Moving Targets

This year’s Moving Targets will be held on this Friday!!! Check out our website www.movingtargets.la. for more detail. Our last speaker for Moving Targets 2018 is Dr. Richard Fond. Dr. Fond attended UCLA as an undergraduate before being admitted to the doctor of pharmacy program at the University of Southern California School of Pharmacy. He practiced in community pharmacy settings for forty-one years, where he often mentored students, including pharmacy interns and technicia...ns. He owned and operated the Glenoaks Rx Pharmacy in Burbank, CA from 1972 until 2006. From 1985 to 1992 he partnered in the ownership of Karen Pharmacy, also located in Burbank. Dr. Fond served on the board of the Pharmacists’ Society of the San Fernando Valley for fifteen years and as an officer for ten years. In 2015, Dr. Fond was granted a life membership in The California Pharmacist Association at its annual convention, at which he was a frequent delegate. In 2015 he was also honored by the California State Board of Pharmacy in recognition of his 50 years of registration and service to the public. Dr. Fond proposed to the Pharmacy Board at its March meeting this year that it published in its online newsletter, The Script, an article that he had written titled I Am a Drug Addict, (based on the narcotic withdrawal symptoms he experienced after only one week post-surgery from the dosing of a medically prescribed opioid) as one means of helping to raise the awareness of licensees regarding the national crisis of opioid addiction, through the telling of his personal story. See more

Good morning everyone! This is the last call for the poster session, the submission entrance will be closed TONIGHT!!! Check out our website www.movingtargets.la. for RSVP and more detail information about poster session. Our sixth speaker for Moving targets 2018 is Dr. Scott Mosley. Dr. Mosley's research is focused on the implementation of pharmacogenomics, which incorporates genetic information with other clinical factors to optimize drug selection. His expertise in pharma...cogenomics implementation will accelerate efforts in applying genetic information to improving the efficacy and safety of medications for our patients. Mosley received a B.S. in Biochemical/Biophysical Science from the University of Houston in 2006, then worked for three years in a core pharmacology lab as an analytical chemist for MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. He received his PharmD degree from the University of Texas in 2013, and then took a position as a pharmacist with MD Anderson Cancer Center. He recently completed a postdoctoral research fellowship at the University of Florida College of Pharmacy in the Center for Pharmacogenomics under the mentorship of Larisa Cavallari, PharmD. Dr. Mosley joined the faculty of the Titus Department of Clinical Pharmacy as assistant professor of clinical pharmacy at USC. See more

Good morning everyone! Only one day away from the deadline for abstract submission! Check out our website www.movingtargets.la. for RSVP and more detail information about poster session. Our fifth speaker for Moving targets 2018 is Dr. Melissa Durham Dr. Durham is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy at the University of Southern California (USC) School of Pharmacy. She received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree, completed a residency in Community Pharmacy Practice, and h...as earned her Master’s degree in Academic Medicine, all from USC. Dr. Durham is a clinical pharmacist at the USC Pain Center in the Department of Anesthesiology, where she established a pharmacist-run pain medication management service. She is a Board Certified Ambulatory Care Pharmacist and a Diplomat of the Academy of Integrative Pain Management. In addition, she is a practicing community pharmacist. See more