5th Annual Conference
Modern Perspectives in Pharmacy
Thank you for making our 5th annual conference a success! Our in-person conference took place on March 23, 2024.
Conference Schedule
Below is the schedule for the 5th annual conference. Look in the subpages to see details for each of the panels.
Keynote Speech
9:00AM-9:25AM
Amphitheatre
Dr. Madison Irwin
Current Titles:
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PharmD, BCPS, Clinical Assistant Professor, and Clinical Pharmacist Specialist in Pallative Care
Education/Experience:
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B.S. in Biology: University of Dayton (Dayton, Ohio)
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PharmD: Ohio State University College of Pharmacy (Columbus,
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Completed PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice and PGY-2 Pain Management and Palliative Care residencies at University of Michigan Health
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Completed a two-year Clinical and Translational Sciences Fellowship at the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy under the supervision of Dr. Michael Smith
Expertise and Research Interests:
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Supports the outpatient palliative care clinics and the inpatient palliative care consult team at University of Michigan Health
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Her clinical practice and research focus on novel pharmacy practice initiatives to optimize the care of vulnerable populations
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Intersection of insomnia, pain and symptom management, and medication utilization trends in palliative care populations.
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Current Topics In Pharmacy
9:25AM-10:00AM
Amphitheatre
In this interactive workshop sponsored by Clark Pharmacy, attendees will gain an introduction to the process of drug compounding and will acquire hands-on experience in compounding a fictional drug. The workshop will be run by employees of Clark Pharmacy, and is recommended for participants who are interested in PharmD programs.
Compounding Workshop
10:00-10:50
Assembly Hall
In this interactive workshop sponsored by Clark Pharmacy, attendees will gain an introduction to the process of drug compounding and will acquire hands-on experience in compounding a fictional drug. The workshop will be run by employees of Clark Pharmacy, and is recommended for participants who are interested in PharmD programs.
Clinical Pharmacy Panel
2:00-2:50
Earl Lewis Room
In this interactive session, participants will contemplate real-life scenarios encountered as a clinical pharmacist. Attendees will engage in a small-group discussion with each of the three presenters for 17 minutes each, and will then switch to the next presenter, allowing the audience to have exposure to each of the presenters within the 50-minute round table. These case studies will be highly informative for those considering a career as a pharmacist.
Panelists
Dr. Jason Pogue
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PharmD: University of Pittsburgh College of Pharmacy
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PGY1 Pharmacy at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center; PGY2 Infectious Diseases at University of Michigan Health Systems
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Clinical Pharmacist Specialist in Infectious Diseases, Michigan Medicine
Dr. Michael Kenes
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PharmD: University of Illinois Chicago
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PGY1 Pharmacy: Cleveland Clinic and PGY2 Critical Care: Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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Clinical Assistant Professor of Pharmacy and ICU Specialist: University of Michigan
Dr. Justine S. Gortney
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PharmD: Purdue University College of Pharmacy
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PGY1 Pharmacy at University of Pittsburgh
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Director of Assessment for the Division of Pharmacy at the Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice at Wayne State University
Dr. Patrick Lester
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DVM, Colorado State University, 1998
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MS, Clinical Sciences, Colorado State University, 2000
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Diplomate, American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine, 2011
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Associate Professor, Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine (ULAM)
Research Panel
10:00-10:50
Earl Lewis Room
Pharmaceutical Science is the discipline which develops drug delivery systems. Attendance at this panel is encouraged for those who are interested in pursuing a PhD and researching new methods of administering drugs.
Panelists
Dr. Peter Toogood
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He received his Ph.D. from Imperial College, London, working with Professor Steven V. Ley, and was a NATO postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Professor Jeremy R. Knowles at Harvard.
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Research Interests: Peter Toogood is a research associate professor in the department of medicinal chemistry and Director of Michigan Drug Discovery, a campus-wide initiative to translate academic discoveries into new advances in medicine at the University of Michigan. He previously held the position of Senior Vice President for Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Lycera, an Ann Arbor based company focused on cancer and autoimmune disease drug discovery.
Lisa Crandall
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Lisa has her BS in Biochemistry from the University of Michigan, MS in Pharmaceutical Sciences from UNMC.
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She has an extensive background in analytical method development and validation, early-stage formulation development, complex project management, and consultative CMC support.
Dr. Heather A. Carlson
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Carlson received her Ph.D. with Prof. William L. Jorgensen at Yale University.
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Research Interests: She studied protein simulations with Prof. J. Andrew McCammon at UCSD. Carlson began her academic career at the University of Michigan in 2000 as the John Gideon Searle Assistant Professor of Medicinal Chemistry. She was promoted in 2011 to Professor of Medicinal Chemistry (College of Pharmacy) and Chemistry (College of LSA).
Dr. Ashu Tripathi
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He received his MS in Marine Biotechnology in 2005 from Goa University and completed his Ph.D in Marine Natural Products Chemistry in 2011 from Nanyang Technology University.
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Research Interests: His doctoral research further explored untapped marine resources for the discovery of novel therapeutics. Currently his work utilizes a multipronged strategy to discover and characterize novel drug leads from microbial cultures using both mainstream techniques and harnessing the biosynthetic potential of minimally expressed secondary metabolite gene clusters.
