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Faculty and Staff Awards
Educator of the Year
Jason Sprowl, PhD, assistant professor, department of pharmaceutical sciences
Educational Innovator of the Year Awards
William Prescott, chair and clinical professor, department of pharmacy practice
Nicholas Fusco, clinical associate professor, department of pharmacy practice
PharmD Class of 2023 Faculty Recognition Award
Collin Clark, clinical assistant professor, department of pharmacy practice
Julie Kopfer Memorial Staff Member of the Year Award
Nicole Pizzutelli, associate director, student, professional and community affairs
Preceptor Awards
APPE Preceptor of the Year
Jennifer Schroeck, VA WNY Healthcare System - Buffalo
IPPE Preceptor of the Year
Jamie Latko, Niagara Apothecary, Inc
Pharmacy Practice Faculty Preceptor of the Year
Christopher Daly, clinical assistant professor, department of pharmacy practice
2023 Pharmaceutical Sciences Student Awards
Dr. Allen Barnett Fellowship Award
Kazi Rahman
Alan Forrest Pharmacometrics Professional Development Award
Mfonabasi Ette
Yifan Yu
Dr. David E. Guttman Award
Bao Ly
Graduate Scholar Award
Hsuan-Ping Chang
ISoP Unsung Hero Award
Kimberly Adams
Outstanding Graduating Senior Award in Pharmaceutical Sciences
Harley Le
Outstanding MS/BS-MS Student Award
Vivian Xu
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award
Qingqing Shen
Mfonabasi Ette
Robert Gumtow Undergradaute Research Award in Pharmaceutical Sciences
Carson Essenburg
UB Excellence in Research, Scholarship and Creativity Award
Bao Ly
2023 PharmD Student Awards
A.B. Lemon Memorial Award
Melissa Stein
ACCP Best Student Poster Award
Autumn Spyhalsky
APhA-ASP Operation Heart Region 1 Award
Lauren Lacoursiere
Maddie Mocarski
Callie Hipolito
APhA-ASP Operation Immunization Region 1 Award
May Thandar
Nicole Castoro
APhA National Patient Counseling Competition Award
Kelsey Wares - 2022 representative
Serena Roberts - 2023 representative and 3rd place national finalist
APhA ASP Senior Recognition Award
May Thandar
ASCPT Presidential Trainee Award
Thomas Nguyen
Copel and Max Rubenstein Award in Pharmacy
May Thandar
Daniel H. Murray Memorial Award
Autumn Spyhalsky
Thomas Nguyen
Eino Nelson Award
Katherine Coli
Excellence in Pharmacogenomics Award
Katherine Coli
Inpatient Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience Award
Thomas Nguyen
Lilly Achievement Award
Lauren Lacoursiere
Lori Esch Memorial Award
Corian Hess
Margaret C. Swisher Memorial Award
Hien Lam
McKesson Leadership Award
Sara Salah
Merck Manual Award for Academic Excellence
Katherine Coli
Allison Kotas
Caitlin Harrington
Michael E. Crawford Award
Sara Salah
National Community Pharmacists Association Outstanding Student Award
Joseph MacKinnon
Outpatient Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience Award
Sean Lenhard
PAWNY Student Leadership Award
Gabriella Leto
PSSNY Award
Rebecca Winski
Renee A. Diederich Award
Chloe Matecki
Roger Mantsavinos Award
Paul Stage
Robert M. Cooper Memorial Award
Hadijat Bhadmus
Robert H. Ritz Award
Brian Ho
Roy M. Barr Award
Lauren Lacoursiere
Samuel J. Bauda Award
Morgan Beres
UB SPPS Professionalism Award
Paul Stage
UB Excellence in Research, Scholarship and Creativity Award
Min Chung
Jeanine Day
Jason Dey
USPHS Public Health Service Award
Nicole Castoro
Viatris Excellence in Pharmacy Award
Mark Yetto Jr.
