Meet the Keynote Speaker

Douglas Thornton, PharmD, PhD, BCPS Associate Professor, Pharmaceutical Health Outcomes and Policy, and Director of the Prescription Drug Misuse Education and Research (PREMIER) Center, University of Houston College of Pharmacy. Dr. Thornton also holds a joint appointment as Associate Professor in the Department of Health Systems and Population Health Sciences at the University of Houston College of Medicine.

Dr. Thornton's research centers on prescription drug misuse, health policy, and outcomes-driven strategies to make medication use safer — expertise that will anchor the day's keynote address and the panel discussion that follows.