College of Pharmacy

Responses to OSU College of Pharmacy Graduate Student Alumni Survey

Winter/Spring 2006

1. What graduate degree(s) did you earn from OSU?
   
   Total Responses:15 Masters 25 PhD

For questions 2-16, refer to the last graduate degree you earned at OSU.

2. From which department/program(s) did you earn your degree?
   
   Total Responses
   
   24 Pharmacy
   4 Pharmaceutical Science
   3 Pharmacology
   2 Toxicology
   2 Pharmacology Toxicology
   1 Molecular Cellular Biology
   1 Pharm. Chem


3. What was your area of research focus within your major(s)?
   

   Responses:

   • Controlled release dosage forms
   • Drug targeting
   • Enzimology
   • Formulation Stability
   • Cancer Chemotherapy
   • Liver toxicity
   • Calcium metabolism
   • Lead toxicity
   • Developing a controlled release formulation and conducting PK study in human subjects
   • Pulmonary fibrosis
   • Synthesis
   • Structure-activity analysis
   • Cardiovascular
   • Pharmacokinetics
   • Patient Compliance
   • Diabetes CE Program
   • Effects of Drugs on the Human Umbilical Circulation
   • Drug absorption-excretion, etc.
   • Pharmacy Management
   • Marine Natural Products
   • Toxicity of BCNU (anticancer drug for brain tumors)
   • Cell Signaling
   • Behavioral Pharmacology
   • Natural products
   • Cannabinoids
   • Pharmaceutics/ Wood Chemistry
   • Drug formulation, drug delivery system, Biopharmaceutics
   • Drug transporter
   • Neuropharmacology
   • Pharmaceutics
   • Liver function Cyto p450 ethanol metabolism
   • Pharmaceutical formulation
   • Kinetics of Diphylline
   • Vitamin loss in children on peritoneal dialysis
   • Synthesis of indolizines
   • Practical application
   • Pharmacology
   • Phamacoepidemiology


4. Were you a graduate assistant while enrolled as a student as OSU.
   
   

   No. of Responses	Option	Years (x #who responded)
   30	a) Yes, a teaching assistant, for ___years	1yr (x7) 2yrs (x10) 3yrs(x6) 4yrs(x3) 5yrs(x3) 6yrs(x1)
   14	b) Yes, a research assistant, for ___ years	1yr(x3) 2yrs(x3) 3yrs(x5) 4yrs(x2) 6 yrs(x2)
   3	c) No



5. As a result of your graduate education, how prepared do you feel in your career or to move on to a more advanced degree program?
   
   

   No. of Responses	Option
   27	a) Very prepared
   9	b) Somewhat prepared
   1	c) Somewhat unprepared
   0	d) Very unprepared



6. Would you recommend the program from which you graduated to a prospective student?
   
   

   No. of Responses	Option
   28	a) Yes
   5	b) No



7. Which best describes the educational opportunities you have participated in since receiving your graduate degree from OSU?
   
   

   No. of Responses	Option
   4	a) Graduate degree (Masters or Doctorate)
   4	b) Professional (Law, Medicine, etc.)
   7	c) Postdoctoral fellowship
   1	d) Apprenticeship or internship
   18	e) Seminars, courses, workshops, not part of a degree program
   10	f) Other: MBA, Jobs, MS (Ed), CE for licensure in Oregon, Kentucky, and Ohio, Taught dozens of professional workshops, AAPS National Meeting, Conferences, Medical school residency, Just took courses of interest at community colleges (accounting, statistics).



8. Please describe any additional degree(s) you have completed since leaving OSU.
   
   

   Options	List of Responses:
   Degree(s)	MBA, MS, PhD, MD, PhD
   Major(s)	General Management, Ed/Online learning, Social and Administrative Pharmacy, Family Medicine, Pharm. Science
   Date(s) of completion	1987, In progress, 9/2006, 1977, 2006, 1971
   University(s)	U California-Irvine, Cal State East Bay, Haywook, Univ. of Minnesota, Univ. of Texas and Univ. of Washington, Purdue




9. Which one of the following best describes your current employment status?
   
   

   No. of Responses	Option
   1	a) Still in my initial post-graduate position
   0	b) Graduate degree program at OSU or elswhere
   2	c) Postdoctoral fellowship/traineeship in a college, University or research institute
   0	d) Postdoctoral fellowship/traineeship in government agency
   0	e) Postdoctoral fellowship/traineeship in industry/private sector
   8	f) Tenure track faculty position at a college or University
   0	g) Non-tenure track faculty position at a college or University
   0	h) Faculty position in education but not in a college or University
   0	i) Research position in college, University or research institute
   3	j) Research position in industry/private sector
   0	k) Research position in a government agency
   1	l) Professional contractor for services
   6	m) Position in business/industry
   1	n) Government position
   1	o) Self-employment
   1	p) Other position in a college or University
   1	q) Other position in the private sector
   2	r) Seeking employment
   0	s) Unemployed but not seeking employment
   9	t) Other (Specify): Retired (x5) Assistant Dean College of Pharmacy Retired as Dean of Pharmacy at ________ CEO of my own environmental, health, and safety consulting company Spent ~7 years as a retail pharmacist, 25 years in Rx sales, now retired working part time as a pharmacist

   
   
   1. Is your current graduate status/position directly related to your degree training?
      
      

      No. of Responses	Option
      24	a) Yes, it is directly related to my degree (go to 21b)
      5	b) It is somewhat related to my degree (go to 21b)
      3	c) It is not at all related to my degree (skip to question 22)