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Purdue NewsHenri R. Manasse Jr., chief executive officer and executive vice president of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, will present two talks as part of the Varro E. Tyler Lecture Series. The talks are free and open to the public.
His first talk, "Medication Misadventuring: A Professional and Public Policy Issue," will be at 2:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 6, in Purdue's Krannert Auditorium. The talk will address issues regarding medication errors and how such incidents can be reduced or avoided.
The second lecture, "Preparing Pharmacy for the New Millennium," will be presented at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 7, in the Krannert Auditorium. The talk focuses on how the pharmacy profession has evolved and how practitioners may best prepare for success in the future.
Manasse, who holds a doctorate in pharmacy administration from the University of Minnesota, is the author of several books and has published extensively in the area of health sciences. He also serves as a senior policy fellow with the Center on Drugs and Public Policy at the University of Maryland, and he has adjunct professorial appointments at the University of Iowa.
Throughout his career, Manasse has held a variety of academic, research and administrative positions, including dean and professor of the College of Pharmacy and professor of health professions education of the College of Medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago. In 1996, he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences' Institute of Medicine, and in 1988 he served as president of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. He was a member of the Illinois State Board of Pharmacy for 13 years.
The Tyler lectureship, co-sponsored by Purdue's School of Pharmacy and Pharmacal Sciences,
the Department of Pharmacy Practice, and Eli Lilly and Co., honors Varro E. Tyler,
who was dean of Purdue's pharmacy school from 1966 to 1986. Tyler is Lilly Distinguished Professor of Pharmacognosy at Purdue.
CONTACT: Pat Aveline, Department of Pharmacy Practice, (765) 494-1377.
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