Bob John, PharmD hosts PPAG Conversations, the official Podcast of the Pediatric Pharmacy Association. Dr. John speaks with experts in the field of pediatric pharmacy to discuss current issues in pediatric pharmacy, including pediatric and neonatal critical care, general pediatrics, and hematology/oncology.

During this Podcast, Dr. John and Dr. Diana Yu discuss this year's flu season

About our Guest

Diana Yu, PharmD, BCPS, AQ-ID is a Pediatric Infectious Diseases Pharmacist at the Doernbecher Children's Hospital at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, Oregon. 

Previously to her current appointment Dr. Yu was an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) and University of Kansas Schools of Pharmacy and Clinical Infectious Disease pharmacist and member of the Antimicrobial Stewardship Program at Children’s Mercy. She completed her pharmacy degree at University of California-San Francisco School of Pharmacy. After graduation, Dr. Yu completed a Pharmacy Practice Residency at University of Kentucky Medical Center followed by a HIV Care/Infectious Diseases Residency at University of Illinois at Chicago.

She achieved board certification as a Pharmacotherapy Specialist with added qualifications in Infectious Diseases in 2015. She currently participates routinely in the Antimicrobial Stewardship Program at Children’s Mercy Hospital and is a preceptor for both student pharmacists and pharmacy residents. Her current research interests include the role of antimicrobial stewardship in decreasing antibiotic resistance and clinical outcomes, non-occupational HIV post-exposure prophylaxis, and the role of rapid diagnostics and antimicrobial stewardship 

About the Host of PPAG Conversations

Bob John, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCPPS, a member of the PPAG Board of Directors, is currently a NICU Clinical Pharmacy Specialist at The Children’s Hospital at Saint Francis and the Residency Program Director for his institution’s PGY1. He completed a PGY1 residency at Saint Francis Hospital and a PGY2 residency at The University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy. He spent his first two years after residency working as the Pediatric Pulmonology Specialist at Children’s Mercy Hospital and Clinics, after which he worked as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatric Pharmacotherapy, Department of Pharmacy at The University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy. Dr. John has been involved with the development of a pharmacy-driven pharmacokinetic monitoring service, NICU dosing weight protocol, and served on the evidence-based medicine committee, in which he has helped develop clinical practice guidelines at his institutions. Dr. John has been an active member of PPAG since 2007. In addition to being a member of the education committee, he has served as the chair of the webinar committee, and the education committee where he organized the educational content provided at the 2016 PPAG annual meeting. In 2015, he and his colleagues were recognized by PPAG with a Best Practice Award for their development of an outpatient on call service. He was awarded the Presidential Citation from PPAG in 2014 and 2016. He currently chairs the web-based competency committee, working to provide additional educational content in new ways to PPAG members. In addition to his work in PPAG, he served as Chair of the Pediatric PRN for ACCP.

Introduction music credits: "Reverie (small theme)" by _ghost 2010 - Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (3.0)