Bennett
Doughty,
PharmD, BCPS, BCPP
Clinical Assistant Professor
Binghamton University
School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Bennett Doughty, PharmD, BCPS, BCPP is an assistant clinical professor at the Binghamton School of Pharmacy and also serves as a clinical psychiatric pharmacy specialist at the Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, PA. Doughty is the program director of the Binghamton University Opioid Overdose Prevention Program and has also worked with his interprofessional colleagues to develop and implement The Rural and Underserved Service Track (TRUST), a co-curricular track that aims to provide our students with unique, interprofessional experiences working with underserved populations.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Lightning Talk Description: People with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are 2.5 times more likely to experience serious health issues when compared to people without disabilities (Voss et al., 2019). They are also at greater risk for conditions that disproportionately impact the quality of their lives, such as: coronary heart disease, diabetes, and early-onset dementia (Williamson et al., 2016). These disproportionate health disparities, in the context of an overextended healthcare system, demands attention if people with IDD are to experience not just extended but higher…