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Presenters include professionals from industry and academia, including:
- Nicole Brandt, executive director of the Peter Lamy Center on Drug Therapy and Aging, and professor at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy.
- Anna Santoro, captain with the U.S. Public Health Service and chief pharmacist at FMC Devens federal prison in Massachusetts.
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- Catherine Li, clinical pharmacy specialist at Women & Infants Hospital.
- Tyler Trinh, pharmacy clinical quality evolution fellow at CVS Health.
- Rebecca Beachy, pharmacy clinical quality evolution fellow at CVS Health.
- Cindy Van, postdoctoral fellow in geriatric pharmacotherapy at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy.
For more information, or to register, visit the web page.