Mary Roederer

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UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Institute for Pharmacogenomics and Individualized Therapy, Pharmacogenetics for Every Nation Initiative

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USA

1. Current Status, Position

Professor with the Institute for Pharmacogenomics and Individualized Therapy, the Division of Pharmacy Practice and Experiential Education, and the Department of Family Medicine at the University of North Carolina.

2. Education

Dr. Roederer received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of North Carolina in 2000. She completed a pharmacotherapy residency with the East Carolina University School of Medicine and Pitt Country Memorial Hospital in Greenville, North Carolina. Dr. Roederer worked as an acute care clinical manager and assistant director of pharmacy with McKesson Medication Management for 4 years in Richmond, Virginia. She joined the faculty at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy in 2005 and served as the Pharmacy Clinical Specialist in Family Medicine at UNC Hospitals from 2004-2008 providing inpatient and outpatient care to family medicine patients and education to family medicine medical residents. In 2008 she joined the Institute for Pharmacogenomics and Individualized Therapy with a focus on national formulary decision-making in developing countries enhanced by pharmacogenomics working with the Pharmacogenetics for Every Nation Initiative (PGENI).

3. Research Area

Her research interests include pharmacogenetics education for health care professionals, the use of pharmacogenetics to enhance formulary decision-making and drug selection at the individual patient and country-level, and the integration of pharmacogenetics into routine clinical pharmacy practice.