ASCPT Member of the Month

Sean Hennessy, PharmD, PhD

The ASCPT Member of the Month is a forum to recognize and thank a member of ASCPT who has supported the Society's endeavors. Each month on its web site, ASCPT highlights one member who has gone above and beyond the call of duty! We also highlight the Member of the Month, along with two other members, in each issue of Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics. We hope you will enjoy learning about fellow members and as always, encourage your participation in Society events and activities.

ASCPT is proud to recognize Dr. Sean Hennessy as the November Member of the Month.

Dr. Hennessy is an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Pharmacology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia, PA.

Despite having found his niche in the field of clinical pharmacology, Dr. Hennessy has a deep appreciation for the entire continuum: "clinical pharmacology occurs across a broad spectrum from bench to bedside to population. My primary focus is on the "right-hand" side of this spectrum, examining drug effects in populations. Nevertheless, the best pharmacoepidemiologic studies are those that are informed by and examine hypotheses emerging from the "left hand" side of the spectrum." Dr. Hennessy has found both the Annual Meeting and journal as tools to "keep me grounded in the 'left-hand' side of the bench-bedside-population spectrum." Dr. Hennessy hopes to interact even more with other ASCPT members "since I recently became active in the leadership of the Pharmacoepidemiology, Drug Safety and Outcomes Research (PHE) section, a member of the Scientific Program Committee, and an editorial board member of CP&T." In addition to volunteering with ASCPT, Dr. Hennessy serves on five academic and institutional committees and is a member to multiple domestic and international scientific societies. Dr. Hennessy has authored over 40 peer-reviewed articles and has published 16 abstracts within the past three years.

Thank you, Dr. Hennessy, for your valuable leadership and continued commitment to ASCPT and the discipline of clinical pharmacology!

Previous Members of the Month:

October 2008 - Michelle Rudek, PharmD, PhD
September 2008 - Candace Y.W. Lee, MD, PhD, FRCPC, FACC, FACP
August 2008 - Kathryn Momary, PharmD, BCPS
July 2008 - Nancy Lass, MD
June 2008 - Stephen P. Spielberg, MD, PhD
May 2008 - Joseph S. Bertino, Jr., PharmD
April 2008 - Theresa Ann Barry Shapiro, MD, PhD
March 2008 - John Thomas Callaghan, MD, PhD
February 2008 - Laura P. James, MD
January 2008 - Robert J. Noveck, MD, PhD, FCP
December 2007 - Walter Kraft, MD, MS, FACP
November 2007 - J. Steven Leeder, PharmD, PhD
October 2007 - John A. Wagner, MD, PhD
September 2007 - Susan Abdel-Rahman, PharmD
August 2007 - Zeruesenay Desta, PhD
July 2007 - Kathleen A. Neville, MD
June 2007 - Charles V. Grudzinskas, PhD
May 2007 - Christine Haller, MD
April 2007 - Rose Kovelesky, RPh, PhD
March 2007 - Jean D. Gray, MD, FRCPC
February 2007 - Albert W. Dreisbach, MD
January 2007 - Lu Amy Sun, MD, PhD
December 2006 - Anne N. Nafziger, MD, MHS
November 2006 - Jane E. Freedman, MD
October 2006 - Gary D. Novack, PhD
September 2006 - Sander Vinks, PharmD, PhD
August 2006 - Deanna Kroetz, PhD
July 2006 - Craig W. Hendrix, MD
June 2006 - Richard L. Lalonde, PharmD
May 2006 - Andrea Gaedigk, PhD
April 2006 - Julie A. Johnson, PharmD
March 2006 - Scott A. Waldman, MD, PhD, FCP
February 2006 - Joann Data, MD, PhD
January 2006 - Patricia Slattum, PharmD, PhD.
December 2005 - Arthur J Atkinson Jr., MD
November 2005 - Raymond J. Hohl, M.D., Ph.D.
September/October 2005 - Richard Weinshilboum, MD
June 2005 - John Vincent, MD, PhD
April 2005 - Jason D. Morrow, MD
March 2005 - Kathleen Uhl, MD
February 2005 - Gregory L. Kearns, PharmD, PhD
December 2004 - Patrick K. Noonan, PhD
November 2004 - Aziz Karim, PhD