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Wednesday, March 4, 2026
8:00 AM - 10:30 AM MST
ASCPT Board Meeting (by invitation only)

12:00 PM - 6:30 PM MST
Registration & Information Desk

12:00 PM - 6:30 PM MST
Speaker Ready Room

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM MST
Opening Session
Chair: Sandra A.G Visser, PhD (she/her/hers) – Quantivis LLC, ASCPT President
Award Recipient: Brian W. Corrigan, PhD – Metrum RG
Award Recipient: Sarah Kim, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Florida
Award Recipient: Veronique Michaud, PhD – GalenusRx
Award Recipient: Kellie S. Reynolds, PharmD (she/her/hers) – FDA
Award Recipient: Dan M. Roden, MD – Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Award Recipient: Gwenn S. Smith, PhD (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM MST
State of the Art Lecture - Sarah Emond
State of the Art Speaker: Sarah K. Emond, MPP – Institute for Clinical and Economic Review
Chair: Sandra A.G Visser, PhD (she/her/hers) – Quantivis LLC, ASCPT President
Drug Utilization & Outcomes (DUO)Regulatory Science (RS)

5:00 PM - 6:30 PM MST
Opening Reception

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM MST
Poster Session I

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM MST
Poster & Partner Pavilion

5:15 PM - 5:45 PM MST
Presidential Trainee Showcase

Thursday, March 5, 2026
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM MST
Network/Community Networking Breakfast

7:00 AM - 6:30 PM MST
Registration & Information Desk

7:00 AM - 6:30 PM MST
Speaker Ready Room

7:00 AM - 7:00 PM MST
Poster & Partner Pavilion

8:15 AM - 9:00 AM MST
Dolores Shockley Diversity and Inclusion in Clinical Research Award Lecture
Award Lecturer: Erica Woodahl, PhD – University of Montana
Chair: Sandra A.G Visser, PhD (she/her/hers) – Quantivis LLC, ASCPT President

9:15 AM - 10:00 AM MST
2025 Darrell Abernethy Early Stage Investigator Award Lecture
Award Lecturer: Katherine N. Theken, PharmD, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Pennsylvania
Pharmacogenomics (PGx)

9:15 AM - 10:15 AM MST
State of the Art Lecture - Ted Love
State of the Art Speaker: Ted W. Love, MD (he/him/his) – BIO, Immediate Past Chairman
Chair: Matthew Rizk, PhD (he/him/his) – Merck
Specific Populations (SPO)

9:15 AM - 11:45 AM MST
Precision Pharmacology Across the Spectrum of Kidney Disease
Chair: Shannon Reinert, MD (she/her/hers) – Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Chair: Danica Quickfall, MD (she/her/hers) – Mayo Clinic AZ
Speaker: H. Rhodes Hambrick, MD, MSc (he/him/his) – Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Speaker: Richard B. Dorshow, PhD (he/him/his) – MediBeacon
Speaker: Samuel Dubinsky, PharmD, PhD (he/him/his) – Dalhousie University
Speaker: Gideon Stitt, PharmD (he/him/his) – University of Utah
Speaker: Ashley Hart (she/her/hers) – Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Speaker: Martina Sahre, PhD – U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Specific Populations (SPO)Precision Dosing (PD)

9:15 AM - 11:45 AM MST
Exceptional and Not the Exception: Innovation and Rigor in Maternal Pharmacotherapeutics Research
Chair: Rupsa C. Boelig, MD (she/her/hers) – Thomas Jefferson University
Chair: Edwin Lam, PharmD (he/him/his) – Biogen
Speaker: Jonathan Cherry, N/A (he/him/his) – March of Dimes
Speaker: Elimika Fletcher, PharmD, PhD (she/her/hers) – U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Speaker: Karen Rowland Yeo, PhD (she/her/hers) – Certara UK Ltd
Speaker: Ananth Kammala, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Texas Medical Branch
Speaker: Laura Bozzi, MS, PhD (she/her/hers) – Johnson & Johnson
Specific Populations (SPO)

10:15 AM - 10:45 AM MST
Networking Break

10:45 AM - 11:30 AM MST
Rawls-Palmer Progress in Medicine Award Lecture
Award Lecturer: Sander A. Vinks, PharmD, PhD (he/him/his) – Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, NDA Partners
Award Presenter: Carl C. Peck, MD (he/him/his) – Principle, NDA Partners/Treximo
Precision Dosing (PD)Specific Populations (SPO)

