Joanna Gourley

Over the course of my first year of pharmacy school, I have learned that there are a multitude of potential practices to pursue once I am licensed. Of particular interest to me is the ambulatory care pharmacy practice. Ambulatory care pharmacists provide direct patient care and medication management to a diverse patient population in institutional or community-based clinical settings. As an ambulatory care pharmacist, I will have the opportunity to develop long-term relationships with patients, provide medication management, patient education and much more. I would like to further expand my ability to care for patients by developing personalized medication plans using pharmacogenomics. With the ability to interpret genomic test results, I will help patients and practitioners understand the impact of genes on medication therapy. Together, we will be able select treatment options to maximize the efficacy and minimize the toxicity of drug therapy.