Pharmacogenomics and the Pharmacist -To Infinity and Beyond or Asleep at the Wheel?
Track:
Educational Sessions
Program Code: 251-L01
Date: Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Time: 8:00 AM to 9:50 AM EST
Location:
S230C
MEETING PLANNING ASSOCIATE:
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John Murphy, Pharm.D., Professor and Associate Dean, The University of Arizona College of Pharmacy, Tucson
I have made more than 250 presentations to groups of pharmacists and others, many of which related to pharmacokinetic dosing issues. I have taught a clinical pharmacokinetics course for about 25 years, conduct and publish research in the field, and have published four editions of the book Clinical Pharmacokinetics with ASHP.
PRESENTER(S):
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Julie Johnson, Pharm.D., Professor, The University of Florida College of Pharmacy
Julie Johnson, Pharm.D. is Professor and Chair of Pharmacy Practice, and Director of the Center for Pharmacogenomics at the University of Florida. She has long been interested in studying the factors that underlie variable response to cardiovascular drugs, with a primary focus in the last decade in pharmacogenetics. Current research efforts focus on the pharmacogenetics of drugs used in hypertension and heart failure, along with warfarin pharmacogenetics.
Jill Kolesar
John Murphy, Pharm.D., Professor and Associate Dean, The University of Arizona College of Pharmacy, Tucson
I have made more than 250 presentations to groups of pharmacists and others, many of which related to pharmacokinetic dosing issues. I have taught a clinical pharmacokinetics course for about 25 years, conduct and publish research in the field, and have published four editions of the book Clinical Pharmacokinetics with ASHP.
Describe general principles of pharmacogenomics.
Discuss the potential for pharmacists to be involved in individualized drug therapy using pharmacogenomics.
Identify the areas where pharmacogenomic techniques are currently in highest use for drug dosing considerations.
Identify the current approaches used by colleges of pharmacy to teach pharmacogenomics theory and application.