10:45 AM - 11:45 AM MST
From Black Box to Better Health: Debating AI’s Role in Clinical Pharmacology and Drug Development
Chair: Mohamed Shahin, PhD (he/him/his) – Pfizer
Chair: Caroline Grant, PhD (she/her/hers) – AbbVie
Speaker: Matthew Rizk, PhD (he/him/his) – Merck
Speaker: Kristin Bigos, PhD – Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Speaker: Nadia Terranova, MBA, PhD – EMD Serono
Speaker: Benjamin Weber, PhD – Novo Nordisk
Translational Informatics (TI)Student & Trainee (ST)

11:45 AM - 1:15 PM MST
Leadership Accelerator Lunch (by invitation only)

11:45 AM - 1:15 PM MST
Networking Lunch

1:15 PM - 2:15 PM MST
Scaling the Summit of Membrane Protein Knowledge to Treat Rare Diseases
Chair: Jason Sprowl, PhD – State University of New York at Buffalo
Chair: Mary Paine, PhD, RPh – Washington State University
Speaker: Kim LR Brouwer, PharmD, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy
Speaker: James J. Beaudoin, PhD (he/him/his) – Simulations Plus, Inc.
Membrane Transporter (MT)

1:15 PM - 2:15 PM MST
Mapping the Mind: Neuroimaging as the Key to CNS Drug Discovery and Action
Chair: Vijay A. Ramchandani, PhD (he/him/his) – National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Chair: Joy C. Hsu, PhD (she/her/hers) – Genentech
Speaker: Stephani Stancil, PhD (she/her/hers) – Children's Mercy Kansas City
Speaker: Joshua Gowin, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Colorado
Mental Health & Addiction (MHA)Biomarkers & Translational Tools (BTT)

1:15 PM - 2:45 PM MST
Pharmacoequity through Indigenous Lenses: Perspectives on Healthcare, Research, and Tribal Sovereignty
Chair: Erica Woodahl, PhD – University of Montana
Moderator: Katrina Claw, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Colorado Anschutz
Speaker: Vernon Finley, EdD – Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes
Speaker: Walter Phelps – Flint Point LLC
Speaker: Terry Maresca, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Washington School of Medicine

1:15 PM - 3:30 PM MST
Advancing Pharmacoequity in Pediatric Drug Development: Addressing Challenges and Innovating Solutions for Equitable Access
Chair: Antoinette Ajavon-Hartmann, PhD – Bristol Myers Squibb
Chair: Praneeth Jarugula, PharmD (he/him/his) – Bristol Myers Squibb
Speaker: Tamorah Lewis, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – The Hospital for Sick Children
Speaker: Susan Abdel-Rahman, MA, PharmD (she/her/hers) – U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Speaker: Amy Cheung, PhD (she/her/hers) – Certara
Specific Populations (SPO)Drug Utilization & Outcomes (DUO)

2:30 PM - 3:15 PM MST
Sheiner-Beal Pharmacometrics Award Lecture
Award Lecturer: C.J. Musante, BA, PhD – Pfizer
Award Presenter: Gianluca Nucci, PhD (he/him/his) – Pfizer R&D
Pharmacometrics & Pharmacokinetics (PMK)

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM MST
One Size Never Fits All: The Promise and Pitfalls of Precision Medicine
Chair: Xinyuan (Susie) Zhang, PhD – Simulations Plus
Chair: Tomoyuki Mizuno, PhD (he/him/his) – Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Speaker: Sander A. Vinks, PharmD, PhD (he/him/his) – Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, NDA Partners
Speaker: Jack Cook, PhD (he/him/his) – A2-Ai LLC
Precision Dosing (PD)

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM MST
Networking Break

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM MST
Oscar B. Hunter Career Award in Therapeutics Lecture
Award Lecturer: Craig W. Hendrix, MD (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins University
Award Presenter: Amelia N. Deitchman, PharmD, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of California, San Francisco
Infectious Diseases (INF)Global Health (GH)

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM MST
Featured Speaker - Eric Chun Yong Chan
Featured Speaker: Eric Chun Yong Chan, PhD (he/him/his) – National University of Singapore
Chair: Karen Rowland Yeo, PhD (she/her/hers) – Certara UK Ltd
Drug Utilization & Outcomes (DUO)Oncology (ONC)

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM MST
Oral Abstracts I: Quantitative Systems Pharmacology for Therapeutic Optimization and Decision-Making

