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Homecoming 2013
Schedule of Events
Friday, October 4, 2013
- Alumni Gala and Awards Presentation Registration
Saturday, October 5, 2013
- Edward C. Schmakel Homecoming Parade, 11:00 a.m.
- Alumni Association Tailgate, 1 p.m. at the Glass Bowl
- Homecoming Game, UT vs. Western Michigan, 3:00 p.m. at the Glass Bowl Ticket Purchasing Information
2013 Outstanding Alumni Awards
Dr. Karen Seibert, '84, is this year’s Distinguished Alumna. The Distinguished Alumnus Award is the highest honor and distinction the College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Alumni Affiliate bestows on an alumnus in recognition of outstanding career achievement
in pharmacy or healthcare, including research, teaching, administration, publishing,
etc.
Dr. Seibert, who earned a master’s degree in pharmacology from The University of Toledo
in 1984, is professor of pathology and immunology, professor of genetics, and director
of Genomics and Pathology Services at Washington University School of Medicine.
Her work is focused on identifying clinical and translational research programs that
have significant potential to lead to improvements in diagnosis or treatment of disease.
Dr. Seibert received her undergraduate degree in biological sciences from Northwestern
University, a Master of Science in pharmacology from The University of Toledo, and
a PhD from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. She was awarded a post-doctoral
fellowship at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis before joining
Monsanto in 1991. Dr. Seibert has delivered many papers worldwide in the areas of
inflammation, pain, and cancer research and has coauthored nearly one hundred scholarly
publications. Read more
Nadine Shehab, PharmD, MPH will receive the Outstanding Young Alumna Award from the College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Alumni Affiliate. This award
is bestowed on an alumnus who is 40 years of age or younger and displays leadership
and professional excellence in pharmacy or healthcare.
Dr. Shehab,who earned her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from The University of Toledo in 2002, is
a Senior Service Fellow in the Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP) and
senior scientist in the DHQP Medication Safety Program at the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC). She provides leadership in pharmacoepidemiologic analyses
and pharmaceutical sciences for a national hospital emergency department-based public
health surveillance system (NEISS-CADES) that is a joint CDC, U.S. Consumer Product
Safety Commission, and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) activity utilized for monitoring
outpatient adverse drug events. These national surveillance data have served as the
basis for medication safety targets set by the Department of Health and Human Services
(HHS) and have been cited by members of Congress in calling for coordinated federal
efforts at reducing adverse drug events. Dr. Shehab has served as the principal or
co-investigator for various medication safety-related studies that have been published
in leading medical journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine, Annals of Internal Medicine, and Pediatrics, and that have been the recipients of CDC-wide awards and nominations for outstanding
scientific papers. Read more
