Liz Harthan

Liz Harthan, ’08 PharmD, is the anticoagulation pharmacotherapist coordinator for OSF HealthCare. In this role, she is the subject matter expert for reviewing anticoagulation policies, procedures, and order sets to ensure safe and effective patient care. Harthan has overseen numerous anticoagulation safety metrics. She also led the development of the OSF HealthCare Advance Program, which supports continuing professional development for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians to promote increased employee engagement and recognition. 

After earning her Doctor of Pharmacy, Harthan completed a PGY1 residency at the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center in Milwaukee. She is president of the West Central Society of Health-System Pharmacists and a residency preceptor. Harthan received the 2023 Illinois Council of Health-System Pharmacists’ Amy Lodolce Mentorship Award.

Brandon Patterson

Brandon Patterson’s, PharmD, ’13 PhD, young career has spanned practice, academia, and the pharmaceutical industry. 

Patterson started as a relief pharmacist with Iowa Health Care and NuCara pharmacy while in graduate school. After earning his PhD, he was an assistant professor of Pharmacy Administration at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy before transitioning to a health outcomes role at GSK. There he led engagements with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. 

When COVID struck, Patterson became a global market access leader at Janssen, supporting its infectious disease and vaccines group. He is currently director of Health Economics and Outcomes Research at Moderna, working with prophylactic vaccine products in development. Patterson has published more than 40 vaccine-related, peer-reviewed publications and 70 abstracts presented at conferences.