Serving as a mental health pharmacist for aging patients is a passion for Jennifer Bean, PharmD, a 2014 graduate of the UT Health Science Center College of Pharmacy.
“My grandparents helped raise me, which gives me insight into what healthy aging can look like, as well as what aging without good health can represent,” Dr. Bean says.
Today, she continues her commitment to improving health in aging patients as a clinical pharmacist practitioner with the VISN 9 Clinical Resource Hub, where she works with an interprofessional Geriatric Mental Health team providing services across VA facilities in Tennessee and Kentucky. This spring, she was appointed to the inaugural class of the American Association of Psychiatric Pharmacists (AAPP) Fellows Program.
Read more on the UT Health Science Center News website.