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Pediatric Clinical Pharmacology Training. Bridgette L. Jones, MD MS Associate Professor Pediatrics, University of Missouri Kansas City American Academy of Pediatrics Chair, Committee on Drugs. No relevant conflicts of interest. NIH T32 Pediatric Clinical Pharmacology Fellowships.
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Pediatric Clinical Pharmacology Training Bridgette L. Jones, MD MS Associate Professor Pediatrics, University of Missouri Kansas City American Academy of Pediatrics Chair, Committee on Drugs
NIH T32 Pediatric Clinical Pharmacology Fellowships • Mandated through the BPCA 2007 legislation • Provide training in pediatric clinical pharmacology • Stimulate interdisciplinary collaboration among clinical, translational, and basic researchers in pediatric therapeutics research • Enable the development of a pediatric pharmacology section within the adult clinical pharmacology department • Purpose: help ensure that a diverse and highly trained workforce is available in an area that currently has a limited number of researchers.
Children’s Mercy Pediatric Clinical Pharmacology Training Program • Fully accredited by the American Board of Clinical Pharmacology (ABCP) • Has formally trained 19 fellows since 1999 (pediatricians and clinical pharmacists, one pediatric nurse practitioner) • Training model integrates pediatric clinical pharmacology with a primary pediatric subspecialty • (e.g. Infectious Disease/Clinical Pharmacology, 4 year combined training)
Children’s Mercy Pediatric Clinical Pharmacology Training Program
Former Trainees • Jennifer Goldman MD MS, Infectious Disease • KL2 • R01 awarded 2018 • Adverse Drugs Reactions, Bactrim Toxicity • Jonathon Wagner DO, Cardiology • KL2 • Statin pharmacotherapeutics • Valentina Shakhnovich, MD • NASPHAGAN career development award • Obesity in PPI pharmacology • Ryan Funk PharmD PhD • KL2 • Biomarkers/pharmacology of disease modifying drugs in pediatric rheumatic disease
Trainings programs address a critical barrier in pediatric drug development • Recognize gaps in knowledge and areas of need • Tools and skillsets to address questions and alleviate barriers to pediatric drug development • Conduct adequate/successful pediatric clinical trials
Susan Abdel-Rahman, Program Director • Bridgette L. Jones, Associate Program Director • bljones@cmh.edu https://www.childrensmercy.org/professional-education/fellowships/pediatric-clinical-pharmacology-fellowship/