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM MST
Pharmacogenetic Testing for Everyone: Pro-Con Debate
Chair: Emily J. Cicali, PharmD (she/her/hers) – University of Florida
Chair: Zachary Taylor, MS, PhD (he/him/his) – Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Speaker: Laura Ramsey, PhD (she/her/hers) – Children's Mercy Hospital
Speaker: Sonya Tang Girdwood, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Speaker: Benjamin Duong, PharmD (he/him/his) – Nemours Children's Health
Speaker: Tamorah Lewis, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – The Hospital for Sick Children
Pharmacogenomics (PGx)Biomarkers & Translational Tools (BTT)

5:00 PM - 6:30 PM MST
President’s Networking Reception

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM MST
Poster Session II

5:20 PM - 5:50 PM MST
Poster Walk I: Precision Therapeutics with Multimodal AI

5:55 PM - 6:25 PM MST
Poster Walk II: Genetic Discovery Research to Personalize Medications in Understudied Populations

6:30 PM - 7:30 PM MST
LMIC Welcome Reception (by invitation only)

Friday, March 6, 2026
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM MST
Network/Community Networking Breakfast

7:00 AM - 2:00 PM MST
Poster & Partner Pavilion

7:00 AM - 3:00 PM MST
Registration & Information Desk

7:00 AM - 3:30 PM MST
Speaker Ready Room

8:15 AM - 9:00 AM MST
Featured Speaker - Rajesh Krishna
Featured Speaker: Rajesh Krishna, MBA, PhD – Certara
Chair: Sandra A.G Visser, PhD (she/her/hers) – Quantivis LLC, ASCPT President
Drug Utilization & Outcomes (DUO)Biomarkers & Translational Tools (BTT)

8:15 AM - 9:15 AM MST
Accelerating Global Market Access Through Early Japanese Clinical Pharmacology Studies: Insights from JSCPT and ASCPT Collaboration
Chair: Reo Tanoshima, MD (he/him/his) – Yokohama City University
Chair: Jing Liu, PhD (she/her/hers) – Pfizer
Speaker: Akihiro Ishiguro, PhD (he/him/his) – Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA)
Speaker: Chieko Muto, PhD (she/her/hers) – Pfizer R&D Japan
Speaker: Rajanikanth Madabushi, PhD (he/him/his) – U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Speaker: Tomoko Hasunuma, MD (she/her/hers) – Kitasato University Kitasato Institute Hospital
Drug Utilization & Outcomes (DUO)Regulatory Science (RS)

8:15 AM - 9:15 AM MST
From Data Deserts to Pharmacoequity: Community-Led Participatory Research and Implementation-Focused Approaches for Inclusive Pharmacogenomics
Chair: Nihal El Rouby, PharmD, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Cincinnati
Chair: Caitrin W. McDonough, MS, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Florida
Speaker: Julio Duarte, PharmD, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Speaker: Elvin Price, PharmD, PhD (he/him/his) – Virginia Commonwealth University
Speaker: Shayna Killam, MS, PharmD (she/her/hers) – University of Montana
Speaker: Victoria M. Pratt, PhD – Agenda Bioscience
Pharmacogenomics (PGx)

8:15 AM - 9:15 AM MST
Getting It Right from the Start: MIDD-Driven Strategies for Including Individuals with Obesity in Clinical Trials
Chair: Yuching Yang, PhD (she/her/hers) – U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Chair: Mayur K. Ladumor, PhD (he/him/his) – Merck
Speaker: Jayabharathi Vaidyanathan, PhD – U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Speaker: Scott Q. Q. Siler, PhD (he/him/his) – Simulations Plus
Speaker: Robert Bell
Physiological Based Pharmacokinetic Modeling and Simulation (PBPK)Specific Populations (SPO)

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM MST
State of the Art Lecture - Utibe Essien
State of the Art Speaker: Utibe R. Essien, MD, MPH, FACP – University of California, Los Angeles
Chair: Sonya Tang Girdwood, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM MST
Regional Variations in Efficacy: Insights and Interpretation
Chair: Jing Jing, PhD – Genentech
Chair: Faye Zhang, PhD – Pfizer
Speaker: Keith Wilner, PhD – Pfizer
Speaker: Sreeneeranj Kasichayanula, PhD (he/him/his) – Gilead Sciences
Speaker: Yosuke Kobayashi, MSc (he/him/his) – Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA)
Oncology (ONC)

