The Circle of Advisors guides Pharmacy Access Partnership and provides extensive expertise in program development and implementation. This diverse group represents the public health community, retail pharmacies, healthcare advocates, and professional groups of both physicians and pharmacists. The Circle of Advisors meets several times a year to discuss current efforts and develop new strategies and tactics to improve access to reproductive health services and commodities in pharmacies.
Circle of Advisors Celebrate PAP’s 10 Year Anniversary
On November 3, 2009, in Oakland, Pharmacy Access Partnership’s Circle of Advisors convened to discuss emerging reproductive health issues and celebrate ten years of promoting community health through pharmacies.
We were pleased to welcome our newest members including: Adrienne R. Matthews, Pharmacy Director, Anthem Blue Cross and UniCare WellPoint nextRx; Diana Greene Foster, Demographer, Assistant Professor, Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health University of California, San Francisco and Director of Research, Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health; and Liseli Mulala-simpson, Pharmacy Manager, Walgreens.
Special guest presentations included new research on understanding what drives pharmacist’s ethical decision-making by Liz Chiarello, PhD candidate in Sociology, UC Irvine. Advisors also discussed condom access in pharmacies, specifically condoms being “locked up” and strategized some common ground solutions.
New topics in pharmacy education was also highlighted, with updates on multi-disciplinary national curriculum reform efforts around reproductive health as well as emerging opportunities for pharmacists on the domestic violence intervention team.
Expanding access to hormonal contraception through both an OTC and pharmacy access model was discussed, including new research on physician/clinician attitudes toward pharmacy access to hormonal contraception and upcoming legislative strategies.
Regarding international opportunities, the Circle of Advisors discussed medication abortion access via pharmacies in Latin America.
Many Circle of Advisor members listed below also provide assistance on an on-going basis. If you are interested in finding out more about the Circle of Advisors please contact us at (510) 272-0150 or e-mail us at info@pharmacyaccess.org
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| Heidi Bauer, MD, MS, MPH Chief, Office of Medical and Scientific Affairs CA Department Health Services – STD Control BranchKathy Besinque, Pharm.D. Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy USC School of Pharmacy Robert C. Blomberg, Pharm.D. Pat Blackburn Gail Bolan, MD Francine Coeytaux, MPH Ruth Conroy, Pharm.D. Phil Darney, MD Don Downing, R.Ph. Sonya Frausto, Pharm. D, MA Dick Fischer, MD Margie Fites-Seigle Robin Flagg, MPH Diana Greene Foster, PhD Jackie Gardner, PhD Jim Gates, Pharm.D. Marsha Gelt, MPH Rivka Gordon, PA-C, MHS Kevin Gorospe, Pharm.D. Dan Grossman, MD Rebecca Gudeman, JD, MPA Jane Hutchings Kathy Kneer Maryam Khotani, RPh, JD Paul Lofholm, Pharm.D., FACA Michael Mastromonica, R.Ph. Adrienne R. Matthews, Pharm.D, MA |
Bob Melton, MD, MPH ConsultantMargaret Merritt Executive Director American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, District IX Susan C. Miller, R.Ph., Ph.D. Kirsten Moore, MPA Liseli Mulala-Simpson, R.Ph, Michael J. Negrete, Pharm. D. Dana B. Nelson, Pharm.D. Mike Policar, MD Debbie Postlethwaite, RNP, MPH Sally Rafie, Pharm.D. Tina Raine, MD Lorie Rice, MPH Ronald Ruggiero, Pharm.D. Hector Sanchez-Flores Elizabeth Saviano, MSN, RNP, JD Nancy Shanfeld, MSPH, CHES Ben Singer R. William Soller, Ph.D. J. Joseph Speidel, MD, MPH Frank Tarantino, Pharm.D. Dale Tinker Dana Van Gorder Jeff Waldman, MD Dan Wohlfeiler Jeff Wong, Pharm.D. George Wolfe, MD, MPH |