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APhA-ASP Interprofessional Health Fair: Richard Garcia, PharmD ’13, Eric Gupta, APhA-ASP Interprofessional Health Fair: Mona Marzban, PharmD ’16, Shokoofeh
PharmD, Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Adminstration, Marisa Leal, Namiranian, PharmD ’17, and Miriam Velazquez, MSMS ’14.
MSPA ’15, Ashley Smaldone, MSPA ’15, and Lusi Akopyan, PharmD ’15.
affected by the Human papillomavirus (HPV) sometime in their screenings such as nutrition and exercise/BMI; strength,
lifetime. To combat this, our Cancer Awareness subcommittee balance, and flexibility; blood pressure; blood sugar; foot; and
collaborated with Dr. Pon to develop a new project in OMM/structural exams. Our chapter’s Patient Care Project
promoting HPV Vaccination awareness. Our goal is to educate committees as well as fellow College of Pharmacy
high school students about HPV and the HPV vaccine. organizations were able to provide patients with various
health education topics, including drug take back, smoking
Since January 2014, WesternU CSHP’s Cancer Awareness
subcommittee has attended six all-day outreaches at Pomona cessation, and nutrition. We look forward to hosting another
High School. With the help of student pharmacist volunteers, successful Interprofessional Health Fair in the coming year!
resident pharmacists, and faculty members, we were able to Our ongoing efforts towards community outreach were
teach over 800 students about what HPV is, the facts and recognized at this year’s APhA Annual Meeting & Exposition
myths of HPV, and how to prevent HPV. Many students in Orlando, Florida, as our chapter was the recipient of two
found the interactive session to be highly engaging and easy to national awards for the 2012-2013 year: Chapter Innovative
relate to. But our outreach didn’t stop there! We also extended Programming Award and 2nd Runner-Up for Operation
an option to students’ parents to learn more about HPV. For Diabetes. We hope to continue these achievements in the
the parents who were interested and opted in, our Cancer future, with the help of our members!
Awareness subcommittee would contact them to answer their
questions. We are very excited about this program and Please visit: aphaaspwesternu.org
welcome you to join us in future outreaches! Follow us on Instagram: @westernuasp
Please visit: westernucshp.com
Parinaz Pourbahrami
Parinaz Pourbahrami
APhA-ASP/CPhA
The American Pharmacists Association Academy of
Student Pharmacists
By Jessel Villegas, PharmD ’17
On a sunny day this past spring, the APhA-ASP/CPhA
Chapter at WesternU continued its community outreach
efforts with our 4th Annual Interprofessional Health Fair. In
conjunction with WesternU’s Student Government Association
(SGA), we provided health screening services and health
education to our own community at the Pomona Valley
Indoor Swap Meet. Pomona residents attending the event
were able to check-off things on their shopping lists and
check-up on their health! Interprofessional in nature, we had
students from the different colleges at WesternU provide
14 WesternU, College of Pharmacy
PharmD, Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Adminstration, Marisa Leal, Namiranian, PharmD ’17, and Miriam Velazquez, MSMS ’14.
MSPA ’15, Ashley Smaldone, MSPA ’15, and Lusi Akopyan, PharmD ’15.
affected by the Human papillomavirus (HPV) sometime in their screenings such as nutrition and exercise/BMI; strength,
lifetime. To combat this, our Cancer Awareness subcommittee balance, and flexibility; blood pressure; blood sugar; foot; and
collaborated with Dr. Pon to develop a new project in OMM/structural exams. Our chapter’s Patient Care Project
promoting HPV Vaccination awareness. Our goal is to educate committees as well as fellow College of Pharmacy
high school students about HPV and the HPV vaccine. organizations were able to provide patients with various
health education topics, including drug take back, smoking
Since January 2014, WesternU CSHP’s Cancer Awareness
subcommittee has attended six all-day outreaches at Pomona cessation, and nutrition. We look forward to hosting another
High School. With the help of student pharmacist volunteers, successful Interprofessional Health Fair in the coming year!
resident pharmacists, and faculty members, we were able to Our ongoing efforts towards community outreach were
teach over 800 students about what HPV is, the facts and recognized at this year’s APhA Annual Meeting & Exposition
myths of HPV, and how to prevent HPV. Many students in Orlando, Florida, as our chapter was the recipient of two
found the interactive session to be highly engaging and easy to national awards for the 2012-2013 year: Chapter Innovative
relate to. But our outreach didn’t stop there! We also extended Programming Award and 2nd Runner-Up for Operation
an option to students’ parents to learn more about HPV. For Diabetes. We hope to continue these achievements in the
the parents who were interested and opted in, our Cancer future, with the help of our members!
Awareness subcommittee would contact them to answer their
questions. We are very excited about this program and Please visit: aphaaspwesternu.org
welcome you to join us in future outreaches! Follow us on Instagram: @westernuasp
Please visit: westernucshp.com
Parinaz Pourbahrami
Parinaz Pourbahrami
APhA-ASP/CPhA
The American Pharmacists Association Academy of
Student Pharmacists
By Jessel Villegas, PharmD ’17
On a sunny day this past spring, the APhA-ASP/CPhA
Chapter at WesternU continued its community outreach
efforts with our 4th Annual Interprofessional Health Fair. In
conjunction with WesternU’s Student Government Association
(SGA), we provided health screening services and health
education to our own community at the Pomona Valley
Indoor Swap Meet. Pomona residents attending the event
were able to check-off things on their shopping lists and
check-up on their health! Interprofessional in nature, we had
students from the different colleges at WesternU provide
14 WesternU, College of Pharmacy
