Kelly Gable, PharmD, BCPP, FAAPP
Professor, Pharmacy Practice
Director of Well-being and Resilience
Email: kgable@siue.edu
Brief Intro/bio
I am a professor in the department of pharmacy practice and director of well-being and resilience at SIUE School of Pharmacy. I graduated from the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy and completed a specialty residency in psychiatric pharmacy at the University of Southern California. I joined SIUE in 2007, with excited energy and passion to teach pharmacy students about the core concepts of psychiatric medicine, psychopharmacology, and patient-centered communication. I recently implemented a psychiatry specialization within the school of pharmacy, offering students an opportunity to focus their coursework within this area of pharmacy practice. I have worked as a psychiatric pharmacist in St. Louis for the past 18 years, seeing patients in collaboration with psychiatry, as part of an integrated behavioral health team. My clinical passion areas include expanding mental health care access within low-income communities, harm reduction, trauma-informed care, and Motivational Interviewing. I am a champion for well-being promotion within pharmacy education and our healthcare system.
Education/Training/Background
- Bachelor of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences
University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi – May 2001
- Doctor of Pharmacy
University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi – May 2004 - Psychiatric Pharmacy Practice Residency
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California – July 2005
- Board Certified Psychiatric Pharmacist – 2006 to present.
- Member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) – 2016 to present
- Mental Health First Aid Trainer – 2019 – present
Practice Site Information
I began my clinical career working within the state psychiatric hospital system in Maryland. After moving to the St. Louis region, I began working with Assertive Community Treatment teams at Community Alternatives and Places for People, offering collaborative community-based psychiatric care to patients with serious mental illnesses. The later part of my career has been spent working collaboratively with psychiatry within an integrated primary and behavioral health care model.
- Spring Grove Hospital Center, Catonsville, MD- Clinical Pharmacy Coordinator: 2005 – 2007
- Community Alternatives, St. Louis, MO- ACT Psychiatric Clinical Pharmacist: 2007 – 2011
- Places for People, St. Louis, MO- ACT Psychiatric Care Provider: 2011 – 2016
- Family Care Health Centers, St. Louis, MO- Psychiatric Care Provider: 2016 – 2025
Clinical and Scholarly Interests: Psychopharmacology, Motivational Interviewing, Well-being and Resilience, Harm Reduction
Professional Engagement
- American Association of Psychiatric Pharmacists (AAPP) Board Member (Member-at-Large): 2025 – 2027
- American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, Council of Faculty, Well-being Taskforce Co-Chair: 2023 – 2024
- Board of Pharmacy Specialists (BPS) Psychiatric Specialty Council (Chair): 2018 – 2023
Selected Presentations
Visiting Psychiatric Pharmacist Expert: Singapore Ministry of Health and Institute for Mental Health, January 2 – 10, 2025.
“Cultivating Well-being: Insights from Pharmacy Education’s Embrace of Mental Health First Aid. Team-talk. American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, July 23, 2024.
“Institutional Strategies to Build a Culture of Well-Being – A 3H Approach (Head, Hands, and Heart). Team-talk. American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, July 21, 2024.
