Affinity Groups Building Session

Affinity groups are intended to represent social identity frameworks versus personal or professional interests (e.g. practice areas), and create additional opportunity for interaction with ACCP members who may share similar self-identified personal/social traits.

Initial groups identified by the DEIA Task Force include: Black or African American, Latino/a/x, Asian/Pacific Islanders, Middle Eastern/North African, LGBTQIA+, Disabilities/Chronic Illness. The Task Force recognizes this list is only a starting point and there will likely be other dimensions of diversity that would benefit from an Affinity Group in the future. Each of the initial groups will have a dedicated roundtable during this session to discuss workplace challenges, desired support and resources, expectations, and shared experiences. Facilitators at each roundtable will take notes to help inform Affinity Group implementation within the College.

Handout:  Affinity Groups_Handout_AM24.pdf 

	Facilitator: Titilola M. Afolabi, Pharm.D., FCCP, BCPPS Associate Professor, College of Pharmacy, University of Tennessee Health Science Center   View Biography
	Facilitator: John M. Allen, Pharm.D., FCCP, FCCM, BCCCP, BCPS Professor & Department Head Purdue University College of Pharmacy Indianapolis, IN   View Biography
	Facilitator: Sally Arif, Pharm.D., BCCP Professor of Pharmacy Practice Midwestern University College of Pharmacy-Downers Grove Cardiology Clinical Pharmacist Rush University Medical Center Affiliated Faculty Center for Community Health Equity Chicago, Illinois   View Biography
	Facilitator: Elias B. Chahine, Pharm.D., FCCP, FASCP, FFSHP, BCIDP Professor and Chair of Pharmacy Practice and Administration Palm Beach Atlantic University Gregory School of Pharmacy West Palm Beach, Florida   View Biography
	Facilitator: Allison M. Chung, Pharm.D., FCCP, FPPA, BCPPS Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, Auburn University, Harrison School of Pharmacy, Mobile, Alabama   View Biography
	Facilitator: Jenna F. Cox, Pharm.D., FCCM, BCCCP, BCPS Clinical Pharmacist Specialist - Cardiopulmonary ICU, Prisma Health Richland, Columbia, SC PGY2 Critical Care Residency Program Director, Prisma Health Richland University of South Carolina Columbia, SC   View Biography
	Facilitator: Brian L. Erstad, Pharm.D., FCCP, BCPS Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice & Science, College of Pharmacy, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona   View Biography
	Facilitator: Rebecca Jayakumar, Pharm.D., BCIDP Sr. Director of the Educator Academy & Associate Professor, Roseman University College of Medicine, Las Vegas, NV   View Biography
	Facilitator: Kazuhiko Kido, Pharm.D., FCCP, BCCP, BCPS Clinical Associate Professor West Virginia University School of Pharmacy Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Advanced Heart Failure/Pulmonary Hypertension   View Biography
	Facilitator: W. Justin Moore, Pharm.D., MS, BCIDP, BCPS Practice Coordinator for the Antimicrobial and Diagnostic Stewardship Program and an Infectious Diseases Clinical Pharmacist at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago, Illinois   View Biography
	Facilitator: Melissa Santibanez, Pharm.D., FCCM, BCCCP Associate Professor, Nova Southeastern University College of Pharmacy, Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Critical Care Pharmacist Faculty, Memorial Regional Hospital, Hollywood, Florida   View Biography
	Speaker: Jo E. Rodgers, Pharm.D., FCCP, BCCP, BCPS Professor, Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Chapel Hill, North Carolina   View Biography