P H A R M A C Y G O V E R N I N G C O U N C I L

Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey

Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy

160 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854

GENERAL MEETING – 10/4/2022 – 7:20 PM (PH-130)

Kasja Dymek, President

• NJPIRG Referendum
• Every 3 years students vote to continue funding our Student Chapter
• Provide the training, professional support and resources students need to tackle climate change, protect public health, revitalize our democracy, feed the hungry and more.
• Need 25% of each undergraduate and graduate pharmacy students to vote to enact the referendum
• PGC joined the Oversight Committee to stay up to date and make sure it runs smoothly to give students the opportunity to vote!
• Pitt Hackathon - Submit your interest form by October 8th 11:59 PM
• Now that most events/ conferences are in person, review the Rutgers Travel Policies
• Travel checklist recommends you to start planning 6-8 weeks in advance
• Asian Pacific-American Medical Students Association (APAMSA) at RWJMS
• Northeastern Regional Conference October 15th 9AM-4PM in NYC open to pharmacy students!
• November Guest Speaker: ASHP Midyear Presentation
• Submit any questions you have here!

Sungjae Lee, VP Internal

• Mini-Open Forum
• Via Poll Everywhere
• Anonymously submit any concerns, questions, and/or comments
• Regarding EMSOP, curriculum, pharmacy organizations, etc
• The poll will be open at any time, not just during PGC meetings
• Link: https://pollev.com/emsoppgc507

Omer Abdel-Wahab, VP External

• Game center in the atrium available at all times
• Bus meeting
• No more wet seats
• Times on app changing to departing time soon (WILL LET YOU KNOW WHEN IT’S OFFICIAL)
• Make scooters cheap again
• Save your old winter clothes!
• Winter clothes and shoes drive beginning sometime November-December.
• Will keep updated through Org Presidents Groupme
• Halloween Trunk or Treat!
• October 28th 3-5pm at CASC
• In collaboration with EGC
• Any concerns email at oma46@scarletmail.rutgers.edu

Christopher Wang, Treasurer

• Canvas quiz due October 17th 2022
• Need an 80% to pass and maintain treasurer status

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Sinduja Sivakumar, Corresponding Secretary

• Happy October! Hope everyone had an amazing 1st month of school 🎃
• Thank you to everyone who came by and said hi at the Involvement Fair!
• General Reminders:
• Submit events 2 weeks in advance
• Check the PGC calendar– please space out events by 30 minutes!
• If you submit a fundraising/pickup event, it won’t show up in the regular PGC event calendar! Check the pickup calendar please :)
• Scan the QR code to access the calendar section of our website, you can also add the PGC calendars to your personal Google calendar for easy reference!
• Feel free to reach out to me with any questions via email or GroupMe, excited for all of the amazing events all of the orgs have planned that are coming up!

Hannah Seo, Recording Secretary

• One person can only represent one organization at one time
• Exception: PLS and class councils
• Class council only needs one rep

Omar Abuattieh, University Senator

• RBHS-EMSOP Parking Permit Designation
• Mask Mandate
• EMSOP Cafe
• Per the Deans, late this semester or by next semester, cafe should be open

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Selin Kang, RUSA Liaison

• Student Debt Relief Plan - Application scheduled to open in October
• Go to ed.gov/subscriptions and check “NEW!! Federal Student Loan Borrower Updates”
• Make sure contact info is up to date on studentaid.gov
• Free Narcan training sessions in October and November
• Sessions will be over zoom (~1 - 1.5 hrs)
• Will receive one Narcan kit after completion of training!
• Registration:
• Email tanisha.riley@rutgers.edu with:
• Full name
• Email
• Mailing address
• Session + Date
• Zoom link will be sent by RWJMS 24 hours prior to session
• Aunt Flow
• Free menstrual hygiene products in bathrooms (student centers, residence halls, academic buildings, etc)
• Will provide updates throughout the year!

Simra Arshad, Public Relations

• Make sure to be follow our IG: @rutgersemsop :)
• If you want our Instagram account to promote your org’s flyer, please message directly from your organization’s account.
• Class of 2028: Make sure to follow @emsop28 and join your class GroupMe for updates, resources, and announcements!
• If you aren’t able to join the GroupMe, please come and talk to me after the meeting

Seena Samuel, Webmaster

• Website!! https://sites.rutgers.edu/pgc/
• Any Orgs that would like to update their profile on the website?
• https://sites.rutgers.edu/pgc/organizations/
• AAPP, DIA, IPhO, ISPOR: do u have a website?
• LKS, PPA, Rho Chi: please send me updated link, current link doesn’t work
• EMSOP Chronicles: reach out please
• Send me instagram if you want that added to the site
• Make sure that you are enrolled on the canvas page!!
• Meeting slides will be posted for your reference!