Wolters Kluwer Clinical Drug Information Award of Excellence in Clinical Communication
Carrie Yu
Western New York Society of Health System Pharmacists Award
Lauren Lacoursiere
Alumni Awards
Willis G. Gregory Memorial Award
Lisa Benincosa, PhD '93
Orville C. Baxter Memorial Professional Practice Award
Elizabeth Ludwig, BS '81, PharmD '84
Faculty and Staff Awards
Educational Innovator of the Year Award
Gina Prescott, Clinical Associate Professor, Pharmacy Practice
Sara Robinson, Associate Director, Admissions and Advisement
Faculty/Instructor of the Year Award
Alfred Reiman, clinical assistant professor, pharmacy practice
Julie Kopfer Memorial Staff Member of the Year Award
Rebecca Brierley, Assistant Dean and Director of Communications and Alumni Relations
Preceptor Awards
IPPE Outstanding Contribution Award
Collin Clark, PharmD '17
Professional Practice Elective Preceptor of the Year
John Siejak, PharmD '08
J. Fred Bennes Outpatient Care Preceptor of the Year Award
Alexandra Thomas, PharmD '15
Inpatient Care Preceptor of the Year
Elliot Marino
Pharmacy Practice Faculty Preceptor of the Year
Nicole Cieri-Hutcherson, PharmD '10
2022 PharmD Student Awards
Daniel H. Murray Memorial Award
Jiajie Guan, PharmD '22
Jasdip Singh, PharmD '22
United States Public Health Service Excellence in Public Health Pharmacy Award
May Thandar, PharmD '23
APhA Senior Recognition Award
Olivia Denny, PharmD '22
APhA-ASP Chapter President Award
Caroline Irwin, PharmD '23
APhA-ASP Operation Heart Region 1 Award
Olivia Denny, PharmD '22
Lauren Lacoursiere, PharmD '23
Madeline Mocarski, PharmD '24
APhA-ASP Operation Immunization Region 1 Award
May Thandar, PharmD '23
Marisa Masi, PharmD '23
Nicole Castoro, PharmD '24
2022 Pharmaceutical Sciences Student Awards
Alan Barnett Fellowship Awards
Nicole Jarvi
Kazi Rahman
Graduate Scholar Award
Hsueh-Yuan (Luke) Chang
Outstanding MS/BS-MS Award
Izumi Hamada
Outstanding TA Awards
Kimberly Adams
Jonathan Perri
Willis G. Gregory Memorial Award
Gayle Brazeau, PhD '89
Orville C. Baxter Memorial Professional Practice Award
Martin Burruano, BS '86
Faculty/Instructor of the Year Award
Raymond Cha, clinical associate professor, pharmacy practice
Julie Kopfer Memorial Staff Member of the Year Award
Jaime Maerten-Rivera
IPPE Outstanding Contribution Award
Raymond Cha, BS '97, PharmD '00
Professional Practice Elective Preceptor of the Year
Frank Pietrantoni , PharmD '03
J. Fred Bennes Outpatient Care Preceptor of the Year Award
Ken Sternfeld
Inpatient Care Preceptor of the Year
Deanna Argentieri
Pharmacy Practice Faculty Preceptor of the Year
Ashley Woodruff, PharmD '09
United States Public Health Service Excellence in Public Health Pharmacy Award
Zakiya Rhodie, PharmD/MPH '22
A.B. Lemon Memorial Award
Dhvani Shah, PharmD '21
ASP Senior Recognition Award
Baylie Slowik, PharmD '21
Copel and Max Rubenstein Award in Pharmacy
Esther Esadah, PharmD/MS '21
Daniel H. Murray Memorial Award
Kira Voyer, PharmD '21
Eino Nelson Award
Ngan Nguyen, PharmD '21
Excellence in Pharmacogenomics Award*
Christine Zemanek, PharmD '21
Francis Taylor Award
Denis Vanini, PharmD '21
Inpatient Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience Award*
Caroline Rusch, PharmD '21
Lilly Achievement Award
Jennifer Stanton, PharmD '21
Lori Esch Memorial Award
Alexis Watters, PharmD '21
Margaret C. Swisher Memorial Award
Yonghua Qin, PharmD '21
McKesson Leadership Award
Laurie Plewinski, PharmD '21
Merck Manual Award for Academic Excellence
Brenna Gelen, PharmD '21
Denis Vanini, PharmD '21
Benjamin Zak, PharmD '21
