SHARKS RX Spring 2016 Magazine

College of Pharmacy 15 “I’ve never been afraid of being a trailblazer or stepping over that line first,” said Odessky, who completes her two-year fellowship in June. Within a few years, she said, she envisions a medical student in Saudi Arabia playing Mimycx with a pharmacy student in Ukraine and a radiology student in South Africa. Her own future is becoming clearer as well. “ I want to be one of the leaders of interprofessional education and come up with newways of teaching. I will be teaching, no matter what I’m doing. I want to make a difference. “I want to be one of the leaders of interprofessional education and come up with new ways of teaching. I will be teaching, no matter what I’m doing. I want to make a difference.” ” —Larisa Odessky, Pharm. D. Top, Larisa Odessky, Pharm.D., shares new program ideas with a colleague. Above, an image from the video game, Mimycx, is shown. Left, Odessky presents at the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy.