Pharmacists in Advanced Skin Health Education

The PhASEd Hub

About PhASEd

A student home for learning, connection, and growth in dermatological science.

PhASEd helps pharmacy learners see how their scientific and professional foundation can connect to skin health, dermatological therapeutics, cosmetic science, evidence, education, research, and the many careers surrounding the field.

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Why PhASEd exists

Pharmacy provides the foundation. PhASEd makes the specialization visible.

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Our purpose

Bridge foundational pharmacy education with focused exploration of dermatological science, cosmetics, skin health, evidence, and related professional pathways.

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Who we serve

Pharmacy students and learners who want a clearer, more inclusive route into the science, practice, research, industry, and education surrounding skin health.

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How we work

University chapters, member-led departments, seminars, TOP discussions, the PhASEd Learning Network, applied frameworks, outreach, and professional connections.

Part of a growing professional community

The educational and chapter arm of the Society of Dermatology Pharmacists.

The Society of Dermatology Pharmacists advances the broader professional field. PhASEd creates an educational entry point where students can build knowledge, participate in chapters, contribute to programs, explore careers, and develop relationships with the people shaping dermatological pharmacy.

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What guides the organization

Our values

Evidence

Use responsible sourcing, critical appraisal, and transparent communication about what is known and uncertain.

Access

Make specialized learning and professional pathways easier for students to find and understand.

Inclusion

Recognize different skin tones, hair and scalp practices, lived experiences, interests, and levels of prior knowledge.

Collaboration

Learn across pharmacy, dermatology, cosmetic science, research, industry, regulation, and community education.

Application

Turn learning into discussions, frameworks, source banks, projects, outreach, and thoughtful professional work.

Educational scope

PhASEd supports education, career exploration, and professional development. Participation does not independently establish clinical competency, confer a specialty credential, replace accredited education, or expand an individual’s legal scope of practice.

Begin with the pharmacist

What does a pharmacist working in dermatological science contribute?

A pharmacist brings medication, formulation, evidence, safety, access, and patient-care knowledge into the dermatological context. The exact contribution changes by role: optimizing treatment, educating about a biologic, interpreting safety signals, planning a clinical trial, reviewing claims, collaborating on a topical formulation, improving access, or translating evidence for patients and professionals.

A focused area, not one universal credential: dermatological-science pharmacy describes a body of work or expertise. A PharmD alone does not authorize diagnosis or aesthetic procedures, and requirements vary by role and jurisdiction.

Pharmacist foundation applied to dermatological science Medication expertise Formulation knowledge Evidence translation Safety + access

Map the field

Where can pharmacy take you within dermatological science?

Pharmacy sits at the intersection of medicines, formulation, evidence, safety, access, and patient care. Dermatological science applies those abilities to the skin, hair, scalp, nails, mucosa, and the products and therapies designed for them.

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What is pharmacy?

The science and practice of using medicines well.

Pharmacists are medication experts who help ensure that therapies are appropriate, effective, safe, understandable, accessible, and used correctly. Depending on the setting, they may provide direct care, manage medication systems, evaluate evidence, support drug development, monitor safety, teach, conduct research, shape policy, or communicate scientific information.

Evaluate therapy Prevent harm Educate Generate evidence Improve access Develop products
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Add the dermatological lens

Dermatological science is broader than one specialty.

It includes the biology and disease of skin and its appendages, topical and systemic therapeutics, immune pathways, drug delivery, cosmetic and personal-care products, aesthetics, safety, outcomes, and the lived experience of people managing skin conditions.

Choose an area to see its focus and the knowledge that sits beneath it.

The work is defined by both science and setting

Choose where you want to create impact.

The same interest in dermatological science can lead to very different workdays. Select a setting to see representative pharmacist contributions and the abilities that matter there.

What “industry” can mean

A company is the setting. Your function is the job.

“I want to work in industry” is a starting point, not a role. Pharmaceutical, biotechnology, cosmetic, device, agency, and service-provider organizations contain distinct functions that work across a product’s life cycle.

