NSU College of Pharmacy Faculty Member Elected to American Pharmacists Association Board

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Stephanie A Gernant, Pharm. D., M.S.

FORT LAUDERDALE/DAVIE, Fla. – Stephanie Gernant, PharmD., M.S., assistant professor of pharmacy practice at Nova Southeastern University’s (NSU) College of Pharmacy, was elected as the New Practitioner Officer of the American  Pharmacists Association (APhA) Academy of Pharmacy Practice Management Executive Committee.

She will be installed at the 164^th APhA Annual Meeting & Exposition in San Francisco on March 24–27, 2017 and will serve through the meeting in 2019.

Founded in 1852, APhA is the largest association of pharmacists in the United States, with more than 62,000 practicing pharmacists, pharmaceutical scientists, student pharmacists and pharmacy technicians as members, according to the organization’s website. The APhA Academy of Pharmacy Practice and Management (APhA-APPM) caters to pharmacy practitioners in community, hospital and other specialized areas of pharmacy. It is dedicated to assisting members in enhancing the profession of pharmacy, improving medication use and advancing patient care.

Dr. Gernant’s research focuses on the pharmacist’s role in transdisciplinary health care teams within accountable primary-care settings. She serves as coordinator of research and grants through NSU’s Accountable Care Organization Research Network Services and Education initiative (ACORN SEED).

She earned her Doctorate of Pharmacy from Ohio State University, Master in Medication Safety degree from Purdue University and Bachelor of Science in Biology from University of Missouri-Columbia. She completed a post-graduate residency in an early Pioneer Accountable Care Organization.

During her fellowship, Dr. Gernant studied within the Medication Safety Research Network of Indiana (Rx-SafeNet), a pharmacy practice-based research network.

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 About Nova Southeastern University (NSU): Located in beautiful Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Nova Southeastern University (NSU) is a dynamic research institution dedicated to providing high-quality educational programs at the undergraduate, graduate, and first-professional degree levels. A private, not-for-profit institution with more than 26,000 students, NSU has campuses in Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Jacksonville, Miami, Miramar, Orlando, Palm Beach, and Tampa, Florida, as well as San Juan, Puerto Rico, while maintaining a presence online globally. For more than 50 years, NSU has been awarding degrees in a wide range of fields, while fostering groundbreaking research and an impactful commitment to community. Classified as a research university with “high research activity” by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, NSU is 1 of only 50 universities nationwide to also be awarded Carnegie’s Community Engagement Classification, and is also the largest private, not-for-profit institution in the United States that meets the U.S. Department of Education’s criteria as a Hispanic-serving Institution. Please visit www.nova.edu for more information about NSU and realizingpotential.nova.edu for more information on the largest fundraising campaign in NSU history.

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