Dr. John Allen, the new Marvin and Melanie Richardson Department Head of Pharmacy Practice, came to Purdue with three things at the top of mind: academic excellence, research innovation, and community.
Dr. Allen comes to Purdue following a decorated tenures in academia and industry, with a clear vision for leading Pharmacy Practice into the future and training the next generation of pharmacy clinicians. In this episode of Living the Pharm Life, he discusses the importance of preparing students to be able to handle anything that comes their way over the course of an entire 40-50-year pharmacy career.
Pharmacy is a continuously evolving field that stands to change immensely in the near-term as new technologies come online and the use of artificial intelligence grows. Listen in as Dr. Allen and podcast host, Isabella Tobin, discuss the ways Purdue prepares students to be leaders decades later with the skills they learn today.