From foundation to focused capability

What pharmacy school teaches, and what you build afterward.

A PharmD creates a broad professional foundation. The pathway becomes specialized through deliberate experiences that connect that foundation to a scientific area and a work setting.

1 PharmD foundation

What the curriculum commonly contributes

2 Focused development

What often requires additional depth

3 Demonstrated readiness

What employers and collaborators can see

Build a personal exploration plan

Select the experiences that would make the pathway real.

There is no single required sequence. Choose options that produce knowledge, evidence of work, relationships, and exposure to the setting you are considering.

Your pathway summary

Cosmetic science & skin health

Organizations and communities

Use each resource for what it does best.

The educational and chapter arm of the Society of Dermatology Pharmacists

Where every phase of skin matters.

PhASEd is a student educational organization connecting pharmacy learners with dermatological science, skin-health education, professional development, and the people shaping the field.

What PhASEd does

Learn together. Find your direction. Put knowledge into practice.

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Learn

Explore skin, hair, scalp, products, therapeutics, evidence, regulation, and patient education through a pharmacy lens.

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Connect

Meet learners, pharmacists, scientists, clinicians, researchers, organizations, and professionals across the field.

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Apply

Use discussions, frameworks, source banks, projects, and outreach to turn concepts into responsible educational work.

The PhASEd bridge

Pharmacy provides the foundation. PhASEd helps organize the specialization.

Pharmacy learners encounter immunology, pharmacology, formulations, evidence appraisal, therapeutics, and patient care, but may not see how those subjects connect to dermatological science. PhASEd brings those connections into view.

01Orient

Explain the scientific areas, career settings, functions, and language of the field.

02Educate

Build focused learning in skin health, products, therapeutics, evidence, formulation, and professional practice.

03Expose

Surface internships, rotations, fellowships, research, projects, jobs, and real examples of the work.

04Connect + apply

Build relationships and use frameworks, evidence reviews, case work, and projects to demonstrate learning.

People first

Skin health is personal. Learning should make room for everyone.

PhASEd values education that recognizes different skin tones, hair and scalp practices, access needs, lived experiences, professional interests, and levels of prior knowledge.

We want learners to feel welcomed into the conversation, supported as they grow, and prepared to communicate skin-health information with care.

The developing PhASEd ecosystem

One hub, several kinds of support.

The hub is growing into a connected home for practical tools, learning programs, career access, and community.

Available and developing

Frameworks and evidence tools

Structured tools such as EDOUARD, evidence libraries, source maps, product-assessment methods, and applied case exercises.

Open the separate EDOUARD framework
Educational infrastructure

PhASEd Learning Programs

One PLN repository houses emerging TOP posts, PSS curriculum outlines, collaboration and event outlines, source materials, and the Resource & Textbook Library.

Opportunity area

Experience and career access

Internships, rotations, research, fellowships, jobs, company exposure, career-function education, and preparation resources.

Community area

Mentorship and connections

Connections among pharmacy learners, pharmacists, cosmetic scientists, clinicians, researchers, biotech and pharmaceutical professionals, and organizations.

Educational scope

PhASEd supports learning, exploration, and professional development. It does not replace accredited education, licensure, employer training, certification, or jurisdiction-specific authorization.

PhASEd Educational Resources Hub

Find the right learning tool for the question in front of you.

The Educational Resources Hub organizes PhASEd-created frameworks, evidence tools, conceptual learning, applied workshops, outreach materials, and career resources. It is the library layer of PhASEd: resources live here, while the PhASEd Hub explains the organization that creates and supports them.

Available now Pending Developing Planned

Current PhASEd library

Resources by purpose

Each resource should identify its audience, learning purpose, evidence basis, status, and limitations. “Available” means there is a usable current version; it does not mean the resource is permanently finished.

Available now

EDOUARD Product-Fit Framework

A structured decision framework for assessing whether a cosmetic or OTC-labeled dermatologic product fits a client’s concern, desired outcome, evidence, formulation, risk limits, and expectations.

