Debra A. Goff, Pharm.D., FCCP, Infectious Diseases Specialist
Debra Goff is an Infectious Disease Specialist and founding member of the Antimicrobial Stewardship Program at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (OSUWMC) in Columbus Ohio. She is an Associate Professor at the College of Pharmacy and works with the OSU Infectious Diseases Institute One Health Antibiotic Stewardship. Dr. Goff received her Bachelor of Pharmacy and Doctor of Pharmacy degrees from the University of Illinois at Chicago, where she also completed her residency.
Dr. Goff is a 2016 TEDx Columbus speaker on antibiotics “just in case” there’s infection. She is the international advisor to the Federation of Infectious Diseases Society of South Africa (FIDSSA) mentoring South African pharmacists. She received the 2016 OSU Emerging International Outreach and Engagement Award for her work in South Africa. She is the 2017 American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) recipient of the Global Health Award. She serves as a faculty mentor to young African leaders as part of the Mandela Washington Fellowship Program. Dr. Goff is one of fifteen global experts working with the World Health Organization (WHO) to develop stewardship implementation guidelines for low middle income countries. She contributed to the 2018 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) document Core Elements of Human Antibiotic Stewardship Programs in resource Limited Settings.
Her interests include antimicrobial resistance, the application of rapid diagnostic tests with stewardship interventions, and use of Twitter to increase global engagement and awareness of antibiotic resistance. She lectures nationally and internationally as an antimicrobial stewardship advocate.