Michael E. Crawford Award
Kira Voyer, PharmD '21
Mylan Excellence in Pharmacy Award*
Denis Vanini, PharmD '21
National Community Pharmacists Association Outstanding Student Award
Michael Danilov, PharmD '21
Outpatient Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience Award*
Kira Voyer, PharmD '21
Pharmacists Association of Western New York Student Leadership Award
Caitlin Grimm, PharmD '21
Pharmacists Society of the State of New York Award
Anna Augostini, PharmD '21
Renee A. Diederich Award*
Kira Voyer, PharmD '21
Anna Augostini, PharmD '21
Robert M. Cooper Memorial Award*
Alexis Watters, PharmD '21
Robert H. Ritz Award
Se Jin Kim, PharmD '21
Roger Mantsavinos Award
Michael Danilov, PharmD '21
Roy M. Barr Award
Zhilei Chen, PharmD '21
Jiawei Huang, PharmD '21
Samuel J. Bauda Award
Gisela Canales, PharmD '21
UB SPPS Professionalism Award*
Elizabeth Patt, PharmD '21
Western New York Society of Health System Pharmacists Award
Jared Gilbert, PharmD '21
Wolters Kluwer Clinical Drug Information Award of Excellence in Clinical Communication
Benjamin Zak, PharmD '21
*Commencement Award
Dr. David E. Guttman Award
Sandra Frank, BS '21
Outstanding Graduating Senior in Pharmaceutical Sciences
Wensi Wu, BS '21
Robert H. Gumtow Undergraduate Research Award in Pharmaceutical Sciences
Brandon Guzman, BS '21
Dr. Thomas J. Bardos Scholarship
Vusumuzi Hove
Shufang Liu
Dr. Allen Barnett Fellowship Award
Elizabeth Hayden
Shufang Liu
Toan Duc Nguyen
Graduate Scholar Award
Brandon Bordeaux
Outstanding MS/BSMS Student Award
Brandon Bumbaca
Xiaoyu Zhu
Outstanding TA Award
Nicole Jarvi
Jie Pu
Andrea Serratore
Willis G. Gregory Memorial Award
John Pieper, PharmD '79
Orville C. Baxter Memorial Professional Practice Award
Andrew DiLuca, BS '81
Teacher of the Year Award
Erin Slazak, PharmD '04
Faculty/Instructor of the Year Award
Nicholas Fusco, clinical associate professor, pharmacy practice
Julie Kopfer Memorial Staff Member of the Year Award
Julie Kopfer (posthumous)
Daniel H. Murray Memorial Award
Mary Hejna, PharmD '20
IPPE Outstanding Contribution Award
Alexa Keller, PharmD '16
Professional Practice Elective Preceptor of the Year
Natalie Hathaway, PharmD '13
J. Fred Bennes Outpatient Care Preceptor of the Year Award
Kenneth Kellick
Inpatient Care Preceptor of the Year
Kristin Hall
Pharmacy Practice Faculty Preceptor of the Year
Nicole Albanese
U.S. Public Health Service Excellence in Public Health Pharmacy Award
Anna Augostini, PharmD '21
Graduate Scholar Award
Van Anh Nguyen
Outstanding MS/BS-MS Award
Vincent Chak
Outstanding TA Award
Nicholas Smith, PharmD/MS '18 & PhD '20
Alan Barnett Fellowship Awards
Nhan Hanh Nguyen and Jin Niu
Willis G. Gregory Memorial Award
Lee Vermeulen, BS '90
Orville C. Baxter Memorial Professional Practice Award
Christopher Rubino, PharmD '96
Staff Member of the Year
Pamela Coniglio
Teacher of the Year
Tammie Lee Demler, BS '92, PharmD '02
Faculty/Instructor of the Year Award
Calvin Meaney, clinical assistant professor, pharmacy practice
IPPE Outstanding Contribution Award
Brian Sultana, PharmD '16
Professional Practice Elective Preceptor of the Year
Kalpesh Desai, BS, PharmD
J. Fred Bennes Outpatient Care Preceptor of the Year
Joseph Navarra, RPh
Inpatient Care Preceptor of the Year
Angela Borton, PharmD '13
Pharmacy Practice Faculty Preceptor of the Year
Fred Doloresco, MS, PharmD
Daniel H. Murray Memorial Professional Development Award
Emily Hart, '19
PSSNY Poster Award - First Place
Anna Mak, '20
Bryan Quinn, '20
PSSNY Student Business Plan Competition Award - First Place