Open EDOUARD
Pending

Ingredient & Intervention Evidence Library

A searchable collection of cosmetic ingredients, OTC dermatologic actives, support ingredients, evidence-strength explanations, anchor articles, PubMed searches, and regulatory sources.

Pending release
Repository ready

PhASEd Learning Programs

One shared PLN area containing emerging TOP posts, PSS curriculum outlines, collaboration and event outlines, source banks, and the Resource & Textbook Library.

Developing

Evidence-Appraisal & Journal Club Tools

Reusable prompts for identifying what was tested, who was studied, the comparator, endpoints, clinical meaning, limitations, conflicts, claim fit, and responsible educational translation.

In development
Request area ready

Program & Collaboration Requests

Request an existing toolkit, custom educational outline, speaker, event, or collaboration. Approved outline archives are maintained inside PLN.

Available now

Public Resource Directory

Direct routing to authoritative professional, educational, regulatory, dermatology, cosmetic-science, and industry resources used throughout the PhASEd pathway guide.

Resource governance principle

PhASEd educational materials should be dated, sourced, reviewed, assigned a status, and revised when evidence, regulation, product labeling, professional scope, or organizational decisions change. Resources support learning and application; they do not independently confer competency or replace primary sources.

PhASEd Learning Programs

Every PhASEd learning outline and resource lives together in PLN.

The PhASEd Learning Network (PLN) is the shared repository maintained by the Department of Professional and Educational Programming. It contains emerging TOP posts, PSS curriculum outlines, collaboration and event outlines, and the books and sources students use to build them.

Repository map

Choose the learning program or support collection you need.

Each collection now opens as its own page. They remain connected through PLN, the shared educational repository maintained by Professional and Educational Programming.

Program & Collaboration Requests

Request a prepared program kit, speaker, or custom collaboration.

This page is for requesting an existing toolkit, custom educational outline, speaker, event, or collaboration. Reviewed collaboration and event outlines are archived inside PhASEd Learning Programs so the resources and the programs that use them stay together.

Ready to connect?

Requests now live in Contact Us.

Use the dedicated contact area to request a program kit, invite a speaker or panelist, propose a collaboration, or send PhASEd a general inquiry.

PhASEd chapter network

Connect with the right PhASEd team.

Select your school first. Your program request or general inquiry will be labeled for that chapter. If your school is not listed, choose the chapter-development route so the national team can help you get started.

Choose a route to see the appropriate contact options.

How PhASEd handles form submissions

Form information is processed through Netlify and routed to authorized PhASEd leadership for reviewing and responding to the request. Submit only the contact and organizational details needed for that purpose. Do not include patient information, passwords, financial information, or confidential records. A person who submitted a form may contact PhASEd to request correction or deletion of their submission.

Founders and organizational leadership

How PhASEd is built to govern, create, and grow.

PhASEd combines organization-wide leadership roles with university-based E-Boards. The shared structure protects the organization’s purpose while giving each chapter a clear way to lead education, communication, outreach, and professional development.

Founding recognition

Founders

PhASEd was founded by Jean Edouard and Keira Aviles to strengthen pharmacy education, professional organization, and career visibility across dermatological science, cosmetics, and skin health.

Co-founder

Jean Edouard

Founder summary coming soon.

Co-founder

Keira Aviles

Founder summary coming soon.

Organizational structure

How PhASEd directs and organizes its work.

PhASEd’s departments organize how members contribute to educational programming, communication, outreach, professional identity, and organizational development.

President

Professional Identity & Development

Leads the E-Board, sets PhASEd’s overall vision, and guides the organization’s professional purpose, standards, partnerships, and long-term direction.

IdentityProfessional purpose

Maintains a coherent identity across education, engagement, leadership, partnerships, and public representation.

DevelopmentOrganizational growth

Guides leadership development, role clarity, professional standards, and sustainable chapter growth.

President-elect

Board Operations & Leadership Continuity

Supports the President, coordinates E-Board operations, helps directors and officers carry organizational priorities through completion, and prepares for presidential succession.

