The University of Florida College of Pharmacy Clinical Pharmacogenetics Fellowship is a comprehensive two-year program housed within the UF Health Precision Medicine Program. Designed for pharmacists who have successfully completed a PGY-1 residency or possess three years of relevant experience, this fellowship equips trainees for a career specializing in clinical implementation of pharmacogenetics. Graduates are prepared to excel in clinical practice settings, academia, industry or roles within the FDA. Applicants must be eligible for Florida pharmacy licensure.
Fellows Can Expect to Master These Skills
- Understand key components to start and sustain clinical pharmacogenetics
- Provide pharmacogenetic education to clinicians and patients
- Write effective consultation notes
- Develop clinical decision support alerts
- Identify and analyze pharmacogenetic primary literature
- Educate pharmacy students (with an opportunity to earn a teaching certificate)
- Collect, clean and analyze clinical pharmacogenetics data
- Presentation and manuscript writing
- Leadership
Start Your Application
Applicants are encouraged to submit the application materials listed below by January 15 for a July 1 start date.
- CV
- Personal statement (In two pages or less, describe your background, interests and experience in pharmacogenetics and your career goals)
- Three letters of recommendation
- Unofficial transcript
Questions about the program can be directed to the fellowship director, Emily Cicali, at Emily.cicali@ufl.edu.
Training Program
As a clinical pharmacogenomics fellow, you will receive comprehensive training in multiple clinical areas within UF Health and conduct your own research project. By training at a program with a strong national reputation in precision medicine, you will be prepared with the necessary skills to put you on the pathway toward a successful career in precision medicine.
Required Experiences
- Serve as a clinical pharmacist within the UF Health Precision Medicine Program Consult Service and UF Health MyRx Clinic.
- Effectively provide pharmacogenetic education to clinicians
- Drug information
- Teach within the pharmacy curriculum (i.e. didactic lectures, skills lab, APPEs)
- Participate in weekly department seminar and journal club meetings. Trainees are expected to present at least one siminar and two journal clubs.
- Present at least one formal patient care presentation
- Conduct research project and prepare a manuscript
- Present research results at a local and/or national professional meeting(s)
- Professional development
Optional Experiences
- Earn a graduate certificate or master’s degree in precision medicine
- Complete coursework in biostatistics, manuscript and grant-writing, and pharmacogenetics
- Teaching certificate
- Attend professional conferences
The Center for Pharmacogenomics and Precision Medicine
Fellows will have the opportunity to work with clinical- and research-focused mentors from core faculty members of the Center for Pharmacogenomics and Precision Medicine. The center improves patient outcomes by maximizing efficacy and minimizing toxicity of drug therapy through research, teaching, and service focused on genetically guided drug therapy decision-making, drug discovery and drug development.
Primary Fellowship Mentors
Emily J Cicali Pharm.D.
Madeline L Norris Pharm.D.
Larisa H Cavallari Pharm.D., BCPS, FCCP, FAHA
Additional Faculty
Dominick J Angiolillo M.D., Ph.D.
Sean Avedissian Ph.D., Pharm.D., MSCI
Joseph Collins Ph.D.
Jatinder Lamba Ph.D., M.Sc.
Caitrin W McDonough Ph.D., M.S.
Khoa Nguyen Pharm.D.
Munaza Riaz Ph.D., Pharm.D., M.Phil.
Nathan D Seligson Pharm.D.
Katie Vogel Anderson Pharm.D., Ph.D., BCACP, FCCP
Former Program Participants
Those who have participated in UF’s clinical pharmacogenetics program have built careers at high-level institutions across the United States. This graphic indicates where they secured their first job after their training.
Not shown on the map: Hana Al Alshaykh, PharmD, BCPS, Clinical Pharmacogenomics Pharmacy Specialist at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
“Training under the internationally renowned experts at UF provided abundant opportunities for growth. I cherish both the knowledge and professional relationships that I developed. Even after completion of my training, this network has continued to be an invaluable resource.”
–D. Max Smith (MedStar, Clinical Pharmacogenomics Specialist)