Cancer Chemoprevention.” Scientific Sessions. Chicago, IL,
Maria Lambros With co-investigators Drs. Jeffrey November 2014
• Received funding from Novartis, for Wang and Guru Betageri (WesternU • Served as Vice-Chair, AHA Clinical
Faculty). Additional consultants:
$29,700, for her research entitled Dr. Arvind Thakkar (Research Pharmacology Committee of the
Clinical Cardiology Council, during
“The Development of the Everolimus Assistant Professor in Dr. Prabhu’s
Caused Mucositis Model Using 3D Lab), Dr. David Ann (City of Hope), the semiannual business meeting.
Chicago, IL, November 2014
Cell Cultures”
Dr. Wael Khamas (WesternU • Selected as a reviewer for the 2015
Veterinary Medicine). The 3-year Ambulatory Care Self-Assessment
award in the amount of $438,000 Program (ASCAP) for the American
began on July 2, 2014 College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP)
30 WesternU, College of Pharmacy
New Faculty
Marie L. Davies, PharmD, MS
Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmacy Practice and Administration
Dr. Davies received her Doctor of Pharmacy and Master of Science in Clinical
Research degrees from Campbell University College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences
in Buies Creek, North Carolina. Prior to this she attended UC Davis for her Bachelor
of Science degree in Exercise Biology. Upon completing her PharmD, she then
completed her PGY-1 residency at the Durham VA Medical Center in Durham,
North Carolina and a PGY-2 specialty residency in Ambulatory Care at the
University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Her clinical area of expertise is
in diabetes, hypertension, lipids, and heart failure. Her research interests are in
chronic disease state outcomes and scholarship of education.
Dr. Davies joined the College of Pharmacy in July, 2014. At WesternU she is co-
facilitating the OSCEs in the P2 and P3 years, as well as teaching pharmacy
calculations. Dr. Davies’ clinical practice site is with Harbor-UCLA Family Medicine
Clinic in Harbor City, CA. There, she will be taking WesternU student pharmacists
on APPE rotations and practicing in advanced ambulatory care, managing patients for diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia,
smoking cessation, and other chronic disease states such as asthma/COPD, BPH, mental illnesses, and pain. Outside of clinic and
teaching, she enjoys Crossfit, running, playing slow pitch softball, and she is loving the SoCal sun!
Grants & Contracts Peter Oelschlaeger Jeffrey Wang
• Received funding on his NIH/NIAID • Received funding from Novo
Bradley Andresen R15 grant “Bicyclic beta-Lactam Nordisk, Inc. for his research project
• Received funding of $40,000 Antibiotics as Poor Substrates for entitled, “Preclinical Development of
intramural grant award for his Metallo-beta-lactamases” in an Orally Effective Factor IX-based
proposal, “Investigation of collaboration with Dr. John Buynak Agent for the Prophylaxis and
GRK4gamma protein-protein (PI) at Southern Methodist University. Treatment of Bleeding Episodes in
interactions.” In collaboration with The 3-year $438,212 grant includes Hemophilia B Patients.” The grant
Dr. Craig Adams, Assistant Director- $144,540 to support Dr. Oelschlaeger’s funding is $265,736 over two years
Center for Biomarker Research at the consortium study and began on January 1, 2015
Keck Graduate Institute
Sunil Prabhu
Ying Huang • Received the NIH/NCI R15 award Honors & Awards
• Received funding of $248,064 for with his colleagues for their grant Sheryl Chow
research entitled, “Antitumor effects proposal entitled: “Combinatorial • Served as a as moderator for
of Ganoderma lucidum in in vitro and Nanotechnology-based Regimens for American Heart Association (AHA)
in vivo models.” Tong Ren Tang Inc. Pancreatic Cancer Chemoprevention.” Scientific Sessions. Chicago, IL,
Maria Lambros With co-investigators Drs. Jeffrey November 2014
• Received funding from Novartis, for Wang and Guru Betageri (WesternU • Served as Vice-Chair, AHA Clinical
Faculty). Additional consultants:
$29,700, for her research entitled Dr. Arvind Thakkar (Research Pharmacology Committee of the
Clinical Cardiology Council, during
“The Development of the Everolimus Assistant Professor in Dr. Prabhu’s
Caused Mucositis Model Using 3D Lab), Dr. David Ann (City of Hope), the semiannual business meeting.
Chicago, IL, November 2014
Cell Cultures”
Dr. Wael Khamas (WesternU • Selected as a reviewer for the 2015
Veterinary Medicine). The 3-year Ambulatory Care Self-Assessment
award in the amount of $438,000 Program (ASCAP) for the American
began on July 2, 2014 College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP)
30 WesternU, College of Pharmacy
