Please join us on Tuesday, 09/15/2026 for POP Research Seminar of the Fall 2026, held from 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM in DSIT, Malachowsky Hall (7tht Floor)Toom 7200. We will be welcoming , Kayla Smith, PharmD, PN1-NC, and Fanxing Du, MPH.
Kayla Smith, PharmD, PN1-NC, is a fifth-year PhD student in the Department of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, working under the supervision of Dr. Steven Smith. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in biochemistry/chemistry from Marist College in 2018, and she then went on to complete her PharmD at the University of Florida College of Pharmacy in 2022. Kayla is also a licensed pharmacist in Florida who practices PRN at the UF Health outpatient pharmacies. Her research interests include cardiometabolic disease and treatment-resistant hypertension. She will be presenting a stratified analysis of potential prescribing cascades in Medicare beneficiaries who start an antihypertensive in patients with and without chronic kidney disease.
Fanxing Du, MPH, is a fifth-year PhD student working with Dr. Jiao. Before joining our department, she received her Master of Public Health degree from Fudan University in Shanghai, China. Her research focuses on pharmacoepidemiology and real-world evidence in cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) diseases and cancer.
To join the Zoom meeting: Please contact Gabby Gele’ (ggele@ufl.edu), or Olu @ (oodubunmi@ufl.edu) for the Zoom link.