Board OperationsCoordination

Keeps E-Board priorities aligned, supports meeting preparation, and maintains continuity across leadership work.

Director SupportDepartment follow-through

Works with department directors to identify needs, remove operational barriers, and move approved plans forward.

Secretary

Records & Administrative Continuity

Maintains the official organizational record and supports consistent communication and administrative follow-through across the E-Board.

RecordsOrganizational documentation

Maintains meeting minutes, board decisions, membership rosters, and official club files.

CorrespondenceAdministrative coordination

Coordinates notices and internal correspondence while tracking documentation and follow-up needed across departments.

Director of Professional & Educational Programming

Professional and Educational Programming

Leads PhASEd’s educational department, coordinates its three learning systems, and organizes the members contributing within them.

TOPEmerging topic stream

Short reviewed posts about significant news, research, regulation, products, and professional developments within dermatological sciences.

PLNPhASEd Learning Network

The shared repository containing TOP posts, PSS curriculum outlines, collaboration and event outlines, source materials, and the Resource & Textbook Library.

PSSCurriculum outlines inside PLN

The pre-scaffolded concentric and spiral curriculum structure, organized as reviewed outlines rather than a separate resource archive.

Director of Communications, Marketing & Outreach

Media, Communications & Outreach

Leads the department divided into PMC and PCO: the systems responsible for media and organizational communication, website implementation, outreach, relationships, and external engagement.

P.M.C.PhASEd Media & Communications

Manages media, graphics, public information, branding, marketing, organizational communications, and implementation of PLN-approved resources on the website.

P.C.O.PhASEd Community Outreach

Coordinates community relationships, networking, outreach education, collaborative outreach, external engagement, and requests for ready-built, custom, or Society-network programming.

Future Office

Treasurer

This office will be activated when PhASEd’s activities require dedicated financial administration and reporting.

BudgetingFinancial planning

Will prepare and monitor organizational budgets in coordination with approved programming and operational priorities.

RecordsFinancial accountability

Will maintain transaction records, reimbursements, balances, and required financial reports.

Coming Soon

Additional E-Board Seat

This seat will be defined as PhASEd’s growth reveals a distinct area requiring board-level leadership.

ScopeTo be defined

The role will address a durable organizational need that is not already owned by an existing officer or department director.

ActivationGrowth-based

The seat will receive a clear title, responsibilities, and reporting relationship before it is filled.

Founding university chapter

University of Rhode Island

2026–2027 Academic Year · Fall 2026–Spring 2027

The University of Rhode Island is the founding home of PhASEd. Its confirmed leadership team, faculty advisor, and currently planned seats are listed below.

President

Jean Edouard

Professional Identity & Development

President-elect

Keira Aviles

Board operations, leadership continuity, and support for department directors

Secretary

Neha

Records, correspondence, decisions, and administrative follow-through

Director of Communications, Marketing & Outreach

Jules

Department director · Spring 2027 term with pre-application training during Fall 2026

Social Media Chair

Samantha Clifford

PMC social-media coordination and content support

Director of Professional & Educational Programming

Brianna Keddy

Professional and Educational Programming Department

Faculty Advisor

Dr. St. Louis

Faculty guidance and organizational support

Future office

Treasurer

Activated when organizational budgeting requires it

Coming soon

Additional E-Board Seat

Title and responsibilities to be defined

Profile principle

Founders, chapter officers, and faculty advisors are listed by confirmed role and academic term. Public profiles should describe organizational contributions without implying clinical competency, specialist status, licensure, or authorization beyond each person’s actual qualifications.

More university chapters coming soon

Verified public references

Where the framework comes from.

These sources establish the broad pharmacist role, PharmD science foundation, dermatologic treatment context, regulatory work, cosmetic-science landscape, and professional-development routes used throughout this guide.

How to read this guide

Role descriptions are representative rather than exhaustive. A degree may provide relevant knowledge without being the only accepted qualification for a role. Job titles, scope, training, and eligibility vary across employers and jurisdictions, so current job descriptions, licensing boards, program requirements, and primary organizational sources should always be checked.