Anna Augostini, '21
Michael Danilov, '21
Emanuel Jaffe, '21
Kira Voyer, '21
PSSNY Student Business Plan Competition Award - Second Place
Anthony Gao, '21
Quoc Pham, '21
Andrey Polukhin, '21
Shu Qing Zhong, '21
Dr. Allen Barnett Fellowship Award
Vivian Rodriguez-Cruz
David Bussing
Outstanding MS/BSMS Student Award
Hsuan-Ping Cheng
Outstanding Teacher Assistant Award
Brandon Bordeau
Graduate Scholar Award
Aman Singh, PhD '18
Willis G. Gregory Memorial Award
Kimberly Zammit, BS ’86 & PharmD ‘00
Orville C. Baxter Memorial Professional Practice Award
Mark Stramaglia, BS '81
Daniel H. Murray Memorial Professional Development Award
Nicholas Smith, PharmD '18, MS '18 & PhD '20
Outstanding Teacher Awards
Calvin Meaney, PharmD ’11
Irene Reilly, PharmD
Ashley Woodruff, PharmD ‘09
Faculty/Instructor of the Year Award
Calvin Meaney, clinical assistant professor, pharmacy practice
Staff Member of the Year Award
Kara Sweet
United States Public Health Service Excellence in Public Health Pharmacy Award
Amy Shaver, '18
APhA-ASP Senior Recognition Award
Amy Shaver, '18
McKesson Leadership Award
Stacy Fredrick, '18
MEDISCA Student Pharmacist Compounding Competition Award
Yingping Li, '19; Cynthia Mgbeojirikwe, '19; Taoran Wang, '19; Jingwen Zhang, '19
NCPA Pruitt-Schutte Student Business Plan Competition Award
Christopher DeFedele, '18; Olivia Dioguardi, '18; Cassandra Nicolia, '18; Mercede Siu, '20
NCPA Outstanding Student Member Award
Jessica Klingelsmith, '18
PSSNY Student Business Plan Competition Award
Husain Ahmed, '19; Omar Marzouk, '20; Melanie Nguyen, '20; Mercede Siu, '20
PSSNY Award
Kelsey Violanti, '18
Western New York Society of Health-System Pharmacists Award
Rachael Cardinal, '18
PAWNY Student Leadership Award
Kelsey Violanti, '18
Francis P. Taylor Award
Rachael Cardinal, '18
Roger Montsavinos Award
Rachael Cardinal, '18
Roy M. Barr Award
Alyssa Nobel, '18, and Brenda Olivo, '18
Samuel J. Bauda Award
Charise Chehovich, '18
Michael E. Crawford Award
Catherine Gawronski, '18
Katherine Doyle Memorial Award for Excellence in Palliative Care
Christine Piccione, '18
Lori Esch Memorial Award
Nicholas Assif, '18
Eino Nelson Award
Jessica Costello, '18
Copel and Max Rubenstein Award in Pharmacy
Sarah Dascanio, '18
Robert H. Ritz Award
Brandon Bailey, '18
Margaret C. Swisher Memorial Award
Andy Lam, '18
Outstanding MS/BSMS Student Award
Kirk Hofman, BS '17
Outstanding Teacher Assistant Award
Vivaswath Ayyar
Van Anh Nguyen, BS '14
Graduate Scholar Award
Kelly Fellows
Willis G. Gregory Memorial Award
C.K. David Chu, '75
Orville C. Baxter Memorial Professional Practice Award
Tricia Lee Wilkins, ’08
Daniel H. Murray Memorial Professional Development Award
Sarah Spitznogle, '18
Outstanding Teacher Awards
Sathy Balu-Iyer
Nicholas Fusco, '10
Calvin Meaney, '11
Faculty/Instructor of the Year Award
Ashley Woodruff, clinical assistant professor, pharmacy practice
Staff Member of the Year Award
Donna Ruszaj
APhA-ASP Patient Counseling Award
Kristen Russo, '18
APhA-ASP Senior Recognition Award
Marcelene Figueroa, '17
McKesson Leadership Award
Courtney Cardinal, '17
United States Public Health Service Excellence in Public Health Pharmacy Award
Ali Scrimenti, '17
PSSNY Student Business Plan Competition Award
Laura Bielecki, '17
Olivia Dioguardi, '17
Stacy Fredrick, '17
Cassandra Nicolia, '17
NCPA Pruitt-Schutte Student Business Plan Competition Award
Michelle Falcone, ‘17
Kevin Lavery, ‘18
Kelsey Violanti, ‘18
Angeline Walker, ‘17
MEDISCA Student Pharmacist Compounding Competition Award
Olivia Dioguardi, ‘17
Stacy Fredrick, ‘17
