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Biographical Sketches of Pharmacy
Residents
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FRONT(l-r): Jen Boyer; Sara Tapya; Heidi
Wood; Theresa Vavra;
BACK (l-r): Lindy Gasperi; Kelly Cochran; Ginelle Schmidt; Erica Pearce;
and Jessica Humphrey
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Jen Boyer, Pharm.D.
Dr. Boyer is a 2008 graduate
of the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy. Her
current areas of interest include critical care,
hematology/oncology, pediatrics, and management.
Dr. Boyer’s residency project is an evaluation of 7.5% sodium
chloride use in pediatric traumatic brain injury in the
pediatric intensive care unit. Upon completion of the PGY1
Pharmacy Residency, she plans to pursue a position as a
clinical pharmacist in an acute care setting. |
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Kelly Cochran, Pharm.D.
Dr. Cochran is a 2008 graduate
of Butler University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.
Her current practice interests include cardiology, solid
organ transplant, infectious disease, geriatrics, and public
health. For her residency project she is retrospectively
examining the safety and efficacy of a steroid avoidance
protocol among renal transplant recipients at University
of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Upon completion of the PGY1
Pharmacy Residency, Dr. Cochran plans to pursue a second
year residency or take a clinical position with a teaching
hospital. |
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Lindy Gasperi, Pharm.D.
Dr. Gasperi is a 2008 graduate
of Creighton University. Her current areas of interest
include pediatrics, oncology, cardiology, and critical care.
Dr. Gasperi’s residency project is an evaluation of the
incidence, treatment, and outcomes of BK virus associated
nephropathy in renal transplant patients. Upon completion
of the PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, she plans to pursue a
position as a clinical pharmacist in an acute care setting. |
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Jessica Humphrey, Pharm.D.
Dr. Humphrey is a 2008 graduate
of the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy. Her current
areas of interest include internal medicine, cardiology, and
pediatrics. Dr. Humphrey’s residency project will compare
oral versus intravenous dexamethasone prior to administration
of paclitaxel in chemotherapy patients. Upon completely of
the PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, she plans to purse a position
as a clinical pharmacist in an acute care setting. |
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Erica Pearce, Pharm.D.
Dr. Pearce is a 2008 graduate
of Drake University and is currently completing a PGY1
Pharmacy Residency with an ambulatory care focus. Her
interests include geriatrics, hypertension, women’s health
and diabetes. For her residency project, Dr. Pearce is
working with Dr. Wood on the development of a pharmacotherapy
clinic in the internal medicine department. She will be
completing a PGY2 specialized residency in ambulatory
care in 2009-2010 at the University of Iowa Hospitals
and Clinics. |
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Ginelle Schmidt, Pharm.D.
Dr. Schmidt is a 2007 graduate
of the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy. She is
currently in her second year of a combined PGY-1 and PGY-2
Ambulatory Care Residency (2007 – 2009). Her interests
include disease state management, diabetes, dyslipidemia,
geriatrics, anticoagulation, and hypertension. Her residency
project is looking at vitamin D replacement in the geriatrics
population. Upon completion of her training, she plans to
pursue a clinical faculty position. |
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Sara Tapya, R.Ph.
Ms. Tapya is a 2002 graduate
of the University of Aston, Birmingham, UK. She came to
Iowa in 2005 and converted her qualifications getting her
Iowa pharmacy license in March 2008. Her current areas of
interest include oncology, psychiatry, infectious diseases
and women’s health. Ms. Tapya’s residency project is a
prospective study looking to develop an allergy patch test
to help diagnose clopidogrel hypersensitivity. Upon
completion of the PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, she plans to
pursue a clinical pharmacist position in an acute care
setting. |
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Theresa Vavra, Pharm.D.
Dr. Vavra is a 2006 graduate
of the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy. Her current
areas of interest include cardiology, pediatrics, infectious
disease, critical care and internal medicine. Dr. Vavra’s
residency project involves a retrospective evaluation of
serotonin signaling agents and the incidence of pulmonary
arterial hypertension. Upon completion of the PGY1 Pharmacy
Residency, Dr. Vavra plans to pursue a clinical pharmacist
position in an acute care setting. |
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Heidi Wood, Pharm.D.
Dr. Wood is a 2008 graduate
of the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy and is currently
complete a PGY1 Pharmacy Residency with an emphasis in
ambulatory care. Her interests include diabetes management,
geriatrics, renal/hypertension, and writing/research. Dr.
Wood is completing a joint residency project with Dr. Pearce
to develop a pharmacotherapy clinic in Internal Medicine and
then evaluate the outcomes. She will be completing a PGY2
specialized residency in ambulatory care in 2009-2010 at the
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. |
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