Kerry Laplante

Dr. LaPlante is a tenured Professor of Pharmacy at the University of Rhode Island, an Adjunct Professor of Medicine at Brown University, an Infectious Diseases Pharmacotherapy Specialist, and Director of the Rhode Island Infectious Diseases Fellowship and Research Programs in Providence, RI. Dr. LaPlante is dedicated to furthering antibiotic research across the full spectrum of healthcare science, from antibiotic development to clinical applications.

Dr. LaPlante has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles throughout her career in high impact peer-reviewed journals such as Clinical Infectious Diseases, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, New England Journal of Medicine, Pharmacotherapy and JAMA.

Dr. LaPlante is the immediate past president of the Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists (SIDP), an elected Fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, and the American College of Clinical Pharmacy. She is also an appointed chairperson for the Rhode Island Department of Health Antimicrobial Stewardship and Environmental Cleaning Task Force. Dr. LaPlante serves on the editorial boards for the leading journals in pharmacy and pathogenic microbiology such as Pharmacotherapy and Virulence. She is frequently invited to lecture at national infectious diseases meetings and symposia, which span topics from antimicrobial pharmacology, antimicrobial stewardship, to antibiotic resistance.