What We Do
Generation Rx achieves its mission through its toolkits, youth-oriented collaborations, and training programs.
Visit our Frequently Asked Questions page for more detailed information about our programs. If you are interested in training opportunities, please email your request to info@generationrx.org.
Learn about our partnerships.
Generation Rx collaborates with many youth and young adult serving organizations to create and promote community resources.
Become an Ambassador.
Ambassadors are trained facilitators who teach safe medication practices in their communities and to their patients using Generation Rx.
Explore the Toolkits.
Explore our audience-specific resources and ways to teach safe medication practices in your local community.
Read our public reports and research.
Generation Rx has received numerous awards recognizing its community-engaged research and public impact.
Who We Are
Our Leadership Team
Jen Rodis, PharmD – Interim Director
Molly Downing, PhD – Associate Director
Read more about our Mission & Vision and FAQs to learn more about the Generation Rx program resources.
Staff, Fellow, & Project Faculty
Cynthia Sloan, MBA – Ohio Network Manager
Brooke Keber – Administrative
Ruth Emptage, PharmD
Kelsey Schmuhl, PharmD
Katie Summers, PhD
Our Guiding Principles
Moving forward, Generation Rx is focused on fostering community capacity for medication safety outreach nationwide. This work reflects our guiding principles (ca. 2023):
Safe medication practices encompass the safe and intended use, storage, and disposal of medications.
Additionally, we believe these safe medication practices are necessary to promote health, to prevent medication misuse, and to support the ongoing care of individuals.
Medication misuse can be intentional or unintentional.
We know that medication misuse behaviors are linked to negative health, social, legal, and academic harms across the lifespan. But there are many reasons that misuse can occur. The intentional and accidental misuse of medications often results from misinformation and social access. Thus, education is vital to achieving safe medication use.
Safe medication practices are relevant to everyone—because medication misuse influences the health and well-being of individuals and their communities.
We will all use medication, or support someone with their medication needs, at some point in our lives. These events are easier to navigate safely when we are knowledgeable about medication use, storage, and disposal practices.
We consider the diverse needs of communities when supporting their delivery of educational resources.
As educators and practitioners, we know that different ages and populations have different medication-related behaviors to consider. Our multi-disciplinary team ensures that best and emerging practices inform the design of our resources. We draw from best practices in healthcare, instructional design, prevention, public health, and community engagement to support resource development and delivery.
Partnerships are the key to achieving sustained activity and measuring program impact.
Partnerships are important at all levels. We encourage the development of local level relationships, particularly between community groups and their local pharmacists. We also collaborate with individuals and organizations to address emerging or programmatic needs, allowing us to pilot new resources and techniques. Finally, we partner with organizations to enhance medication safety practices across their local and professional networks.
