2024 Kremers Memorial Lecture
The Rho Chi Honor Society Eta Chapter and Phi Lambda Sigma are pleased to announce that the 2024 Kremers Lecture will be given by Dr. Vicki L. Ellingrod, Pharm.D, FCCP, FACNP.
Dr. Vicki L. Ellingrodis is the Dean of the College of Pharmacy at the University of Michigan and the John Gideon Searle Professor of Translational Pharmacy. Additionally, she is also a professor of Psychiatry and Psychology at the Medical School and College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Within the University of Michigan, she serves as associate director of the Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research (MICHR), and principal investigator for the KL2 program, which provides training and mentoring in translational research for health professionals and junior faculty.
She obtained her bachelor’s and PharmD from the University of Minnesota and then completed a postdoctoral fellowship in psychopharmacology/pharmacogenetics at the University of Iowa, followed by joining the faculty there as an assistant professor. Her research has focused on the identification of genetic markers related to drug response in mental illness and has been funded by NIMH (National Institute of Mental Health), the FDA, and industry. Before joining the faculty at the University of Michigan, Dr. Ellingrod was a practicing clinical pharmacist working on the medical psychiatry unit at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.
Dr. Ellingrod is a founding member of the College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists and a fellow of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP), as well as the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP). She also serves as a scientific editor for Pharmacotherapy and the Journal of Clinical and Translational Science and is an editor on the textbook DiPiro’s Pharmacotherapy a Pathophysiologic Approach.
Kremers Lecture
Tuesday, April 2nd, 2024
12:00-1:00 pm
Location: HSLC 1335
About Kremers Lecture
The Kremers Memorial Lecture has been sponsored yearly by the Eta Chapter of the Rho Chi Society since 1950. In 1882, at the age of 27, Edward Kremers became the head of the University of Wisconsin School of Pharmacy. He led the School of Pharmacy for four decades during its formative period. He was an educator, scientist, and academician whose efforts left a lasting imprint on the profession of pharmacy, both nationally and at the University of Wisconsin. In 1950, the Rho Chi Eta chapter instituted an annual lecture series in his honor. Like Edward Kremers, the annual lecturer is a scientist and educator, or a creative leader in the health sciences.
Past Kremers Lecturers
The 2023 Kremer’s lecture was given by Dr. Amy L. Seybert, dean and professor of the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy who previously served as chair of the Department of Pharmacy and Therapeutics for 12 years. Her lecture was titled “Reengaging the Contemporary Learner.”
The 2022 Kremer’s lecture was given by Dr. Julie A. Johnson, PharmD. Dr. Johnson was the past dean of the University of Florida College of Pharmacy and is a distinguished professor of pharmacy and medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine). The title of her lecture was “Improving Clinical Outcomes through Pharmacogenetics.”
The 2021 Kremer’s lecture was given by Dr. Jerry Baumann, dean and professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy and past president of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy. His lecture was titled “Translational Science: From Quinidine to Cocaine.”
Dr. Pat Chase gave the 2019 Kremers Lecture, titled “2061- An Adventure into the Future.”
The 2018 Kremers Lecture was given by Dr. Marie A. Chisholm-Burns, PharmD, MPH, MBA, FCCP, FASHP, FAST, the Dean and Professor of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy and Professor of Surgery in the College of Medicine. Her lecture was titled “Leadership, Possibilities, and Pharmacists’ Value in Patient Care.”
The 2017 Kremers Lecture speaker was Jean Nappi, PharmD, FCCP, BCPS (AQ Cardiology). She is a Professor of Clinical Pharmacy and Outcome Sciences, Associate Director of Graduate Pharmacy Education and Professor of Medicine at Medical University of South Carolina. Her talk was titled “Being a leader (without being in charge).”
The guest lecturer was Dr. Hewitt W. “Ted” Matthews BS, BS, MS, PhD, and Dean of the Mercer University College of Pharmacy in Atlanta, Georgia. Through his service and leadership of more than 25 years at the same institution, the pharmacy program has gone from being unranked to being ranked the fourth best private pharmacy school in the nation by U.S. News and World Report. Among many other awards noting his outstanding personal and professional achievements, Dr. Hewitt was awarded the 2012 American Pharmacists Association Academy of Student Pharmacists Outstanding Dean Award. He has also served as President of the National Pharmaceutical Association as well as Founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Pharmaceutical Association Foundation (NPhAF).
The Kremers speaker was Bruce Mueller PharmD, FCCP, FASN, FNKF, and professor and associate dean of Academic Affairs at the College of Pharmacy in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He is also a fellow of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy, American Society of Nephrology, and the National Kidney Foundation. Dean Mueller spoke about incorporating interprofessional health education into pharmacy curricula through a talk titled “Breaking Down the Silos of Pharmacy Education.”
The Kremers speaker was Judith Jacobi, PharmD, FCCM, FCCP, BCPS, and current president of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy, previous president of the Society of Critical Care Medicine, and a practicing critical care pharmacist for Indiana University Health.
The Kremers speaker was John A. Bosso, PharmD, FCCP, FIDSA, a professor and Chair of the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Outcome Science at the South Carolina College of Pharmacy. He is also a professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Disease and the Medical University of South Carolina–Charleston, South Carolina. Prof. Bosso spoke about “Servant Leadership and Professionalism”.