Kate Smith, PharmD
@katesmithpharmd.bsky.social
Associate Prof UIowa Pharmacy #PharmEd Insatiably curious #problemsolving #leadership #Enneagram1❤ @Cubs⚾ #tacos🌮 #girlmom👧🏼👧🏼👧🏼
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To the kids with disabilities deprived of a teacher's aide—Trump thinks it's not a problem.
To the parents fighting for their kid to be treated equally in the classroom—Trump thinks it's not a problem.
To the teachers in need of resources—Trump thinks it's not a problem.
To the parents fighting for their kid to be treated equally in the classroom—Trump thinks it's not a problem.
To the teachers in need of resources—Trump thinks it's not a problem.
October 23, 2025 at 9:50 PM
To the kids with disabilities deprived of a teacher's aide—Trump thinks it's not a problem.
To the parents fighting for their kid to be treated equally in the classroom—Trump thinks it's not a problem.
To the teachers in need of resources—Trump thinks it's not a problem.
To the parents fighting for their kid to be treated equally in the classroom—Trump thinks it's not a problem.
To the teachers in need of resources—Trump thinks it's not a problem.
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9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American."
It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health
www.nytimes.com
September 1, 2025 at 11:23 AM
9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American."
It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
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'August Farm' by contemporary UK painter Kate-Evans #WomensArt
August 13, 2025 at 6:59 AM
'August Farm' by contemporary UK painter Kate-Evans #WomensArt
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Harriet Tubman #quilt by my Mom, Vera P. Hall, who makes quilts celebrating Black people who fought for their own freedom. This seems to be the crowd favorite of the “We Didn’t Wait for Freedom” series. Happy #Juneteenth #quilting
June 19, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Harriet Tubman #quilt by my Mom, Vera P. Hall, who makes quilts celebrating Black people who fought for their own freedom. This seems to be the crowd favorite of the “We Didn’t Wait for Freedom” series. Happy #Juneteenth #quilting
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Colleen Parker, contemporary artist and illustrator #womensart
June 3, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Colleen Parker, contemporary artist and illustrator #womensart
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“Contrary to what we may think, simply giving feedback doesn't initiate change. It has to be accepted as valid and actionable by the learner. He then has to commit to using that information to do something different.” Zaretta Hammond
May 4, 2025 at 2:11 PM
“Contrary to what we may think, simply giving feedback doesn't initiate change. It has to be accepted as valid and actionable by the learner. He then has to commit to using that information to do something different.” Zaretta Hammond
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The line that keeps running through my head this morning is from The Good Place:
“The real question is what do we owe to each other?”
“The real question is what do we owe to each other?”
April 30, 2025 at 12:31 PM
The line that keeps running through my head this morning is from The Good Place:
“The real question is what do we owe to each other?”
“The real question is what do we owe to each other?”
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Friends, a bit of good news! 🎉 (We take it whenever we can!)
The Trump admin reversed their decision to cut funding for the Women's Health Initiative (WHI), a landmark study that’s essential in advancing our understanding of women’s health. 🙌
The Trump admin reversed their decision to cut funding for the Women's Health Initiative (WHI), a landmark study that’s essential in advancing our understanding of women’s health. 🙌
In a reversal, the Trump administration restores funding for women's health study
The unexpected elimination of funding for the decades-long research project focused on women's health shocked scientists. They were heartened by the quick restoration of support.
www.npr.org
April 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Friends, a bit of good news! 🎉 (We take it whenever we can!)
The Trump admin reversed their decision to cut funding for the Women's Health Initiative (WHI), a landmark study that’s essential in advancing our understanding of women’s health. 🙌
The Trump admin reversed their decision to cut funding for the Women's Health Initiative (WHI), a landmark study that’s essential in advancing our understanding of women’s health. 🙌
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The first posy in a thimble I made, to lift my mood during the pandemic. The flowers are all real.
When humans look at plants (even on a screen as here) we recover from stress 60% more quickly & the relaxation response is triggered in our brains.
Zoom in if you're strung out🌿
When humans look at plants (even on a screen as here) we recover from stress 60% more quickly & the relaxation response is triggered in our brains.
Zoom in if you're strung out🌿
April 18, 2025 at 10:03 AM
The first posy in a thimble I made, to lift my mood during the pandemic. The flowers are all real.
When humans look at plants (even on a screen as here) we recover from stress 60% more quickly & the relaxation response is triggered in our brains.
Zoom in if you're strung out🌿
When humans look at plants (even on a screen as here) we recover from stress 60% more quickly & the relaxation response is triggered in our brains.
Zoom in if you're strung out🌿
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April 10, 2025 at 1:11 AM
"Doing work in meaningful ways here is a recipe for burnout." #academia #PharmEd I'm feeling the burn these days!
We surveyed faculty, staff, and administrators about how their institutions have reacted to the Trump administration's actions, and whether they'd recommend their work to others. Here's what we learned. chroni.cl/3XQB2qB
‘We Are in the Crossfire for Just Doing Our Jobs’
Higher-ed employees tell us why work has gotten worse under Trump
chroni.cl
April 7, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Gutting the Department of Education will impact everything from internet access to school buses.
Let’s not make it harder to learn.
Let’s not make it harder to learn.
March 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Gutting the Department of Education will impact everything from internet access to school buses.
Let’s not make it harder to learn.
Let’s not make it harder to learn.
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Thrilled to help get #Pharmacists recognized in @jama.com! 🎉 A recent JAMA algorithm on prescription cost management overlooked pharmacists. We spoke up, highlighting our essential role. Our letter proudly advocating our value, published today in JAMA!
