Kerry LaplanteKerry LaPlante is a tenured Professor of Pharmacy at the University of Rhode Island, an Adjunct Professor of Medicine at Brown University, and the Founding Director of the Antimicrobial Stewardship Research Fellowship at the Providence Veterans Medicl Center. Her work is dedicated to furthering antibiotic education and research across the full spectrum of healthcare science, from antibiotic development to clinical applications. An internationally recognized leader in the field of antibiotic research, Dr. LaPlante is an elected Fellow of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy, and has served on the editorial boards for the leading journals in pharmacy and pathogenic microbiology. She is frequently invited to lecture at national infectious diseases meetings and symposia, and is an author on over 60 peer-reviewed articles, and book chapters, which span topics from antimicrobial stewardship, antibiotic resistance, drug discovery and in vitro activity of combination antimicrobial agents. Read More Read Less