Industry Fellowship
Guest: Kellyn Moran (email: moran3@uic.edu)
2015-2017 UIC Medication Adherence Fellow
Today we're going to be talking with Kellyn Moran, the 2015-2017 Medication Adherence Fellow sponsored by the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) and Takeda (Tuh Kay Duh) Pharmaceuticals. She earned her Doctor of Pharmacy degree in 2015 from the UIC College of Pharmacy. Throughout pharmacy school, Dr. Moran conducted qualitative research in patient safety at the UIC Department of Medical Education housed within the school of medicine.
She also contributed to community-based practice research aimed at improving the quality of care for vulnerable populations. Dr. Moran is interested in using outcomes research to improve medication adherence. Her current research interests include quality of care, pharmacy program evaluation and economic modeling.
Everyone’s leadership road is different, let’s start with where you are today, and how you got into your current position.1b. A lot of the dissatisfaction with some pharmacy jobs is the lack of being able to see progress, and through health outcomes research, it sounds like you can see how these patient populations progress.
How did you fit the aspects of choosing, applying for and visiting potential fellowships in your P4 year? Why did you choose UIC? How do you feel you became a leader/innovator and how did the opportunities you had there helped you. What exactly does a fellow do in their first year and their second year? How does that transition to a PhD? How is industry different than retail and hospital preparation, I know it’s a different world, but can you help describe that? I went to Maryland an urban campus and you are in downtown Chicago, tell us a little about what it’s like to be in an urban center and the opportunities it affords. Students know where to go in looking for community or hospital residencies, but where do you look for industry fellowships? What does it mean to be a researcher, I understand the concept in a broad sense, but what experience do you need in professional school to move that title forward? What blanket advice would you have for new graduates?
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Contact through LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kellyn-moran-159a339a
