Overview:

This health disparities fellowship is a 12-month program designed to prepare pharmacy professionals who are interested in becoming a researcher and advocate for reducing health disparities via pharmacist provided community-based interventions. This is a limited term role.

Responsibilities:

• The Health Disparities Fellow will work with administrators and faculty to gain valuable experience in research on health disparities and community-based pharmacist interventions that are directed towards improving patient outcomes.
• The fellow will gain significant experience in learning about pharmacist-provided services and its impact on patient outcomes
• The fellow will also engage with our current preceptors in community-based settings to identify the nature of services provided, barriers and facilitators to the provision of those services and help design interventions in local communities
• The fellow will work with pharmacy students and health professions student organizations to create community-based interventions and evaluate the impact of those interventions. In the process, the fellow will obtain a teaching certificate and a leadership certificate
• The fellow will be exposed to the following areas:
  • Research and Scholarship in Health Outcomes with a focus on disparities
  • Research and Scholarship in Pharmacist Provided Services and Patient Outcomes Research
• Attendance at national and local conferences that focus on health disparities and pharmacist interventions such as American Pharmacist Association (APhA) Annual Meeting

Qualifications:

Education/Experience

• Doctor of Pharmacy required.
• Individuals who have completed PharmD from an ACPE accredited US pharmacy school.
• Applicants with a PGY-1/PGY-2 residency are also encouraged to apply. The 12-month fellowship program will begin July 1 and end June 30.
• Interested candidates should submit a letter of intent, curriculum vitae, official pharmacy school transcripts and three letters of recommendation.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• A high degree of interpersonal competency:professionalism, diplomacy, judgement, and discretion required

Certifications/Licensures

• Requirements include licensure or eligibility for licensure to practice pharmacy in New York State.

Travel

• As required

Maximum Salary:
USD $57,000.00/Yr.

Minimum Salary:
USD $45,600.00/Yr.