Grace Kuo, Pharm.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., received the 2012 Health and Medicine Award from the Asian Heritage Society at their reception and ceremony on September 15. She was recognized for her community and national efforts to advance pharmacy education for the student and practitioner. Through their research, Dr. Kuo and her colleagues evaluate medication safety at the patient, provider and system levels. Dr. Kuo directs the San Diego Pharmacist Resource and Research Network (SD Pharm NetTM). Collaborating with pharmacists and physicians in the community, she has helped design and implement medication therapy management services for chronic disease states. As program director of the in the Pharmacogenomics Education Program (PharmGenEdTM), she and UCSD faculty have organized a widely received national, Communicable Disease Center supported program to educate students and clinical practitioners on contemporary pharmacogenomic principles and clinical outcomes
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