LCA Stories

Mary (Dowdy) Beckerson (Class of 2010) has been published as a contributor in the scientific journal, Clinical Infectious Disease. The article, Trends in Prescribing of Antibiotics and Drugs Investigated for COVID-19 Treatment in U.S. Nursing Home Residents During the COVID-19 Pandemic appeared in the March 2021 issue.

Mary has been working for PharMerica for nearly three years and is responsible for data analysis, specifically with their associated long-term care facility customers.  When Covid-19 hit, she was asked to provide data for a CDC study on the use of antibiotics and other drugs and how those uses changed because of the virus.