Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning
Volume 2, Issue 1 , Pages 2-11, January 2010

Public health matters: the role of the pharmacist and the academy

  • Ruth E. Nemire, BSPh, EdD, PharmD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacy and Health Outcomes, Touro College of Pharmacy, New York, NY
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Ruth E. Nemire, BSPh, EdD, PharmD, Associate Dean for Professional Education and Community Engagement, Professor Pharmacy and Health Outcomes, Touro College of Pharmacy, 2090 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd., New York, NY 10027
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  • Ceressa T. Ward, PharmD, BCPS

      Affiliations

    • Nutrition Support Team, Emory University Hospital Midtown, Atlanta, GA
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  • Karen Whalen, PharmD, BCPS, CDE

      Affiliations

    • University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
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  • John Quinn, RPh, MS

      Affiliations

    • Food and Drug Administration, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Rockville, MD
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  • Vaiyapuri Subramaniam, PharmD, MS, FCP, FASHP, FASCP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Veterans Affairs (Central Office), Pharmacy Benefits Management SHG, Veterans Health Administration, Washington, DC
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  • Sharon K. Gershon, PharmD

      Affiliations

    • Good Clinical Practice Branch II, Division of Scientific Investigations, CDER, US Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, MD
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  • Robin M. Zavod, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Midwestern University Chicago College of Pharmacy, Downers Grove, IL

Abstract 

Heart disease and cancer are responsible for up to half of the more than 2 million deaths each year in the United States.1 Pharmacists ought to contribute to reducing mortality when they take an active role in prevention. Academic and community pharmacists can join the cadre of existing public health pharmacists who provide access to preventive care and disease management services. The intention of this paper is to incite discussion among faculty in schools and colleges of pharmacy, with the hope that an increased interest in public health occurs in the academic environment and that pharmacists assume additional leadership roles in public health matters. Descriptions of pharmacist-designed programs that address public health concerns, as well as the results of these programs, are presented. A suggestion for how medical missions can serve as a model of interprofessional and public health education is included.

Keywords: Pharmacist, Pharmacy education, Public health

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PII: S1877-1297(09)00055-0

doi:10.1016/j.cptl.2009.12.001

Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning
Volume 2, Issue 1 , Pages 2-11, January 2010

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