Pharmacy Times Launches Behind The Script Campaign to Highlight Pharmacists

Pharmacy Times has launched Behind The Script, a photo submission campaign designed to feature real pharmacists. The campaign will feature pharmacists in their pharmacies, hospitals, or on the go as candid (HIPAA-compliant) photos to celebrate American Pharmacist Month.

October is a month dedicated to pharmacists and all the work they do for their communities and patients. If you would like to be featured, please send a photo to Pharmacy Times so that you can be celebrated for all the hard work and dedication that you bring to caring for patients.

Your submission will help Pharmacy Times enhance content with genuine photos that showcase the essential role of pharmacists. Selected photos may be featured on our social media platforms, website, and in Pharmacy Times publications.

Pharmacy Times kicked off #BehindTheScript with Jacinda Abdul-Mutakabbir, PharmD, MPH, AAHIVP, an assistant professor of clinical pharmacy at the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences as well as the Division of the Black Diaspora and African American Studies.

Jacinda Abdul-Mutakabbir, PharmD, MPH, AAHIVP, is an assistant professor of clinical pharmacy at the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Her clinical and research focus has been centered on antimicrobial resistance and stewardship, where she identifies disparities and further explores the utility of preventative therapeutics in narrowing health equity gaps. At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, and in partnership with the Congregations Organized for Prophetic Engagement (COPE), Abdul-Mutakabbir developed a 3-tiered community-academic collaborative model aimed at increasing COVID-19 vaccine uptake within Black communities in San Bernardino County, California. The 3 tiers included engaging Black faith/community leaders, providing vaccine education from a Black pharmacist, and placing low-barrier vaccination clinics within Black communities. To date, this multifaceted approach has resulted in the vaccination of more than 3500 individuals against COVID-19, with more than 85% of them identifying as a part of a racially/ethnically minoritized group. The findings from her community-based participatory research have been published in various journals including the Lancet Global Health and the Lancet Regional Health.

Marilyn Bulloch Doing Rounds in a Hospital With Physicians

Another highlight of the campaign includes Marilyn N. Bulloch, PharmD, BCPS, FCCM, SPP, and her colleagues. Bulloch is an associate clinical professor and director of strategic operations at the Auburn University Harrison School of Pharmacy in Auburn, Alabama. She specializes in adult critically ill and acute care patients, with specific focus on infectious disease and other acute and critical illness needs. Bulloch is also a board member of the Pharmacy Practice in Focus: Health Systems publication, providing valuable insights for the publication and supporting the peer review process.

Recently, Pharmacy Times' newest feature includes Sharail Lawrence, PharmD, from the Department of Veterans Affairs in Bath, New York. Lawrence is focused on psychiatric pharmacy as well as tele-mental health.

Sharail Lawrence, PharmD, from the Department of Veterans Affairs in Bath, New York.

“As [a] mental health clinical pharmacy practitioner. I practice as a licensed independent practitioner that allows to me practice at the top of my PharmD license under a scope of practice within the Department of Veterans Affairs. My role is to support the Clinical Resource Hub, providing gap coverage and improving access to care in underserved and/or rural areas. I manage the care of veterans in [mental health] clinics in various facilities across the state of New York and New Jersey, initiating, modifying, and monitoring [mental health] regimens. I also provide psychoeducation, disease state management and care coordination of coexisting conditions,” Lawrence wrote to Pharmacy Times.

If you would like to be featured, please send a photo to Pharmacy Times.