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Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Residency Programs

Preceptors and Trainees

 
 
  1. Our fellows are a lively, close-knit group with diverse professional and personal passions. Although each has achieved great things before entering our doors, our fellows graduate from the program with a deeper reservoir of knowledge and experience to pursue their dreams.

    St. Jude is a great place to work. We hope you’ll consider joining our team.

    Oncology

    • Lily Higgins, PharmD

      Lily Higgins, PharmD

      Higgins

      Lily Higgins is a PGY2 Pharmacy Resident in Oncology originally from Milwaukee, WI. She went to the University of Kansas School of Pharmacy followed by completion of her PGY1 residency at Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City, UT. Her professional interests include pediatric solid tumors, sickle cell disease and other nonmalignant hematologic disease states, and implementation of oncologic pharmacogenomic information into treatment. Outside of work, she likes baking, hiking, and couponing.

    • Sophie Tilley, PharmD

      Sophie Tilley, PharmD

      Tilley

      Sophie Tilley, a PGY-2 Oncology Pharmacy resident, grew up in the town of Benton, Arkansas. She received her bachelor’s degree in biology from Arkansas Tech University and her Doctor of Pharmacy from Harding University College of Pharmacy. Sophie completed her PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency at Norton Hospitals in Louisville, KY. Her professional interests include bone marrow transplantation and solid tumors. Outside of work, Sophie enjoys spending time with family, trying new restaurants, and hosting game nights with friends.  

    Pharmacogenomics

    • Meghan McNulty, PharmD

      Meghan McNulty, PharmD

      McNulty

      Pharmacogenomics Pharmacy resident, grew up near Boston, Massachusetts but has lived all over the United States! She graduated with her Doctor of Pharmacy and a Graduate Certificate in Precision Medicine from the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, then completed a PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency at Bridgeport Hospital in Connecticut. Outside of work, she enjoys learning new recipes to cook or bake to share with friends and being active outside such as going on hikes!

    Informatics

    • Gina Peng, PharmD

      Gina Peng, PharmD

      Peng

      Gina Peng, a PGY2 Pharmacy Informatics resident, grew up in West Chester, PA near Philadelphia. She graduated with her Doctor of Pharmacy from Virginia Commonwealth University and completed her PGY1 Pharmacy Residency at Inova Mount Vernon Hospital in Alexandria, VA. She is drawn to informatics for its intersection of healthcare and technology, particularly in optimizing electronic health records and clinical decision support tools, as well as leveraging data analytics. Outside of work, she enjoys yoga, shopping, gaming, and playing with her cat, Mikan.

    Infectious Diseases Pharmacy 

    • Ashton Bellamy, PharmD

      Ashton Bellamy, PharmD

      Bellamy

      Ashton Bellamy, a PGY-2 Infectious Diseases Pharmacy Resident, grew up in Tyler, TX. She graduated with her Doctor of Pharmacy from Samford University McWhorter School of Pharmacy and completed a PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency at CHRISTUS Mother Frances in Tyler, TX. Her professional interests include pediatric infectious diseases, antimicrobial stewardship, multidrug resistance, and research. Outside of work, she enjoys running, working on puzzles, and watching sports.

  2. Learn about our past trainees and their first positions upon completion of training at St. Jude.

    2023-24

    o   Kayla Thibodeaux, PharmD (Clinical Pharmacogenomics PGY2 Resident)  Oncology Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Ochsner Health Center 

    o   Milre Matherne, PharmD (Pediatric Hematology/Oncology PGY2 Resident) – Postdoctoral Clinical Pharmacy Research Fellow, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital 

    o   Megan Wright, PharmD (Pediatric Hematology/Oncology PGY2 Resident) Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

    o   Nicholas (Austin) Jantrakul (Pharmacy Informatics PGY2 Resident) Willow Inpatient Applications Pharmacist - Chickasaw Nation

    o   Thanh Pham, PharmD (Infectious Diseases Pharmacy PGY2 Resident) – Clinical Pharmacist – Nicklaus Children’s Hospital

     
    2022-23

    o   Rachel Stone, PharmD (Clinical Pharmacogenomics PGY2 Resident) Clinical Pharmacist, Neurology – University of Virginia Health System 

    o   Madison Cole, PharmD (Medication-Use Safety and Policy PGY2 Resident) Clinical Pharmacist, Medication Use Policy – St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

    o   Katelyn Phillips, PharmD (Pediatric Hematology/Oncology PGY2 Resident) – Hematology/Oncology Clinical Specialist –  Dell Children’s Hospital, Austin, Texas

    o   Chad Compagner (Pharmacy Informatics PGY2 Resident) Senior Clinical Applications Principal Trainer – St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital 

