The Pfizer Guide to Careers in - College of Pharmacy

5. Research and clinical studies.
People trust their local pharmacists. Our strong relationships in the
community are newly appreciated by medical professionals. So much so
that pharmacists now play a participating role in clinical studies.
Increasingly, pharmacists are being recruited to do community-based
research in the post-marketing surveillance of drugs.
Routine screenings are another way pharmacists can promote wellness.
A recent Impact Study from the American Pharmaceutical Association
of 400 patients recruited by 30 pharmacies found that quarterly coaching
or feedback on how well patients were managing their cholesterol
boosted patient compliance with therapy from 37 percent to 94 percent
a year after diagnosis.
I am happy I chose to be a pharmacist. My profession gives me the ability
to have an impact on people’s lives, to make a real and positive difference.
Hardly a day goes by that someone doesn’t thank me — and that truly
feels wonderful.
Holly Whitcomb Henry, RPh, BCPS, a board-certified pharmacotherapy
specialist, is president of Medicine Ladies, Inc., a Seattle, Washington-based
corporation, owning and operating four local pharmacies that employ 10
pharmacists since 1986. She serves as a Clinical Professor at the University
of Washington School of Pharmacy, and is also part of the Clinical Affiliate
Faculty for Washington State University College of Pharmacy.
After completing a Bachelor of Pharmacy degree from Washington State
University College of Pharmacy in 1978, Ms. Henry worked as a staff
pharmacist at Pay ‘N’ Save Corporation in Seattle, Washington. She then
became Executive Assistant Director of the Washington State Pharmacists
Association in May 1980. For much of her 5-year tenure, she was also
Editor of The Washington Pharmacist.
In July 1991, Ms. Henry completed an American Pharmaceutical
Association Apple/SKB Residency in Community Pharmacy Management
and, in June 1995, completed a Certificate Program in Geriatric Pharmacy
from the University of Washington School of Pharmacy. She is active in
pharmacy associations, having served as President of the Washington State
Pharmacists Association in 1998–99. She currently serves on the Executive
Committee of the National Community Pharmacists Association.
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