PGC Rep Reports

AAPP

Follow Us on Our Socials!

Rutgers AAPP

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@ru_aapp

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cpnp.emsop@gmail.com

Ukrainian Mental Health Awareness Event

Oct. 27th 8:30-9:30 PM Room 249

Psychiatric Pharmacy Journal Club

Oct. 12th 5:30-6:30 PM & Nov. 10th 6-7 PM via Zoom

Follow us for upcoming events and updates!

Stay tuned for AAPP buddy program assignments. We’ll be having game nights and challenges so that you can bond with your buddy

Join a Committee!

AMCP

American Pharmacists Association

Academy of Student Pharmacists

• Upcoming Events:
• Professional Co-Chair Applications due 10/04
• https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSewJp9XhfUa8xfFxnxYzLB0KeWHaDefCLH_FELKVBHSaifFFA/viewform
• LEAP Mentorship Program Applications due 10/14
• Open to PP1-P1s
• https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe813D1-cPbViYrs0VxXnUHhgjMKtcjDwYO0DT1nqqClm5xRA/viewform
• Blood Pressure & Blood Glucose Training due 10/26
• More details to come
• APhA Padfolio/Business Care Sale (w/) AMCP 10/10 - 10/31

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@rutgersahpaasp

https://linktr.ee/rutgersaphaasp?fbclid=IwAR0-vDTvKDv8Dpz5Io1oqN7GHj139ooWRaWB5ibW-7qKQqN7NgHI31q0ouk

https://www.facebook.com/rutgersapha

Chi Alpha Epsilon National Honor Society

Pathways to Pharmacy Information Session:

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@rutgersemsopxae

When: October 7th

Where: PH 135

Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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Specifically for interested EOF students in community colleges

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Opportunity to include more transfer students in EOF

Big/Little Event:

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Interest forms will be send out soon!

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(Drug Information Association)

Light the Night Event

• DIA x Rho Chi event
• Sponsored by the Lymphoma and Leukemia Society
• Walk will be held 10/15, 4 PM, at Verona Park, NJ
• For more info, check the Facebook event page/sign-up link in our Instagram bio

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Follow Us:

@rutgers_dia

Rutgers DIA

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Objective: A global, member-driven organization mobilizing life sciences and healthcare professionals.

Message us if you would like to join or with any questions!

EMSOP CHRONICLES

The Official EMSOP Newspaper

Volume 2022, Fall Issue

Our Mission: to inform our readers of developments in the field of pharmacy and the greater public health landscape through continued education and dedication.

How to get involved: fill out our interest form to get updates on how you can get involved! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/15DbJ0KCf8W4DhmAW-AEs8QcYYtX4hu9HckYfd9VbmVk/viewform?edit_requested=true

Follow us on our Socials!

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IG: @humansofemsop

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FB Pages: Humans of EMSOP & EMSOP Chronicles

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Email: emsopchronicles@gmail.com

Checkout our previous issues: https://issuu.com/emsopchronicles

Are you interested in learning more about the pharmaceutical industry or even possibly pursuing a career in it?

Industry Pharmacists Organization - Rutgers Chapter

@ru_ipho

www.industrypharmacist.org

• Novo Nordisk Fellow Info Session: 10/5 @ 6-7pm (PH-249) and on Zoom → RSVP form
• MCPHS Fellow Info Session (10/18, virtual on Zoom)
• Top Golf Networking Event with RPIF: 10/23 @ 10-12 pm (Edison) → RSVP form
• Clinical Development Panel Event

Upcoming Events

Ongoing Initiatives

• On Demand Resume/CV Review
• Internship Catalog (Rutgers and National IPhO)
• Fellow Mentorship Program
• Scholarly Activities Research with RPIF fellows → application due 10/7!
• Functional Area Newsletter
• Pharmacy Apparel Sale

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International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR)

Mission Statement: Rutgers ISPOR is a chapter of a global organization that serves to promote health economics and set the standards for outcomes research excellence to improve healthcare decision making globally. Membership at ISPOR allows students to access a global network of other PhD, masters, and PharmD students studying health economics and outcomes research (HEOR) related curriculum at universities around the world.

