<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pharmacy/news-and-events/features/thanhphuong-le/index.php" dsn="news"><featured/><top-stories/><pubDate>09/14/2023 12:00:32 AM</pubDate><title>ThanhPhuong Le: Curiosity Drives Career Change</title><subtitle>Pharm.D. Alumna Returns for Ph.D. Education to Combat Life-threatening Bacterial Infection, Antibiotic Resistance </subtitle><description>ThanhPhuong Le sought out opportunities to gain translational research experience. A natural choice for her was to contact nationally recognized C. diff expert and UHCOP Robert L. Boblitt Endowed Professor Kevin W. Garey, Pharm.D., M.S., FASHP, FIDSA, FCCP, who precepted Le in an infectious diseases rotation during her final year of pharmacy school. Much to her excitement, Le was welcomed back to Garey's lab where she volunteered in her spare time while still working full-time as a clinical pharmacist. Soon after, she realized she wanted to return to school to earn her Ph.D.</description><author>Kristin Marie Mitchener</author><author-email/><author-phone/><image><img src="/pharmacy/_images/features/thanhphuong-le-5864-thumb.jpg" alt="ThanhPhuong Le"/></image><categories>Research,Student,Spotlights</categories></item>