Sara Rogers

Clinical Assistant Professor
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Dr. Sara Rogers is a Clinical Assistant Professor with joint appointments at the Institute of Biosciences and Technology and the School of Engineering Medicine at Texas A&M University. She directs the clinical pharmacogenomics service at Texas A&M Health, where she leads initiatives to integrate pharmacogenetics into clinical care through decision support tools, implementation strategies, and stakeholder-informed policy. Dr. Rogers co-founded the American Society of Pharmacovigilance and co-leads the STRIPE Collaborative Community, an FDA-supported initiative to establish national standards for pharmacogenetics testing. She also serves as Chair of the U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP) Personalized Medicine Expert Committee and is a member of USP’s Council of Experts, which provides scientific and policy leadership for the development of quality standards for medicines and other healthcare products. Her research leverages digital health innovation, implementation science, and community-engaged approaches to advance safe, equitable, and personalized medication use at scale.

Education

  • Doctor of Pharmacy University of Houston College of Pharmacy, 2012
  • Bachelor of Arts, Biology University of Texas at Austin, 2008

Research Interests

Development of Community-Informed Health Policies Informed by Ethical Values and Priorities

Advancement of Medication and Genetics Literacy Among Underserved Populations and Frontline Clinicians

Discovery of Novel Genetic Associations that Influence Medication Response

Design and Implementation of Clinical Decision Support Tools to Enable Genetics-Informed Prescribing

Development and Promotion of Consensus-Based Industry Standards for Pharmacogenetics Testing

Evaluation of Precision Medicine Implementation Strategies to Inform Equitable Health Policy

Publications

Awards & Honors

  • Texas A&M Institute for Healthcare Access Fellow 2024
  • Team of the Year Award For the Oncology, Transplant and Genomics Course, 2023-2024
  • Texas A&M Health Telehealth Associate Fellow 2024
  • Alkek Early Career Investigator Fellowship Award 2023
  • Houston’s Top 30 Under 30, Young Texans Against Cancer (YTAC) 2013