Practice Advancement & Education

	Susanne Barnett , Associate Professor (CHS) Research Interests: Dr. Barnett’s scholarship is motivated by identified areas of improvement in the classroom and within her clinical practice site. Her research relies on quality improvement and assurance processes to guide antimicrobial stewardship and teaching practices.
	Eric Buxton , Clinical Professor and Chair Professional Interests: Development, implementation and evaluation of continuing education offerings for individuals in the pharmaceutical industry.
	Steven Ebert , Clinical Professor Clinical Practice and Research Interests: Antimicrobial resistance, antimicrobial pharmacokinetics/ pharmacodynamics, and appropriate utilization of healthcare resources.
	Casey Gallimore , Professor
	Barry Gidal , Professor (CHS) Clinical Practice: Neurology Research Interests: Pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and the metabolic effects of anticonvulsant medications.
	Paul Hutson , Professor (CHS) Clinical Practice: Palliative Care; Oncology / Hematology. Research Interests: Palliative care; Population pharmacokinetic modeling; Entheogens.
	Mara Kieser , Professor (CHS) Clinical Practice: Long Term Care. Research Interests: Health Outcomes in long term care; Benefits of student clerkships.
	Karen Kopacek , Associate Professor (CHS) Clinical Practice: Cardiac Rehabilitation; Rural Health (acute care)
	Marina Maes , Assistant Professor (CHS) Clinical Practice: Family Medicine/Ambulatory Care Clinic Research Interests:Educational based scholarship, evaluation of pharmacist services on clinical outcomes, assessment of drug therapy for cardiovascular risk reduction
	Amanda Margolis , Associate Professor (CHS) Research Interests: Preceptor development, interprofessional education in an experiential setting, teaching and learning of evidence-based medicine
	Beth Martin , Professor (CHS) and Chair Clinical Interests: Community pharmacy practice. Older adult medicines and reducing falls risk. Research Interests: Evaluate the effectiveness of educational methodologies to enhance pharmacist, student or patient learning and confidence, and the degree to which performance-based abilities are transferred from the learning environment to the real world setting.
	Andrea Porter , Professor (CHS) Clinical Practice: Anticoagulation Research Interests: Educational-based scholarship, particularly educational innovation and teaching methods, as well as clinical research involving anticoagulation
	Edward Portillo , Associate Professor (CHS) Clinical Practice: Primary Care/Ambulatory Care Clinic Practice Research Interests: Evaluation and expansion of interprofessional service models using dissemination science to incorporate pharmacists as patient care providers. Education-based research involving evaluation of thematic curricular pathways to best position students for success post-graduation.
	Trisha Seys Ranola , Clinical Assistant Professor Clinical practice: Interdisciplinary team geriatric medicine; diabetes; cardiac: hypertension, lipids, heart failure; anticoagulation; anemia; polypharmacy reduction
	Denise Walbrandt Pigarelli , Associate Professor (CHS) Clinical Practice: Diabetes. Research Interests: Clinical and quality of life outcomes of drug therapy and pharmaceutical care. Academic research interests include outcomes related to instructional design and assessment
	Cody Wenthur , Associate Professor (Drug Action) \| Wenthur Lab Website Research Interests: Synaptic plasticity in substance use and major depressive disorders; Development of antibodies against cannabinoids, opioids, sedative-hypnotics, and classical psychedelics; Immunologic biomarkers of drug use; Implementation of novel psychiatric treatments, including vaccine-based approaches and medication-assisted psychotherapy

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