Pharmacy Educators Break Science’s Boundaries at 2008 AACP/AFPC Annual Meeting and Seminars

CHICAGO–(EMWNews)–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 committed to excellence in pharmacy education.

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