Pharmacy Educators Break Science's Boundaries At 2008 AACP/AFPC Annual Meeting And Seminars

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Article Date: 19 Jul 2008 - 1:00 PDT

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Academic pharmacy is poised to make a significant impact in international health and economic issues. At the 2008 American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) and Association of Faculties of Pharmacy of Canada (AFPC) Annual Meeting and Seminars, Angus Deaton, Ph.D., a distinguished economist and scientist, will discuss global economics and how to apply research on public health and drug development to needs of the world's population.

The 2008 Science Plenary, Global Health: Wellness, Illness and Infectious Disease, held July 22 at 10:00 a.m., will be led by Deaton, Dwight D. Eisenhower professor of economics and international affairs at Princeton University, and Scott G. Franzblau, Ph.D., professor in the department of medicinal chemistry and pharmacognosy at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Together they will lead a stimulating dialog about how to connect pharmacy's best with the rest of the world during the science plenary held at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers, Sheraton Ballroom IV & V, Level 4 in Chicago, Ill.

Deaton is the author of four books and numerous journal articles, and has for decades been concerned with understanding individual and household behavior and its links to well-being. His research interests include global and domestic health, as well as economic development, poverty and inequality. For many years, he has worked on these issues in India. He has been a longtime consultant to the World Bank, focusing on poverty measurement and on the development of international price indexes to allow comparisons of poverty lines across different countries. In 2006, he chaired a panel charged with the evaluation of World Bank research over the previous decade. Deaton has been a consulting senior research scientist with the Gallup Organization, working on their World Poll and exploring the global links between life satisfaction, income and health.

Scott G. Franzblau, M.S., Ph.D., is director of the Institute for Tuberculosis Research (ITR) and professor in the department of medicinal chemistry and pharmacognosy at the University of Illinois at Chicago. The ITR is pursuing several strategies for discovery of new anti-TB agents, including large scale screening of both natural and synthetic compounds for those that demonstrate specificity of activity (i.e. inhibit the TB bacillus but not mammalian cells). Additionally, ITR is attempting to optimize the anti-TB activity of classes of antibiotics used for other infections but that have not been clinically active in tuberculosis. Franzblau is a member of the American Society for Microbiology, the Society for Biomolecular Screening and the Chicago TB Coalition, among others.

The largest gathering of pharmacy educators in the world will meet July 19 - 23, 2008 in Chicago, Ill. to attend the 2008 AACP/AFPC Annual Meeting and Seminars. With exciting programs on global pharmacy education, assessment, accreditation and leadership, AACP and AFPC are energized about the opportunity to work together to enrich the knowledge and skills of the world's best pharmacy educators.

About AACP

Founded in 1900, the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) is a national organization representing the interests of pharmacy education and educators. Comprising all 108 U.S. colleges and schools of pharmacy including more than 5,000 faculty, 50,000 students enrolled in professional programs and 3,900 individuals pursuing graduate study, AACP is committed to excellence in pharmacy education.

http://www.aacp.org