Dr. O’Connell is a professor now at Wayne State University. She completed a BS in Pharmacy (1979) at Wayne State University and her PharmD at the University of Minnesota (1982). She completed a general pharmacy residency at Harper Hospital in Detroit, MI and then a fellowship in pharmacokinetics and nephrology at Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN. Her education expertise and research interests include women’s health, geriatrics, interprofessional education, cultural competency, and scholarship of teaching and learning. She is an editor of the Women’s Health Across the Lifespan: A Pharmacotherapeutic Approach pharmacy textbook and for JAGS and JACCP journals. She is a fellow of the American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists, American College of Clinical Pharmacy, National Academy of Practice, and the American Geriatric Society. She has received the ACCP Education Award, ACCP Ambulatory Care PRN Lifetime Achievement Award, and AACP Innovations in Teaching Award.