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#PharmSKy
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March 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Thrilled to help get #Pharmacists recognized in @jama.com! 🎉 A recent JAMA algorithm on prescription cost management overlooked pharmacists. We spoke up, highlighting our essential role. Our letter proudly advocating our value, published today in JAMA!
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
#PharmSKy
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
#PharmSKy
This Pharmacy Fika episode highlights the need for curricular leadership- the ability to see beyond traditional topics, disciplines, and silos in Pharmacy Education- to infuse our curricula with high-impact educational practices. pharmacyfika.podbean.com/e/high-impac...
Creating Space for High-Impact Educational Practices: It Requires Leadership and Commitment | Pharmacy Fika
The Fika Crew talk about rusk bites and the AAC&U (American Association of Colleges and Universities) high-impact educational practices — learning experiences that have disproportionate long-ter...
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March 6, 2025 at 4:32 PM
This Pharmacy Fika episode highlights the need for curricular leadership- the ability to see beyond traditional topics, disciplines, and silos in Pharmacy Education- to infuse our curricula with high-impact educational practices. pharmacyfika.podbean.com/e/high-impac...
March 6, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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The Iowa GOP advanced a bill making it a misdemeanor for a healthcare provider to administer a Covid vaccine.
Even when a person has requested a Covid vaccine.
Even when a person has requested a Covid vaccine.
March 4, 2025 at 11:31 PM
The Iowa GOP advanced a bill making it a misdemeanor for a healthcare provider to administer a Covid vaccine.
Even when a person has requested a Covid vaccine.
Even when a person has requested a Covid vaccine.
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mRNA vaccines are the biggest recent/current medical breakthrough/moonshot for ALL diseases, not just viral infections. There could very well be (more) vaccines to prevent & treat cancer (eg pancreatic & melanoma!), malaria, HIV, genetic conditions, & things like CMV that cause untold disease burden
March 4, 2025 at 5:49 AM
mRNA vaccines are the biggest recent/current medical breakthrough/moonshot for ALL diseases, not just viral infections. There could very well be (more) vaccines to prevent & treat cancer (eg pancreatic & melanoma!), malaria, HIV, genetic conditions, & things like CMV that cause untold disease burden
March 4, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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Be kind to each other today. It's a lot...
three cartoon dogs are sitting around a table eating food
ALT: three cartoon dogs are sitting around a table eating food
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February 28, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Be kind to each other today. It's a lot...
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ICONIC: Yosemite National Park workers just hung an upside-down American flag—THOUSANDS of feet up on El Capitan. That’s not decoration. That’s a distress signal. They’re telling us the country is in danger. Are you paying attention?
www.sfchronicle.com/outdoors/art...
www.sfchronicle.com/outdoors/art...
February 23, 2025 at 7:37 AM
ICONIC: Yosemite National Park workers just hung an upside-down American flag—THOUSANDS of feet up on El Capitan. That’s not decoration. That’s a distress signal. They’re telling us the country is in danger. Are you paying attention?
www.sfchronicle.com/outdoors/art...
www.sfchronicle.com/outdoors/art...
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Every single vaccine in the childhood schedule has been subjected to the highest level of scrutiny for any medical product. Because vaccines are given to an otherwise healthy population, safety and effectiveness are essential.
February 19, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Every single vaccine in the childhood schedule has been subjected to the highest level of scrutiny for any medical product. Because vaccines are given to an otherwise healthy population, safety and effectiveness are essential.
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"It is time for our profession to avail itself of the full range of talents represented by neurodiversity."
This Viewpoint discusses the importance of embracing neurodiversity in medicine to build a more inclusive physician workforce.
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#MedSky
This Viewpoint discusses the importance of embracing neurodiversity in medicine to build a more inclusive physician workforce.
ja.ma/4b6566W
#MedSky
February 19, 2025 at 4:43 PM
"It is time for our profession to avail itself of the full range of talents represented by neurodiversity."
This Viewpoint discusses the importance of embracing neurodiversity in medicine to build a more inclusive physician workforce.
ja.ma/4b6566W
#MedSky
This Viewpoint discusses the importance of embracing neurodiversity in medicine to build a more inclusive physician workforce.
ja.ma/4b6566W
#MedSky
I had a great time in Houston for #PharmEd #Interim25 @aacpharmacy.bsky.social Presented with co-chairs of the COD/COF Academic Affairs Committee and received very valuable feedback from attendees. Grateful to reconnect with mentors and friends from across the country!
February 17, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I had a great time in Houston for #PharmEd #Interim25 @aacpharmacy.bsky.social Presented with co-chairs of the COD/COF Academic Affairs Committee and received very valuable feedback from attendees. Grateful to reconnect with mentors and friends from across the country!
“…we need pharmacists to be able to apply not just the content covered during their education but also the content that has not yet been invented, thought of, or discovered.”https://www.ajpe.org/article/S0002-9459(23)04355-3/fulltext @aacpharmacy.bsky.social #INterim25
February 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
“…we need pharmacists to be able to apply not just the content covered during their education but also the content that has not yet been invented, thought of, or discovered.”https://www.ajpe.org/article/S0002-9459(23)04355-3/fulltext @aacpharmacy.bsky.social #INterim25
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"When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have a moral obligation to do something about it." - John Lewis.
It's not enough to simply recognize something is wrong; we have a moral duty to act.
It's not enough to simply recognize something is wrong; we have a moral duty to act.
John Lewis Never Stopped Bending the Arc Toward Justice
In the last days of his life, the civil rights icon hailed Black Lives Matter protesters: “They’re going to help redeem the soul of America.”
www.thenation.com
February 16, 2025 at 2:34 PM
"When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have a moral obligation to do something about it." - John Lewis.
It's not enough to simply recognize something is wrong; we have a moral duty to act.
It's not enough to simply recognize something is wrong; we have a moral duty to act.