Today's first installment in our American Pharmacist Month special features Neil MacKinnon, BSc (Pharm), MSc (Pharm), PhD, FCSHP, FNAP, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs at Augusta University in Augusta, Georgia’s only public academic health center, who discusses his time in academia and how he hopes to impact the pharmacy community through public health. 

Jill Murphy from Pharmacy Times® spoke with Public Health Matters host Dr. Christina Madison, On the Shelf host Dr. Joanna Lewis, and Dr. Brooke Griffin about all things pharmacy, including the importance of Women Pharmacist Day and what they hope to see in the future of pharmacy. Enjoy!

In this week’s episode, we will be discussing integrated care models in pharmacy and how to enhance the patient experience with Tony Willoughby, PharmD, and president of Catalyst Health Group. If you would like to nominate a pharmacist or pharmacy staff member as a Pharmacy Hero, email [email protected]!

This week's episode features Brenda Cassidy, DNP, RN, MSN, CPNP-PC, associate professor and vice chair of Health Promotion and Development, about the concept of confidential care, adolescent treatment plans, and the impact it has on the LGBTQ+ community. 

This month, we spoke with Dr. Brandon Dyson, PharmD, BCOP, co-founder of TL;DR Pharmacy, to hear about his resources for pharmacy students as well as how students can improve essential communication skills that may not be taught in an academic environment. In this month's Mental Health Minute, Dr. Jessica Louie, PharmD, APh, BCCCP, tackled common myths about burnout. 

For more information on TL;DR Pharmacy, check out https://www.tldrpharmacy.com/ 

To learn more from Dr. Jessica Louie, check out https://drjessicalouie.com/ 

On this week's episode, host Joanna speaks with Charlie Conway, PhD, chief scientific officer at Biohaven Pharmaceuticals about migraine function, care, and treatment. Conway has 30 years of research experience, including 17 years of drug discovery and development, and specializes in neuroscience.

This month, we spoke with Craig Freyer, PharmD, BCOP, clinical pharmacy specialist at Penn Medicine, to learn about how CAR T therapies are potentially revolutionizing the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). 

 In this episode, Jeremy and Jessica speak with guest, Christine Cline-Dahlman, founder of “PharmTechForward,” a firm that produces educational materials for pharmacy technicians who want to advance their career by learning advanced clinical skills their pharmacies can provide.  Their discussion includes the importance of available advanced training for technicians and how they can shift the way they think and practice, while remaining within their scope of practice.  Christine also discusses the CPESN (Community Pharmacy Enhanced Services Network) and the role they play in training of, and assisting in the third party reimbursement for pharmacy provided clinical services. 

In this week’s episode, we will be discussing the “We’ll Be There” Campaign and other areas of health systems pharmacy with Craig Dolan, PharmD, MBA, vice president of Business Development & Innovation at McKesson.

 

McKesson’s newest “We’ll Be There” campaign sheds light on the expanding role of health system pharmacists and offers a dynamic and powerful take from the POV of the pharmacist. Watch the video from the campaign here.

This week's episode features Danielle Colayco, PharmD, MS, Executive Director of Komoto Family Foundation, about her work at the foundation and the different services they provided to further assist migrant health and better community health messages.