Ruth Nemire, PharmD, EdD, has been appointed to the Board of Pharmacy Specialties Board of Directors as a Non-Specialist Pharmacist Member. Read the full press release.
Sarah Melton, PharmD, BCPP, BCACP, FASCP, was recognized as one of the 2019 Notable Women of ETSU.
Representing our Profession
CPNP members Jessa Koch, PharmD, BCPP, James Gasper, PharmD, BCPP, Talia Puzantian, PharmD, BCPP, presented at the California Society of Health-System Pharmacists (CSHP) Seminar, October 17-20 in Anaheim, CA.
Bethany DiPaula, PharmD, BCPP participated in ASHP’s interdisciplinary Opioid Task Force to address the role that pharmacists play in combating the nation’s opioid crisis. The meeting resulted in draft recommendations that will undergo review and be published in AJHP in early 2020. DiPaula also represented CPNP at annual steering committee meeting of the Providers Clinical Support Service (PCSS).
Megan Ehret, PharmD, MS, BCPP represented CPNP at a Behavioral Health Prescriber Summit focused on behavioral health workforce.
Megan Ehret, PharmD, MS, BCPP and Heidi Wehring, PharmD, BCPP, represented the CPNP Board at the first ever Forum on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders to enable CPNP to explore the value of becoming involved with this forum on an ongoing basis.
Vicki Ellingrod, PharmD, FCCP, and Deanna Kelly, PharmD, BCPP, presented at the ISNPR 2019 Conference in London on October 21.
The following CPNP members presented at the 2019 ACCP Annual Meeting in New York City, October 26-29:
Jennifer Bean, PharmD, BCPS, BCPP, and Michelle Colvard, PharmD, BCPP, presented "Opioid Use Disorder: From Risk Reduction to Recovery Part 1" at the Tennessee Psychological Association on November 1.