Careers in Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences

Provide medication therapy management and primary care services.

• Compounding, medication reviews, and patient counseling
• Patient care services like immunizations, health screenings, and medication synchronization
• Digital health and remote patient monitoring to manage chronic diseases

Lead efforts focused on helping society improve public health.

• Disease prevention and control: health screenings, immunizations
• Drug abuse prevention and treatment/opioid crisis
• Family planning and maternal health

Lead and participate in activities to ensure appropriate medication therapy for patients.

• Participating member of medical team rounds for drug therapy management and monitoring
• Pharmacy services like antimicrobial and blood product stewardship, infusion services, drug diversion prevention
• Formulary management, medication safety, and quality improvement
• Informatics, data analytics, and quality outcomes

Pediatrics

Geriatrics

Oncology

Pharmacotherapy

Ambulatory Care

Critical Care

Nuclear

Transplant

Psychiatric

Infectious Diseases

Cardiology

Nutrition Support

Responsible for medication management programs to ensure appropriate medication therapy at an affordable cost for a patient population in a managed care organization or health plan.

• Medication management and patient education services
• Pharmaceutical benefit management and formulary development
• Telepharmacy and digital health services

Work in pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical companies that develop, manufacture, distribute, and market medications.

• Research and Development, Clinical Research
• Medical and Regulatory Affairs, Medication Information
• Sales and Marketing

Make and dispense medications to treat animal conditions and are often employed by pharmacies, animal hospitals, and zoos.

Engage in biopharmaceutical research, from drug discovery and development to clinical trials to patient outcomes research, and pursue careers in contract research organizations and other research facilities.

Optimize medication therapies for patients in nursing homes, assisted living communities, rehabilitation centers, and other long-term care facilities.

Preparing and administering infusion medications and managing treatment plans for patients to use at home.

Selecting medication therapies based on the interpretation of a genetic profile.

Provide medication management services, remote patient monitoring, patient education, and other primary care services.

Optimize value-based care for patient populations, often using health analytics to improve the quality of care while reducing costs.

Work in health departments, the FDA, the CDC, CMS Medicare and Medicaid, and Veterans Affairs providing clinical pharmacy services, conducting research, and leading public health efforts.

Focus on advocacy and policy, government affairs, and education.

Develop materials to educate health care professionals, consumers, and others about pharmaceutical products.

Specialize in clinical practice and research and educate future pharmacists.