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@RutgersISPOR

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ispor.rutgers@gmail.com

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@ruispor

Committee Chair Applications Open Now!

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Follow us!

LKS

National Community Pharmacists Association

Announcements

• Origami Destress Event: 10/21 @5pm
• CMS Legislative Event 10/27 @7pm
• Business Plan Interest Form
• Apparel Sale!

@rutgersncpa

The New Jersey Society of Health-System Pharmacists

UPCOMING EVENTS

FOLLOW US

• Instagram: @njshprutgers
• Facebook: NJSHP Rutgers Student Chapter
• Website: njshprutgers.weebly.com

NJSHP

The New Jersey Society of Health- System Pharmacists

• General Membership Form closes on 10/7
• Pathways in Pharmacy: Divergent Paths Speaker Event→ 10/20 from 7:30-8:30pm (in person, but potentially Zoom)
• Piscataway Library Poison Prevention Outreach → 10/26
• Breast Cancer Awareness Bake Sale → 10/27 from 12-5pm in the atrium

Phi Delta Chi

Leaders in Pharmacy.

Brothers for Life.

@rutgerspdc

Phi Lambda Sigma: Pharmacy Leadership Society

Announcements:

• Help out the RU Food Pantry and drop off food and personal hygiene products in the PLS box located under the stairs
• Prize Wheel on 10/19 in EMSOP atrium
• APPE Panel Collab with Rho Chi
• 10/12 at 7 PM on Zoom
• Family Planning Event Collab with LKS
• 10/17 at 6 PM on Zoom
• Future of Pharmacy in Medical Cannabis
• 10/27 at 4 PM in EMSOP (room TBD)

Rho Chi

• 2022-2023 Rho Chi x PLS APPE Panel- Wednesday October 12, 7-8:30 via Zoom
• Are you wondering what different Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences (APPEs) are like? Join our panel with current students, graduates, and preceptors to learn more about the many opportunities you can learn at during your last professional year in pharmacy school. We will be giving an overview of what your APPE year will look like including what might be expected of you as the student! So come find out all the tips and tricks that you can apply when its your turn!
• Light the Night Walk (Rho Chi x DIA)- Saturday October 15, 4pm-7pm
• Join Rho Chi and DIA in walking for The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS) at the Light the Night walk on 10/15 at 4:00 PM in Verona Park. Funds raised through Light the Night allow LLS to fund treatments for patients suffering from all forms of blood cancers. Student’s can sign up to be a member of the team at: https://pages.lls.org/ltn/cran/verona22/rutgerspharmacy
• RUDM
• Rho Chi will participate in RUDM this year on April 1, 2023. Our team is open to ALL EMSOP students, regardless of their membership in Rho Chi or other on-campus organizations.
• Sign-ups for RUDM are open, and our team can be found hereLinks to an external site.. Sign-ups are open until March 2023, but minimums to participate will be raised on October 26, 2022 so sign up now!
• For more information, please check out our info slides: https://www.canva.com/design/DAFNjPeAthY/90ja_VzSexQGaRwGYmGXhA/view?utm_content=DAFNjPeAthY&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=publishsharelink

What is SNPhA?

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SNPhA is an educational service association of pharmacy students concerned about national public health issues and the poor minority representation in pharmacy.

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For more information about our organization & how you can get involved please look through our

GIM Slides!

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Upcoming Events

• Book Drive w/ Hidden Gems Literary Emporium
• 1 book = 1 raffle entry for a $25 gift card
• Books can be dropped off in the black boxes located in the student lounge.
• Krispy Kreme Fundraiser - Wednesday, 10/12
• Treat yourself or your friends to some delicious fall treats - donuts & apple cider!
• Project IMPASHEN w/ RWJMS

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The purpose of SNPhA is to plan, organize, coordinate, and execute programs geared toward the improvement for the health, educational, and social environment of the community. Our national motto is to “serve the underserved” through our 11 committees!

Class of 2024

No new updates :)

Are we glad to not be P2s

#ifykyk

*WE did it first*

Class of 2025

• No new updates!

