Dr. Erin Mullen, Assistant Vice President, Rx Response for the Pharmaceutical Researchers and Manufacturers of America, is responsible for overseeing and managing the Rx Response program. Rx Response is an information-sharing forum comprised of pharmaceutical manufacturers, distributors, pharmacies, hospitals, disaster relief agencies and state/federal government agencies to help support the continuing provision of medicines to patients whose health is threatened by a severe public health emergency. Rx Response engages during a severe natural disaster, large-scale terrorist attack or a pandemic that disrupts the normal supply of medicines. Dr. Mullen also represents the pharmaceutical supply system as a member of the Institute of Medicine Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events and is Co-Chair of the Healthcare Sector Coordinating Council, an advisory council for the Federal government Critical Infrastructure Protection programs.

Prior to leading Rx Response, she has practiced pharmacy in a variety of settings: as a community pharmacist, educator, disaster responder, and emergency management planner. She was the first Public Health Preparedness Pharmacist for the Florida Department of Health, and remains active with the National Disaster Medical System as Clinical Pharmacy Unit Leader for Disaster Medical Assistance Team FL-6.

Dr. Mullen graduated from the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy with a B.S. in Pharmacy in 1992. She earned her Ph.D. in Microbiology and Immunology from the University of Miami in 2000.