Gillian Bell, PharmD

Biography

Gillian Bell joined Ochsner Health in April 2025 as a System Clinical Pharmacogenomics Pharmacist. She completed her Pharm.D. at the University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy and 2 years of postgraduate training in pharmacy practice and clinical pharmacogenomics at the Memphis VAMC and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, respectively. After residency, she became a Clinical Pharmacogenetics Scientist at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, FL where she implemented germline pharmacogenetics as well as interpreted tumor genomic profiling. After leaving Moffitt, she was a Clinical Pharmacist in Personalized Medicine at Mission Health in Asheville, NC and eventually became Director of Genetics and Personalized Medicine. Prior to joining Ochsner Health, she was the Pharmacogenomics Service Lead at Genome Medical and Assistant Professor of Clinical Education in the Division of Practice Advancement and Clinical Education at UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. In addition to her current role, she serves as a member of several national and international working groups focused on implementing pharmacogenomics in clinical care.