RxA’s Trusted Partners in Health Spring Professional Development Conference

Ajit Johal has been providing immunizations and clinical education since 2012. As a community pharmacist, he is a highly accessible and trusted provider of immunization services. In 2018, he founded Immunize.io, a not-for-profit organization with the mission of taking our best shot at immunizing the world. Through this platform, Ajit has led numerous innovative vaccination initiatives to address vaccine hesitancy and improve access locally, nationally, and globally. Ajit is widely recognized for his leadership in vaccine education and implementation. His work has garnered national and international acclaim, culminating in his recognition as the inaugural recipient of the Innovations in Vaccines Award (2024). He was also featured on the cover of Pharmacy Business Practice Magazine for his exemplary contributions through Immunize.io.

PRESENTATION: The Business of Prevention: Building High-Impact Immunization Services in Community Pharmacy

Rick has been involved in continuing education since graduating in Pharmacy in 1996. He continues to develop and create, review and critique CE, and deliver and present continuing education to all forms of health care providers. 

He has been involved in creating and presenting continuing education programs for over 20 years, especially in diabetes. He has been a certified diabetes educator since 1998 and has been involved in providing education to both patients and other allied healthcare professionals. Rick has learned with experience what pharmacists need from their continuing education, and believes it assists him in creating or reviewing projects. He is familiar with the requirements for accreditation and ensuring that all final projects are of the highest quality. He has also been involved on the steering committee for the 2018 Diabetes Clinical Practice Guidelines and is a current co-author for Chapter 9 (Monitoring) within that publication. In 2024, Rick was awarded the prestigious Certified Diabetes Educator of the Year from Diabetes Canada. 

PRESENTATION: Counting More Than Pills: Helping Patients Count Sheep

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Pharmacist Connie Marshall graduated from Memorial University, Faculty of Pharmacy in 1997.
Early in her career, Connie was a staff pharmacist, Pharmacy Manager and then clinical pharmacist. As her career continued, she also held senior management positions with Walmart Canada at their corporate headquarters in Ontario.

In 2019, Connie moved back to NL to join Murphy Healthcare as their Regional Pharmacy Operations Manager for NL. In September 2022, Connie rejoined IPG Health, now known as Omnicom Health, (a global health marketing and communications company) as the Director of Expert Content.

Connie has been a certified diabetes educator (CDE) since 2001, injection-trained since 2012, and a smoking cessation advocate throughout her career. Connie maintains practice licensure and regularly performs relief work to remain engaged in pharmacy practice.

PRESENTATION: ZONNIC Nicotine Pouches: A Valuable Addition to Your Smoking Cessation Practice

Molly Yang’s leadership and work in pharmacy education, consulting, and research has focused on adult immunizations, respiratory health, diabetes, and harm reduction. As Senior Director of Pharmacy Innovation & Professional Affairs at Wholehealth, an independent pharmacy banner, she leads clinical programs for >300 independent pharmacies nationwide. Molly is also a co-founder of VaxCare Innovations, a non-profit focused on supporting healthcare providers with tech solutions to drive adult immunization awareness and uptake. Molly received the 2023 Preceptor of the Year and Emerging Leader in Pharmacy Practice Awards at the University of Toronto. She also received OPA’s New Practitioner of the Year Award in 2024, and the 2025 Rising Star Award from Pharmacy Practice and Business Magazine.

PRESENTATION: Preventing More Than Infection: Vaccination to Reduce Cardiovascular Events

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Carlene Oleksyn is a pharmacist, an author and an educator in the continuing medical education space. She has been featured as an innovator in the Canadian Foundation for Pharmacy and is a past recipient of the M. J. Huston Pharmacist of Distinction award for her continued leadership. She is passionate about the prevention of disease and our role as health care professionals in protecting our patients. She can be found at colekPharm.com and Mint Health + Drugs where she is a partner and Manager of Operations Practice and Leadership Development.

PRESENTATION: Shingles Prevention in Practice: Risk, Opportunity, and Navigating Complex Scenarios

Lawrence is a 2020 PharmD Graduate from the University of Alberta and the founder and CEO of Medi-scribe, an Alberta based software platform to assist pharmacists with streamlining clinical documentation. 

Prior to launching Medi-scribe, Lawrence obtained his APA in 2020 and has worked in a variety of settings across B.C. and Alberta. Lawrence was manager and director for 2 pharmacies in B.C. and helped the BCPhA with the launch of Minor Ailment Contraception Prescribing (MACS). From the early beginnings of going pharmacy to pharmacy gaining feedback from front line pharmacists, Medi-scribe is now a widely used software to standardize and digitize patient care services in Alberta.  

PRESENTATION: Implementation & Impact: Medi-scribe and MedEssist in the Pharmacy Environment