Register for the Virtual William B. Abram’s Lecture to be Held on May 14, 2020
Registration is now open for the 2020 William B. Abrams lecture, to be held virtually on
Thursday, May 14, 2020, 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM ET. The 2020 lecturer is Mary Relling, PharmD, Professor, St Jude Children's Research Hospital.
Dr. Relling’s talk, titled “Clinical Implementation of Pharmacogenetics” will provide an overview of the Clinical Pharmacogenetics Implementation Consortium (CPIC®), developed in 2009, to write, curate, and update freely available, peer-reviewed, and detailed gene/drug pharmacogenetic clinical practice guidelines with accompanying computational tables to facilitate the appropriate use of pharmacogenetic tests in clinical care. In addition, the implementation of the CPIC guidelines in a clinical protocol at St. Jude’s, PG4KDS, with an aim to preemptively test all eligible children at the institute and implement all CPIC guidelines by placing test results, with the necessary clinical decision support tools to guide prescribing, in an electronic health record will be discussed.
The William B. Abrams Lecture is a joint educational initiative of ASCPT and the FDA. The lecture series was established in 1999 to honor William B. Abrams, MD, an ASCPT president from 1975 to 1976, and a special consultant to the FDA who worked to establish the CDER Staff College.
Click here for more details on Dr. Relling’s lecture and instructions on how to register.