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM MST
Beyond Survival: Transforming Autoimmune Therapy Through Model-Informed Development of CAR-T and TCEs
Chair: B Chen, PhD – Merck
Chair: Michael Liao, PhD (he/him/his) – Third Arc Bio
Speaker: Rebecca Sheng, BA, PhD (she/her/hers) – Genentech
Speaker: Todd Shearer, BS, MS, PhD – Cullinan Therapeutics
Speaker: Daniel Kirouac, PhD – Metrum Research Group
Speaker: Tao Liu, PhD (he/him/his) – U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Biologics (BIO)Cell, Gene, Regenerative Medicine & Nucleic Acid (CGRN)

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM MST
Elevating Precision Medicine: Innovative Translational Technologies to Advance Pharmacoequity
Chair: Sonal Singh, PhD (she/her/hers) – Merck
Chair: Sook Wah Yee, PhD (she/her/hers) – Pfizer
Speaker: Minoli Perera, PharmD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Northwestern University
Speaker: Liewei Wang, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Mayo Clinic
Speaker: Mohamed Shahin, PhD (he/him/his) – Pfizer
Pharmacogenomics (PGx)Membrane Transporter (MT)

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM MST
Networking Break

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM MST
Leon I. Goldberg Early Investigator Award Lecture
Award Lecturer: Sonya Tang Girdwood, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Award Presenter: Bhagwat Prasad, PhD, MS – Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Specific Populations (SPO)Precision Dosing (PD)

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM MST
Beyond Submission: Navigating Peer Review and Promoting Your Published Work
Chair: Karen Rowland Yeo, PhD (she/her/hers) – Certara UK Ltd
Chair: John A. Wagner, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Aditum Bio and Tempero Bio
Speaker: Joseph Chen, PharmD – Genentech
Speaker: Priya Jayachandran, PharmD – Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Speaker: Eric Chun Yong Chan, PhD (he/him/his) – National University of Singapore

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM MST
Oral Abstracts II: Integrative Approaches to CNS Drug Pharmacology: From Mechanisms to Clinical Outcomes

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM MST
ASCPT Cross-Community Face-Off: Perspectives on Advancing Pharmacoequity Across the ASCPT Community Spectrum
Chair: Jacqueline Gerhart, MBA, MS, PhD (she/her/hers) – Pfizer
Chair: Patrick Hanafin, PhD – GSK
Early Career (EC)

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM MST
Clinical Pharmacology Program Directors Meeting (by invitation only)

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM MST
Networking Lunch

1:30 PM - 3:30 PM MST
Pharmacoequity in Global Health: Advancing Equitable Access to Preventive Vaccines, Prophylactics, and Gene Therapies for All Populations
Chair: Amy Cheung, PhD (she/her/hers) – Certara
Chair: Jeff S. Barrett, PhD (he/him/his) – Genmab Pharmaceuticals
Speaker: Flora Musuamba, PhD – Federal Agency for Medicines and Health Products
Speaker: James WT Yates, BSc, PhD (he/him/his) – GSK
Speaker: Yu-Wei Lin, PhD (he/him/his) – Monash University
Speaker: Lionel Tan, MBBS. FRCP. PhD. DTM&H – ViiV Healthcare
Speaker: Piet H. van der Graaf, PharmD, PhD – Certara
Global Health (GH)Cell, Gene, Regenerative Medicine & Nucleic Acid (CGRN)

1:30 PM - 3:30 PM MST
Escaping Inequity: An Escape Room Experience to Promote Bias Mitigation in Drug Development and Utilization
Chair: Chazmyn Riley, MS, PharmD (she/her/hers) – Thomas Jefferson University
Chair: Ya-Feng Wen, PharmD, PhD (he/him/his) – Gilead Sciences
Moderator: Shayna Killam, MS, PharmD (she/her/hers) – University of Montana
Moderator: Nicole Damari, MD, MS – Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Student & Trainee (ST)Early Career (EC)

1:30 PM - 5:30 PM MST
Deciding Together: An Interactive Workshop on Integrating Evidence for Compatible Medicine Use During Lactation
Chair: Xian Pan, PhD (she/her/hers) – Certara UK Ltd
Chair: Kristin Bigos, PhD – Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Speaker: Andrew M. Novick, MD, PhD – University of Colorado
Speaker: Andrew S. Bulter, BSc, MSc, PhD (he/him/his) – Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)
Speaker: Jacqueline Gerhart, MBA, MS, PhD (she/her/hers) – Pfizer
Speaker: Lisa Almond, PhD (she/her/hers) – Certara UK
Speaker: Brian M. Cicali, MS, PhD – University of Florida
Specific Populations (SPO)Drug Utilization & Outcomes (DUO)

5:00 PM - 6:30 PM MST
ASCPT Board Meeting (by invitation only)