Academic Division hosts 8th annual research achievement day symposium and poster session
The Division of Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy sponsored a very successful Research Day Symposium with 27 abstracts submitted in three categories, including a Graduate Student/Fellows category, a PharmD category, and a Clinical Resident category. Dr. Reggie Frye, PharmD, PhD, from the University of Florida gave a talk on "Variable in Drug Metabolism: Interactions, SNPs, and CYPs." Poster session award winners were as follows:

Graduate Student/Fellow Category THE APPROACH OF NORM BALANCE TOWARD INTENTION PREDICTION UNDER THE THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR Yifei Liu, MS, William R. Doucette, PhD, Karen B. Farris, PhD, Dhananjay Nayakankuppam, PhD
PharmD Student Category LC-MS METHOD DEVELOPMENT FOR THE SCHWEINFURTHINS Nicole Brogden, Tricia Bockenstedt, Mark Schmidt, PhD, Jeffrey D. Neighbors, PhD, Daryl J. Murry, PharmD
Clinical Resident Category PREDICTORS OF ADHERENCE TO ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY: A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS IN A VETERAN POPULATION Teri L. Swenson, PharmD, Nancee Waterbury, PharmD, Bruce Alexander, PharmD, BCPP,Robert Shaw, PharmD, MPH

2007 jameS F. jakobsen conference
Thirteen MS and PhD students from the College of Pharmacy recently presented at the 2007 James F. Jakobsen Conference, sponsored by the University of Iowa Graduate Student Senate and The Graduate College. James F. (Jake) Jakobsen served as Associate Dean of the Graduate College from 1968 until his retirement in 1998. He served as the Graduate Student Senate (GSS) liaison throughout his career as Associate Dean, assiduously attending meetings and developing trust through insightful but sympathetic advice. In 2001, we wanted to honor his long-standing commitment to GSS and to graduate student education by renaming the Graduate Forum, the James F. Jakobsen Graduate Forum.

**3rd place poster winner, Biological and Health Sciences
*Honorable Mention poster winners, Biological and Health Sciences

Doctoral Students Awarded
Seven graduate students representing all three academic divisions were awarded with a 2007-2008 American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education Pre-Doctoral Fellowship. Each student earns a grant in the amount of $6,000. The Pre-Doctoral Fellowship is made possible by contributions from the AFPE 21st Century Club. The purpose of the award is to encourage outstanding pre-doctoral students, who have completed at least three semesters of graduate study and have no more than three years remaining, to continue their students and earn the PhD in the pharmaceutical sciences at a US school or college of pharmacy. A maximum of 70 fellowships are awarded annually. Congratulations to:

Graduate Students recognized
The College of Pharmacy recognized its 73 graduate students during the 2nd Annual Graduate Student Reception Week with a program and luncheon. Students were also given College of Pharmacy glasses from the college alumni office for appreciation of their hard work in the areas of research, service, and teaching. Of the 73 PhD students, 34 are in Pharmaceutics, 24 in Medicinal & Natural Products Chemistry, and 15 in Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy.  During the 2006 year there were 11 PhD students graduate, 7 of those went into the pharmaceutical industry, 3 to a postdoctoral program, and1 entered the UI PharmD program.  For the 2006-2007 academic year, 7 PhD candidates were awarded the prestigious American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education (AFPE) Pre-Doctoral Fellowships, and 1 candidate was honored with the Lilly Foundation Applied Pharmaceutics Fellowship.