Amina Abubakar, PharmD, AAHIVP

CEO of Avant Pharmacy & Wellness Center

President of Avant Institute

Amina Abubakar graduated from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy

University of the Sciences in 2005. She is the owner and manager of

Avant Pharmacy & Wellness Center formerly known as Rx Clinic Pharmacy in

Charlotte, NC, and the founder of the Avant Institute.

She is an internationally recognized award-winning clinical pharmacist, Certified

HIV Specialty Pharmacist, a preceptor to UNC Chapel Hill residents and students

from several schools of pharmacy. Recently, Amina was bestowed the honor by

the National Community Pharmacists Association as 2020’s Independent

Pharmacist of the Year and also received the 2020 Bowl of Hygeia from the North

Carolina Association of Pharmacists for outstanding service to the community.

She has fostered an environment that showcases the impact of community

pharmacists on patient care by collaborating with medical providers and

expanding pharmacist-led clinical services in her community. Her desire to help

others advance the pharmacy profession inspired her to found the Avant Institute

to offer training to pharmacies across the country on the practical application of

clinical pharmacy services through developing sustainable physician

collaborations.

Pharmacogenomics in a community pharmacy: ACT now

Pharmacists practicing in community pharmacy are accustomed to optimizing drug therapy through various medication therapy management programs. They use patient-specific information obtained from the patient and their prescribers to cater patient-specific drug regimens. Pharmacogenomics is rapidly evolving, and this field can help optimize medication therapy using an individual's genetic code to identify opportunities for increased or decreased adverse effects or changes in efficacy. Pharmacogenomic testing technology has made conducting pharmacogenomic testing in community pharmacies possible. Pharmacists must arm themselves with the knowledge and skills specific to pharmacogenomics in order to fully integrate this expanding area into patient care and turn this into a great opportunity.

[Advocacy] Currently, she shares her passion for pharmacy advancements with

pharmacists, patients and policy makers all over the country through

Pharmacogenomics. She was invited to the White House Office of Science and

Technology Policy and to the FDA to discuss the role of pharmacists in

pharmacogenomics.

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