20th Annual NAPPSA Scientific Conference & Exposition
Faculty & Speakers
September 17–20, 2026 | Hyatt Regency Aurora-Denver Conference Center | Aurora, Colorado
Faculty & Speakers
Speakers
Listed alphabetically by last name. Credentials, title, institution, and location are as submitted; entries marked “location not yet confirmed” will be updated as information is received.
Samuel O. Adekola, FPSN, FNAPharm, IION
Senior Consultant, Ondo State Government; Program Director, ACPN-TGPDF — Ondo State, Nigeria
Muktar Aliyu, MD, DrPH, MPH
Director, Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health; Professor of Health Policy & Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center — Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Olu Aloba, PhD, RPh
Vice President, CMC Services, Premier Research — location not yet confirmed
Onuegbu Kenneth Chinedu, FPSN
Managing Director/CEO, Xential Pharmaceutical Nigeria Ltd.; Immediate Past National Chairman, Association of Industrial Pharmacists of Nigeria — Lagos, Nigeria
Ifeanyi Egbunike-Chukwuma, PharmD, BCPS
Director of Pharmacy Services, Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Center — location not yet confirmed
Monica Hemben Eimunjeze, PharmD, FPSN, FNAPharm
CEO, DeeDoo Bio Plus Pharmacare Limited — location not yet confirmed
Charles Okechukwu Esimone, FAS, FPSN, FNAPharm
Pro-Chancellor, European University of Nigeria — Nigeria (city not yet confirmed)
Uzoma Ezeoke, FPSN
Executive Director, Emzor Pharmaceutical Industries Limited — Lagos, Nigeria
Joseph Fortunak, PhD
Howard University — Washington, DC, USA
Meredith A. Hawkins, MD
Professor, Albert Einstein College of Medicine — Bronx, New York, USA
Kenneth Izuora, MD, MBA, FACE
Professor & Director, Endocrinology Fellowship Program, University of Nevada Las Vegas School of Medicine — Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Nkem P. Nonyel, PharmD, MPH, BCPS
Associate Professor, Howard University College of Pharmacy — Washington, DC, USA
Jude Nwokike, PhD, MSc, MPH, BPharm
Vice President, USP Resiliency Center, United States Pharmacopeia — Rockville, Maryland, USA
J. Valentine Okelu, FPSN
Managing Director/CEO, Neimeth International Pharmaceuticals PLC — location not yet confirmed
Oluyinka Olutoye, MD, PhD — Keynote Speaker
Surgeon-in-Chief, Nationwide Children’s Hospital — Columbus, Ohio, USA
Nonye Onyewuenyi, PhD
CEO & Chief Scientific Officer, Noniks Analytics — USA (city not yet confirmed)
Prof. Azuka C. Oparah
Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Benin — Benin City, Nigeria
Akin Akinseye, RPh, PSM, CSPO
Creative Director, SlimionRx — location not yet confirmed
Todd Raehtz, MBA, MSPA, BPharm
CEO and President, Indispensable Health — location not yet confirmed
Jane E.B. Reusch, MD
Professor, University of Colorado School of Medicine — Aurora, Colorado, USA
Chidebelu Ufodike, PharmD
Chief Operating Officer, Carnavio Inc — location not yet confirmed
Charlotte Wagner, PharmD, BCOP
Assistant Professor, Oncology Pharmacy, University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy — Aurora, Colorado, USA
Moderators & Panelists
Named individuals serving as session moderators or panelists (not presenting an individually numbered session). Sessions without a named moderator below are marked “To be announced” on the conference schedule and will be updated as assignments are confirmed.
Ibrahim Babashehu Ahmed, Pharm.
Registrar, Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (PCN) — Nigeria (city not yet confirmed) — Panelist, Session #100
Nedra Chijioke, PharmD, RPh
Medical Science Liaison, Takeda Pharmaceuticals — location not yet confirmed — Panelist, Session #500
Toluleke Famuyiwa, PhD
Postdoctoral Research and Clinical Fellow, National Institutes of Health — Bethesda, Maryland, USA — Panelist, Session #500
Emilia Iwu, PhD, RN, APNC, FWACN, FAAN
Assistant Dean, Center for Global Health, School of Nursing — location not yet confirmed — Panelist, Session #100
Patrick Nwakama, PharmD, BCPS
Senior Pharmacologist, US Food and Drug Administration — Silver Spring, Maryland, USA — Moderator, Session #800A
Nonye Nwaneri-Iwuchukwu, PharmD, BCOP
Oncology Pharmacist — location not yet confirmed — Moderator, Session #800B
Juliet Obi, PhD
Advisor, Biophysical Chemistry, Eli Lilly and Company — location not yet confirmed — Moderator, Session #500
Precious Okeke, PharmD, RPh, MSc
Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Texas A&M College of Pharmacy — College Station, Texas, USA — Panelist, Session #500
Chineyere Onyebuchi, PhD, PMP
Global Program Head, Takeda Pharmaceuticals — location not yet confirmed — Panelist, Session #500
Kunle Tometi, PharmD, FNAPPSA
President, NAPPSA Inc. — USA — Welcome Address (Thursday) & Opening Ceremony (Friday)
Professor Cyril Usifoh
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Benin (PSN) — Benin City, Nigeria — Panelist, Session #100
Faculty information is posted as received and will be updated as additional assignments, credentials, and locations are confirmed. For corrections, contact nappsa@nappsa.org.