Anna Liang, ‘18
Lisa Yamagishi, ‘17
Francis P. Taylor Award
Connie Liu '17
Outstanding MS/BSMS Student Award
Nhan Nguyen
Allen Barnett Fellowship
Mark Bryniarski
Michael Deci
Fiona Yau
Outstanding Teacher Assistant Award
Kristin Hill
Graduate Scholar Award
Patrick Glassman
Willis G. Gregory Memorial Award
Rose Mary Madejski, '59
Orville C. Baxter Memorial Professional Practice Award
Kari Mergenhagen, ’07
Daniel H. Murray Memorial Professional Development Award
Faisal Minhaj, '17
Outstanding Teacher Awards
Robert Wahler, '00
Fred Doloresco
Nicholas Fusco, '10
Faculty/Instructor of the Year Award
Alfred Reiman, clinical assistant professor, pharmacy practice
Staff Member of the Year Award
Kelly Sustakoski
Sara Robinson
USPHS Excellence in Public Health Pharmacy Practice Award
Jovin Panthapattu, '16
APhA-ASP Patient Counseling Competition Award
Ciera Patzke, '16
APhA-ASP Senior Recognition Award
Natalie Winters, '16
McKesson Leadership Award
Adam Heiermann, '16
MEDISCA Student Pharmacist Compounding Competition Award
Brenda Basile, '16
Nicole Kostrzebski, '16
Alexa Keller Haberman, '16
DeAnna Nigro, '16
NCPA Pruitt-Schutte Student Business Plan Competition Award
Brian Bowman, '16
Jonathan Gall, '16
Sarah Reed, '17
Penny McDermott, '18
Francis Taylor Award
Adam Heierman, '16
Outstanding MS/BSMS Student Award
Robert Dingman, '16
Allen Barnett Fellowship
Robert Jones
Shunxin Lin
Outstanding Teacher Assistant Award
Robert Jones
Graduate Scholar Award
Rutwij Dave
Willis G. Gregory Memorial Award
Joseph Sterman '52
Orville C. Baxter Memorial Professional Practice Award
Michael Ghobrial '09
Daniel H. Murray Memorial Professional Development Award
Zackery Bulman '15
Outstanding Teacher Awards
Carolyn Hempel '11
Scott Monte '06
Ashley Woodruff '09
Faculty/Instructor of the Year Award
Joshua Sawyer, clinical assistant professor, pharmacy practice
Staff Member of the Year Award
Carol Fritsch
USPHS Excellence in Public Health Pharmacy Practice Award
Ciera Patzke '16
APhA-ASP Patient Counseling Competition Award
Ciera Patzke '16
APhA-ASP Senior Recognition Award
Jennifer Murray '15
MEDISCA Student Pharmacist Compounding Competition Award
Brenda Basile '16
Patrick Rose '16
Craig Sauers '16
Nahid Zaman '16
NCPA Pruitt-Schutte Student Business Plan Competition Award
Peter Fendt '16
David Huoh '16
Francesca Sosnowski '16
Brian Bowman '16
Roger Mantsavinos Award
Jennifer Murray '15
Outstanding MS/BSMS Student Awards
Elizabeth Lakota '15
Allen Barnett Fellowship
Scott Ferguson '13
Xi Chen
Outstanding Teacher Assistant Award
Peter Bloomingdale '12
Sheryl Trueman-Fathallah
Willis G. Gregory Memorial Award
Joseph Voelkl ‘59
Orville C. Baxter Memorial Professional Practice Award
Mark Sinnett ‘83 ‘87
Daniel H. Murray Memorial Professional Development Award
Elizabeth Lakota ‘15
Outstanding Teacher Awards
Nicole Albanese
Karl Fiebelkorn ‘78
Gina Prescott
Faculty/Instructor of the Year Award
Vicki Rink, research technician, pharmaceutical care learning center
Staff Member of the Year Award
Kelly Tooley
USPHS Excellence in Public Health Pharmacy Practice Award
Kristen Fodero ‘14
APhA-ASP Patient Counseling Competition Award
Rebecca Campbell ‘15
APhA-ASP Chapter Service Award
Brian Baur ‘14
MEDISCA Student Pharmacist Compounding
Competition Award
Nicholas Filk ‘14
Colleen Gardon ‘15
Sophia Min ‘15
Christina Wang ‘15
NCPA Pruitt-Schutte Student Business Plan
Competition Award
Justin Bader ‘15
Lindsey Feuz ‘14
Nicholas Hopwood ‘14
Charles Hinton ‘15
Roger Mantsavinos Award
Sohee Chang ‘14
UB Pharmacy Alumni Award
Dana Munn ‘14
