College of Pharmacy forms student chapter of the Personalized Medicine Coalition
College of Pharmacy forms student chapter of the Personalized Medicine Coalition
Students in the Ohio Northern University Raabe College of Pharmacy have formed a student chapter of the Personalized Medicine Coalition (PMC). More than 100 students comprise the newly formed group.
The purpose of this ONU student PMC chapter is to foster the development and awareness of personalized medicine both educationally and professionally. The organization consists of six sections based on the PMC document “The Case for Personalized Medicine”: technology, regulatory policy, payment, health information technology, genetic non-discrimination and medical education.
Each section is responsible for “scanning” the literature and news to update the entire membership at each monthly meeting. The monthly meetings will consist of section summaries and a presentation by an invited speaker. The first meeting was held this May and featured attorney Kevin Hill, who discussed the legal ramifications of personalized medicine. Additionally, the student chapter’s outreach project for the 2012-13 academic year will be the development and dissemination of an education program for the public. Additionally, the education program will be adapted for presentation in high school biology courses so as to introduce personalized medicine to high school students.
Kristine Ashcraft, Chief Operating Officer of Genelex to speak at ONU
Kristine Ashcraft, guest speaker at the October meeting of the Student Personalized Medicine Coalition/College of Pharmacy.
Kristine joined Genelex in 2000 as director of sales and marketing. Kristine, a molecular biologist by training, claims more than 15 years of sales and marketing management experience, including more than a decade at Genelex bringing genetic technologies to market. She is responsible for operations, sales strategy, business development and marketing implementation at the company.
Kristine holds an MBA from Babson College, Magna Cum Laude, and a Bachelor of Science in biology from the University of New Haven.
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
| 2012 May Points for Discussion (PDF) | 378.23 KB |
| 2012 May PMC Newsletter (PDF) | 225.33 KB |
| 2012 May PMC Student Chapter acceptance letter (PDF) | 1.09 MB |
| 2012 October Kristine Ashcraft Presentation (PDF) | 1.69 MB |
| 2012 October Meeting Presentation (PDF) | 1.35 MB |
| 2012 October PMC Newsletter (PDF) | 788.89 KB |
| 2012 November Meeting Presentation (PDF) | 1.89 MB |
| 2013 January PMC (PDF).pdf | 558.72 KB |
