Chair

  • keri hurley kim

    Sherilyn Houle

    Chair, Pharmacist
    Canada

Steering Council

  • Keri Hurley, United States of America, Past Chair
  • Sheila Seed, United States of America
  • Atsushi Sato, Canada

Charter

The mission of the Pharmacist Professional Group of the ISTM is to promote the role of the pharmacist in the practice of travel medicine and to serve as resource for those who are interested or who are in the practice of travel medicine

Goals

The professional group represents pharmacists within the ISTM and provides a home for community-based physicians within the larger organization. The goals of the Pharmacist professional group are to:

  1. Characterize the role the pharmacist plays in travel medicine globally
  2. Serve as a communication link to the ISTM Executive Board and society at large
  3. Provide opportunities for networking and information exchange among pharmacists
  4. Promote the pharmacist in the area of travel medicine among other pharmacy organizations
  5. Create literature of interest to pharmacists and other healthcare professionals
  6. Promote collaboration among pharmacists in the area of research and education
  7. Plan educational sessions for pharmacists at the CISTM meetings

Bibliography

The Pharmacist Professional Group Bibliography of Pharmacy Practice in Travel Health (updated May 2025) offers a collection of articles on pharmacy practice in travel health. It is for reference only. Users are responsible for accessing papers of interest.