Kristen A. Korankyi, Pharm.D., M.S.Ed is a heterosexual cis-gender African American female who goes by She/Her/Her’s pronouns. She is a second generation Ghanian American born and raised in the United States who speaks English as a first language and Twi as a second language with passive fluency. She is able bodied, of petite stature, and neurotypical. She has lived a privileged upper middle-class life with both parents in healthcare who have achieved advanced college degrees in their fields, one parent as a pharmacist and the other as a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner. She is an Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice and specializes in ambulatory care pharmacy/family medicine. In her position, she is an educator to students at the Harrison College of Pharmacy and to her patients as part of the USA Family Medicine Clinic.

Korankyi's responsibilities within HCOP include teaching within the practice ready curriculum, contributing to scholarly work, and advising students. At the Family Medicine Clinic, she functions as an ambulatory care pharmacist who provides counseling and optimizes medication therapy to patients with primary care disease states such as diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and obesity management.

A graduate of the High Point University Fred Wilson School of Pharmacy, Korankyi received her Pharm.D. in 2021. She went on to complete a two-year pharmacy practice and academic leadership residency at Concordia University, Wisconsin. While there, she also completed a master of science in education in teaching and learning.

Korankyi CV 12.12.23.pdf

Dr. Kassandra Bartelme, Pharm.D., BCACP is a Professor of Pharmacy Practice at Concordia University Wisconsin School of Pharmacy. She considers herself a pharmacist educator with a passion for
arming students with the skills and knowledge necessary to be competent and confident pharmacist practitioners. Dr. Bartelme attended pharmacy school at the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities
and graduated with a leadership emphasis. She completed a 24-month PGY1 residency at the U of MN focusing on ambulatory care pharmacy and academia, including developing a new practice in
the second year. Her residency experiences provided excellent preparation for a career in pharmacy practice academia and served as a great segue into her current position. Dr. Bartelme currently
teaches and coordinates an Applied Patient Care skills lab course that gives students opportunities to practice what they're learning in their courses, through simulated patient experiences and case
discussions. She also teaches and coordinates the nonprescription (OTC) pharmacotherapy course and the women's health unit in the pharmacotherapy course series. She practices as an
ambulatory care pharmacist at Ascension Columbia-St. Mary’s Thrombosis Clinic managing anticoagulation therapy one and a half days a week. Dr. Bartelme’s research interest areas include
clinical documentation and women’s health topics.

Bartelme_CV_January 2024.pdf