The P2s

Class of 2026

• Happy October!
• DM @emsop26
• No new updates :)

Class of 2027

• We will now be transitioning into Slack as our main communication platform. All class of 2027 should have received an email with invitations to join, and non-class of 2027 students can use the following QR code to join :)
• As always, please feel free to DM us @emsop27 for reposts!

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Alumni Association

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• EMSOP Alumni Association Conference Scholarship

Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfPO_FLhBCQdZRBJ1z1YgePYosH-qWjjopKJb94lf_YgGPGlA/viewform

• Social Media Request Form

Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfx9Hsvhm9WVmyMmMeJ2K3vFBuzS4rFtI74J0Pm79tBs4WSPg/viewform

Please refrain from emailing the alumni association about social media requests from now on. Use the above link for requests!!

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PGC Rep New Segment

The Pomodoro Technique

David Moawad- Rho Chi PGC Representative

CASE

EZ is a P2 student studying for his MedChem exam taking place tomorrow morning. EZ still has 4 lectures of Dr. Hu to memorize and decides to set out 8 hours for MedChem studying- 2 hours per lecture. Unfortunately, EZ has a short attention span and is easily distracted checking his phone every 5 minutes. It doesn’t help as well that Thursday Night football is on at 7pm and he’s only finished with 1 lecture out of 4. By the end of the night, he has only finished reviewing 2 lectures and is now nervous and unprepared for his exam tomorrow. What can EZ do to save his grade on the next exam?

Who can benefit from this?

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• People who get easily distracted by things around them
• People who have been given regular hours but have a low productivity rate
• People who lack focus
• People who are not motivated enough to complete tasks

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What is the Pomodoro Technique?

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• The Pomodoro Technique is a time management system that encourages people to work with the time they have—rather than against it. Using this method, you break your workday into 25-minute chunks separated by five-minute breaks. These intervals are referred to as pomodoros.
• The name Pomodoro was inspired by the kitchen alarm that Francesco Cirillo used to time himself that was shaped like a Pomodoro, which is Italian for tomato.

Steps of the Pomodoro Technique

Step 1: Task determination

Choose the task that you need to accomplish in a set time frame. This can be done by writing down all the tasks that you have for the day. The best way to do them is to write them down first in the order of importance, and then decompose them into Pomodoros or 25-minute segments.

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Step 2: Set a timer for 25 minutes

• NO PHONES
• Table clock, or kitchen timer recommended

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Step 3: Focus

• Focus all your energy and focus on the task till the alarm rings
• NO PHONES

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Step 4: Short break

• Take a short break of 5 minutes which also marks the completion of one Pomodoro or period of 25 minutes. These breaks are not only important for your mind to recover from the last Pomodoro, but also to prepare you for the next one.

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Step 5: Long break

• Every 4 Pomodoros: take a long break of twenty minutes or more
• Take a power nap, grab a bite, etc.

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• CD6: “Cluster of Differentiation 6”
• A cell surface glycoprotein on human lymphocytes, including T cells and natural killer (NK) cells.
• It acts as a costimulator of T cell proliferation via its interaction with the ligand, activated leukocyte cell adhesion molecule
• Becoming an attractive therapeutic target for many autoimmune diseases
• genetic absence of CD6 or treatment with an anti-CD6 monoclonal antibody (mAb) protects against and even reverses autoimmunity

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• An anti-CD6 mAb termed UMCD6 differs from currently available cancer immunotherapy mAbs in its unique dual ability to stimulate lymphocytes to attack
• kills cancer cells of many types while preventing other lymphocytes from inducing autoimmune conditions.
• CD6-targeted antibody-drug conjugates (CD6-ADCs) could be used to treat blood cancers in which the tumor cells themselves express CD6, such as T cell lymphoma, certain chronic lymphocytic leukemias, and NK cell lymphoma.

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• a unique dual effect of UMCD6 to both suppress autoimmune diseases through its effects on effector CD4+ T cells, while also activating the anticancer cytotoxic properties of NK cells and other cytotoxic lymphocytes.
• creates the potential for an approach to cancer immunotherapy that would, distinct from currently available checkpoint inhibitors, suppress rather than instigate serious autoimmune diseases
• overcoming the major current limitation to the success of immune checkpoint inhibition in the treatment of human cancer.
• Developing a CD6-ADC that selectively and directly kills CD6+ tumor cells while sparing normal T and NK cells even when they express CD6.
• These CD6-targeted agents hold promise as novel anticancer drugs.

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Attendance

see you i guess