Join your 2021-2022 Nevada HOSA State Officer team as they welcome you to the 2021 Nevada HOSA Health Careers Leadership Experience sponsored by Roseman University.

Keynote Speaker

Dr. Renee E. Coffman, BS Pharm, PhD, President and Co-Founder, Roseman University

Dr. Renee Coffman is president and co-founder of the Nevada College of Pharmacy, now Roseman University of Health Sciences. She previously served as the University’s Executive Vice President for Quality Assurance and Intercampus Consistency and the Dean of its College of Pharmacy. Prior to establishing Roseman University, Dr. Coffman became a founding member of the faculty at Western University of Health Sciences, where she also held the position of Facilitative Officer for Student Services. While at Western, Dr. Coffman and four colleagues received Honorable Mention for the AACP Innovations in Teaching Awards.

Dr. Coffman is a member of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, American Pharmaceutical Association, American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists, The American Society of Health System Pharmacists and the International Federation of Pharmacy, as well as Phi Kappa Phi and Rho Chi Honor Societies and the Phi Lambda Sigma Pharmacy Leadership Society.

Dr. Coffman has worked to support pharmacy, education and improved healthcare through her work with the Southern Nevada Medical Industry Coalition, iDO (Improving Diabetes and Obesity in Southern Nevada), the Nevada State Board of Pharmacy Medication Error Discussion Group and the Nevada State Board of Pharmacy Committee on Standards for Approval of Pharmacy Technician Training Programs. Additionally, Dr. Coffman was instrumental in successful legislative efforts permitting pharmacists to perform finger-stick blood glucose testing.

In recognition of her community service in Southern Nevada, in 2008 she received the “Who’s Who in Healthcare” Award and the “Women of Distinction” Award, both sponsored by Greenspun Media Group. In 2012, she was named a “Distinguished Alumnus” by Ohio Northern University and in 2016 she was named one Nevada Business Magazine’s “Women to Watch.” She was named one of “Southern Nevada’s Women to Watch” by Greenspun Media Group in 2017.

Dr. Coffman serves on the Board of Directors for the Henderson Chamber of Commerce and Las Vegas HEALS, a nonprofit, membership-based association whose mission is to foster strategic alliances in the healthcare community, collaborating on workforce issues, and being a proactive force for legislative initiatives to improve access and the delivery of quality healthcare.

A licensed pharmacist in the state of Nevada, Dr. Coffman earned a Pharmacy degree from Ohio Northern University in 1987 and following graduation worked as a pharmacist in her hometown of Bucyrus, Ohio and in Piqua, Ohio. In 1995, Dr. Coffman earned a doctoral degree in Industrial and Physical Pharmacy from Purdue University, where she received the Kienle Award for Excellence in Teaching, the Jenkins-Knevel Award for Outstanding Graduate Research and was awarded an AAPE-AFPE Association Fellowship in Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Advisors: Please join Jennifer Fisk from the Nevada Department of Education in Salon G for a brief update at 9:00am.

Healthy Leaders

Presented by: Nevada HOSA State Officers

In this workshop, the State Officers will be discussing topics such as healthy mindsets, being aware of your surroundings, and staying away from burnout. In order to be a successful leader you have to be a healthy leader first and foremost and this workshop can help you tackle that!

Ethics in Healthcare

Presented by: Marin Gillis, PhD, LPh
Senior Executive Dean, Faculty Affairs, and Learning Innovation, Roseman College of Medicine

Funding Higher Education

Presented by: Sally Mickelson
Director of Financial Aid, Roseman University of Health Sciences

Diversity and Inclusion in the Health Professions

Presented by: Cheryl Brewster, EdD
Senior Executive Dean, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Roseman College of Medicine

The Path to a Career In Nursing

Presented by: Moises Ybarra
Admissions Recruiter, Roseman College of Nursing

The Roles of Research in the Health Sciences

Presented by: Kamran Awan, BDS, PhD
Director MS in Biomedical Sciences, Roseman College of Graduate Studies

Funding Higher Education

Presented by: Sally Mickelson
Director of Financial Aid, Roseman University of Health Sciences

The Path to a Career in Medicine

Presented by: Cheryl Brewster
Senior Executive Dean, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Roseman College of Medicine

Successful Leaders

Presented by: Nevada HOSA State Officers

In this workshop the State Officers will discuss how to outwardly project your healthy leader mindset to others to help them succeed. Activities such as public speaking, PR control, and how to pitch your organization  can turn you into a successful leader!

The Path to a Career in Pharmacy

Presented by: Dustin Christensen-Grant, PharmD
Assistant Director of Admissions and Student Affairs, Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice