Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice
Loma Linda University
Dr. Jacinda Abdul-Mutakabbir is currently an Assistant Professor at Loma Linda School of Pharmacy in Loma Linda, CA. She completed her Doctorate in Pharmacy at the University of Saint Joseph School of Pharmacy, located in Hartford, CT. Following pharmacy school, she completed her PGY-1 residency at the Howard University Hospital in Washington, DC. She also completed an Infectious Disease Pharmacokinetics/ Pharmacodynamics (PK/PD) Research Fellowship under the tutelage of Dr. Michael J. Rybak PharmD, MPH, Ph.D., and went on to earn a Masters of Public Health at Wayne State University in Detroit, MI. Her research in mitigating antimicrobial resistance has led her to be recognized by the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases as one of their 30 under 30 outstanding young scientists, for their ECCMID 2021 31st annual meeting. Dr. Abdul-Mutakabbir is also dedicated to magnifying and rectifying health inequities in minoritized communities. To that point, she currently serves as the Lead Pharmacist and Clinician for the Loma Linda University COVID-19 Equitable Community Vaccination Clinics. Her dedication to improving public health has been recognized by various organizations as she was named the 2022 Immunization Champion (Honorable Mention) awardee by the American Pharmacists Association as well as the 2021 recipient of the Society of Infectious Disease Gita Patel Best Practice Award. Dr. Abdul-Mutakabbir strives to champion health equity in every aspect of her work.
Monday, December 5, 2022
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM