Career Exploration: An Alumni Speaker Series feat. Jill Helmke

Career Exploration: A Monthly Speaker Series is a program that allows College of Pharmacy alumni to come to talk to our students throughout this school year and give insight into their current career and the path they took to get there. Lunch is provided along with the initial presentation followed by open discussion.

Please RSVP by Thursday, March 21, at 5:00 pm if you are interested in attending!

There is a max allowed attendance of 35 students. Lunch will be provided. Additionally, this event is eligible to count as a co-curricular experience!

Jill S. Helmke, Certified Nuclear Pharmacist and Doctor of Pharmacy, comes to NuView Life Sciences, with over 25 years of pharmacy experience ranging from outpatient pharmacy to clinical research. 

A graduate of The Ohio State University, she also completed a specialty in Nuclear Medicine. In addition, she has degrees in Business Management and Music from Baldwin Wallace University. Dr. Helmke practiced nuclear medicine for 15 years at Cardinal Health and Vanderbilt University Medical Center, specializing in Positron Emission Tomography (PET).

While at Vanderbilt, she branched into Biomedical Informatics wherein she focused on pediatric drug formulations, as well as compounding research and development. A major contributor to STEPStools (Safety through Electronic Prescribing System Tools), Dr. Helmke presented her research to the American Academy of Pediatrics in Washington D.C. and has received national recognition for her efforts in Biomedical Informatics. After relocating to Park City, UT, Dr. Helmke continued her Biomedical Informatics research with the University of Utah. Subsequently, she conducted Phase I-IV clinical drug trials with PRA Health Sciences.