     
    2021-22

    o   Sam Bowker, PharmD (Pharmacy Informatics PGY2 Resident) EHR Applications Analyst – St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

    o   Jenny Nguyen, PharmD (Clinical Pharmacogenomics PGY2 Resident) Clinical Pharmacogenomics Specialist – Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

    o   Laura Sosinski, PharmD, MBA (Medication-Use Safety and Policy PGY2 Resident) Clinical Oncology Pharmacy Specialist – Hendricks Regional Health and Adjunct Professor – Butler University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

    o   Jonathan Moody, PharmD (Pediatric Hematology/Oncology PGY2 Resident) Clinical Pharmacist – Children's Hospital at Erlanger

    o   Megan Williams, PharmD (Pediatric Hematology/Oncology PGY2 Resident) Hematology/Oncology Pharmacist – Seattle Children’s Hospital

     
    2020-21

    o   Katherine Robinson, PharmD (Clinical Pharmacogenomics PGY2 Resident) – University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy Clinical Pharmacogenomics Fellow

    o   Deann Tims, PharmD (Medication-Use Safety and Policy PGY2 Resident) Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Clinical Pharmacist – Presbyterian Healthcare System

    o   Chelsea Drennan, PharmD (Pediatric Hematology/Oncology PGY2 Resident)  – EHR Applications Analyst – St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

    o   Jaclyn Hopp, PharmD (Pediatric Hematology/Oncology PGY2 Resident)  – EHR Principal Trainer – St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

     
    2019-20

    o   Sarah Morris, PharmD (Clinical Pharmacogenomics PGY2 Resident) Clinical Pharmacogenomics Specialist – St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

    o   Kelly Huston, PharmD (Medication-Use Safety PGY2 Resident) Informatics Pharmacist – UF Health, Jacksonville

    o   Alyssa Gaietto, PharmD (Pediatric Hematology/Oncology PGY2 Resident) Advanced Patient Care Pharmacist Hematology/Oncology – Nationwide Children’s Hospital

    o   Madeleine King, PharmD (Pediatric Hematology/Oncology PGY2 Resident) Clinical Pharmacist Specialist Pediatric Oncology – C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital

     
    2018-19

    o   Keito Hoshitsuki, PharmD (Clinical Pharmacogenomics PGY2 Resident) – University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy Graduate Student

    o   Kristen Hughes, PharmD (Medication-Use Safety PGY2 Resident) Clinical Staff Pharmacist – St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

    o   Amanda Gillispie, PharmD (Pediatric Hematology/Oncology PGY2 Resident) Oncology/Bone Marrow Transplant Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Texas Children’s Hospital

    o   Hannah Sauer, PharmD (Pediatric Hematology/Oncology PGY2 Resident) Oncology Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Texas Children’s Hospital

     
    2017-18

    o   Cameron Thomas, PharmD (Clinical Pharmacogenetics PGY2 Resident) – University of Florida Postdoctoral Fellow

    o   Philip Carpiniello, PharmD (Medication-Use Safety PGY2 Resident) Medication Safety Officer – Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital

    o   Kelsey Hyman, PharmD (Pediatric Hematology/Oncology PGY2 Resident) Adult Oncology Clinical Pharmacist – McLeod Regional Medical Center

    o   Arathi Lambrix, PharmD (Pediatric Hematology/Oncology PGY2 Resident) Pediatric Oncology/Bone Marrow Transplant Clinical Pharmacist – Intermountain Healthcare Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City

     
    2016-17

    o   Jennifer Hockings, PharmD, PhD (Clinical Pharmacogenetics Resident) Pharmacogenomics Clinical Specialist – Cleveland Clinic

    o   Dagny Ulrich, PharmD, PhD (Medication-Use Safety PGY2 Resident) Clinical Staff Pharmacist – St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

    o   Nick Lockhart, PharmD (Pediatric Hematology/Oncology PGY2 Resident) Oncology Clinical Pharmacist – CHI Memorial Hospital Chattanooga

    o   Deni Trone, PharmD (Pediatric Hematology/Oncology PGY2 Resident) Clinical Staff Pharmacist – St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital 

     
    2015-16

    o   Amy Pasternak, PharmD (Clinical Pharmacogenetics PGY2 Resident) University of Michigan Postdoctoral Fellow

    o   Calvin “Clay” Daniels, PharmD, PhD (Medication-Use Safety PGY2 Resident) Clinical Pharmacist, Medication Safety and Informatics – St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

    o   Jon “JT” Fannin, PharmD (Pediatric Hematology/Oncology PGY2 Resident), Pediatric Hematology/Oncology/BMT Clinical Pharmacist – Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital

    o   Melissa Quinn, PharmD (Pediatric Hematology/Oncology PGY2 Resident) Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

