Enabling pharmaceutical education and science transformation in the Region of the Americas: Launch of FIP-UNESCO UNITWIN Centre for Excellence

To support this reform, FIP, through the UNITWIN Network on Global Pharmacy Education Development and in collaboration with UNESCO, is launching the FIP-UNESCO UNITWIN Centre for Excellence in the AMR. Building on the lessons and impact of the 2025 FIP-UNESCO UNITWIN Strategic Insight Board report (https://www.fip.org/file/6326) and aligned with UNESCO’s 2023–2027 agreement. This CfE will serve as a regional hub for FIP’s Academic Institutional Members (AIMs), uniting partners to strengthen pharmacy education and science as a tool to advance practice, improve health outcomes, and promote sustainable workforce development across the region.

Moderator:

- Genuine Desireh, UNITWIN and Provision Programme Manager, FIP, The Netherlands

Facilitator:

- Hanadi Alolimi, UNITWIN and Provision Programme Coordinator, FIP, The Netherlands

Panellists:

- John A. Pieper, Professor and President Emeritus, University of Health Sciences & Pharmacy in St. Louis, USA

- Lilian M. Azzopardi, Professor, Department of Pharmacy at the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery of the University of Malta, Malta

- Magaly Rodriguez de Bittner, Associate Dean for Clinical Services and Practice Transformation, University of Maryland, School of Pharmacy, USA - Giovanni Pauletti, Professor & Dean of Research and Graduate Studies, University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis, USA

- Silvana Leite, Professor, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil - Dalia Bajis, Head of Programmes and Provision, FIP, The Netherlands - Catherine Duggan, CEO, FIP, The Netherlands

- Peter Swaan, Professor and Dean, University of Florida College of Pharmacy, USA - Wanda T. Maldonado Dávila, Dean, University of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico - USA