American Pharmacists Month Celebration Series:
Dr. Jerrica Dodd By Kaylyn Sterling, PharmD Candidate
As part of the American Pharmacist Month Celebration Series, Dr. Jerrica Dodd, keynote speaker, shared her love and passion for pharmacy and spoke about perseverance at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore School of Pharmacy. She is a pharmacist, entrepreneur, coach, and leader whose educational background is beyond notable including a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, a Master of Science in Pharmacy Administration from The Ohio State University, and a Master of Science with a focus in Applied Pharmacoeconomics from the University of Florida. To top it all off, she completed a residency at The Ohio State University Medical Center. Dr. Dodd has been a pharmacist for 23 years and transitioned into full-time entrepreneurship after a 17-year career in the pharmaceutical industry in multiple roles within Medical Affairs.
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Dr. Dodd has spoken on many stages across the country and is the proud Executive Editor of PharmaSis Magazine, Celebrating Women in Pharmacy. Despite her warm character and vibrant smile, what made Dr. Dodd even more relatable to the UMES students is that her preceptor for rotations was UMES School of Pharmacy Dean Rondall Allen. All pharmacy schools can be hard and stressful, and UMES Pharmacy’s three year curriculum with its fast paced environment is no different. Dr. Dodd’s main message was to “prioritize yourself. Make time for yourself because you are worth it. Although pharmacy school can be a lot of work, students, teachers, and pharmacists everywhere deserve to have time set aside to remind ourselves of our worth.”