     
    2014-15

    o   Roseann Gammal, PharmD (Clinical Pharmacogenetics PGY2 Resident) Clinical Pharmacogenetics Specialist for CPIC – St Jude Children’s Research Hospital

    o   Michael Dejos, PharmD (Medication-Use Safety PGY2 Resident) Medication Safety Officer – Nemours Children’s Hospital

    o   Joseph Sciasci, PharmD (Pediatric Hematology/Oncology PGY2 Resident) Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

    o   Courtney Watts, PharmD (Pediatric Hematology/Oncology PGY2 Resident) Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Greenville Health System

     
    2013-14

    o   H. Mark Dunnenberger, PharmD (Clinical Pharmacogenetics PGY2 Resident) Senior Clinical Specialist Pharmacogenetics – North Shore University Health System

    o   Benjamin McDaniel, PharmD (Medication-Use Safety PGY2 Resident) Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Medication Safety  – M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

    o   Diana Wu, PharmD (Pediatric Hematology/Oncology PGY2 Resident) Clinical Pharmacist – Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago

    o   Vanessa Millisor, PharmD (Pediatric Hematology/Oncology PGY2 Resident) Assistant Professor (Clinical), Pharmacy Practice – Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, Wayne State University

     
    2012-13

    o   Gillian Bell, PharmD (Clinical Pharmacogenetics PGY2 Resident) Clinical Pharmacogenetics Scientist – Moffitt Cancer Center

    o   Rosemary Call, PharmD (Medication-Use Safety PGY2 Resident) Medication Safety Officer – Johns Hopkins Hospital

    o   Nathan Gorney, PharmD (Pediatric Hematology/Oncology PGY2 Resident) Pediatric Clinical Pharmacist – Primary Children’s Medical Center

    o   Allison Weddington, PharmD (Pediatric Hematology/Oncology PGY2 Resident) Clinical Staff Pharmacist – St Jude Children’s Research Hospital

     
    2011-12

    o   Joseph Barone, PharmD (Pediatric Hematology/Oncology PGY2 Resident) Clinical Pharmacist – Baptist Hospital

    o   Hannah Bursick, PharmD (Pediatric Hematology/Oncology PGY2 Resident) Clinical Pharmacist – Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital

    o   J. Kevin Hicks, PharmD, PhD (Clinical Pharmacogenetics PGY2 Resident) Pharmacogenetics Clinical Specialist – The Cleveland Clinic

    o  Jeffery Scott, PharmD (Pediatric Hematology/Oncology PGY2 Resident) Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – St Jude Children’s Research Hospital

     
    2010-11

    o   Valeria Bernardo, PharmD (Pediatric Hematology/Oncology PGY2 Resident) Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Pharmacist – Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center

    o   Anthony Christensen, PharmD (Pediatric Hematology/Oncology PGY2 Resident) Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Pediatrics – M.D. Anderson Center Center

     
    2009-10 o   Hope Swanson, PharmD (Pediatric Hematology/Oncology PGY2 Resident) Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – St Jude Children’s Research Hospital  
    2008-09

    o   Christopher Konecny, PharmD (Pediatric Hematology/Oncology PGY2 Resident) Pharmacist – Pediatric Hematology/Oncology – St. Joseph Health System

    o   Rong Wang, PharmD, PhD (Pediatric Hematology/Oncology PGY2 Resident) Clinical Pharmacist – University of California San Francisco Medical Center

     
    2007-08

    o   Estella M. Ceja, PharmD (Pediatric Hematology/Oncology PGY2 Resident) Pharmacist – Pediatric Hematology/Oncology – St. Joseph Health System

    o    Shannon Christiansen, PharmD (Pediatric Hematology/Oncology PGY2 Resident) Clinical Pharmacist – Seattle Children’s Hospital

     
         

    ASHP Accreditation for Approval of PGY2 Designation

    2005-06

    Sarah Jane Faro, PharmD
    Amy Gamlin, PharmD

    2004-05

    Cyrine-Eliana Haidar, PharmD

    2003-04

    Tasha Fillingane, PharmD

    2002-03

    Alix Butler, PharmD

    2001-02

    Shane Cross, PharmD

    2000-01

    Sally Moore, PharmD
    Audra (Kelly) Johnson, PharmD

    1999-00

    Amelia Wall, PharmD

    1998-1999

    Bradley Swiggart PharmD

    1997-98

    Kelly Perrin, PharmD

    1996-97

    Sandy Call, PharmD

    1995-96

    Peggy Wimmer, PharmD
    Angela Link, PharmD

    1994-95

    David Gregornik, PharmD

    1992-93

    Herbert Matthews, PharmD

    1991-92

    Lisa (McHenry) Stricklin PharmD

    1990-91

    Wendy Longmire, PharmD

 
 
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