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Clinical Practice, Innovation, and Research Division

The Clinical Practice, Innovation, and Research Division (CliPIR) is a diverse group of practitioners, researchers, and educators. The mission of CliPIR includes:

  • Practice in diverse pharmacy settings to support patient care throughout Wisconsin
  • Development of innovative pharmacy practices to optimize patient and public health
  • Conduct of research across the translational spectrum, including pre-clinical, clinical, implementation, and policy analysis to improve the safety and effectiveness of medication use
  • Education of students, health practitioners, and the public to improve medication use practices and outcomes

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Clinical Practice

Our faculty:

  • Care for patients across the lifespan from pediatrics to geriatrics, and offer individualized care through population health services
  • Practice in many healthcare settings, including:
    • Acute care
    • Ambulatory care
    • Community pharmacy
    • Long term care
    • Specialty pharmacy
  • Incorporate research innovations within their clinical practice

Innovation

Our faculty:

  • Prepare pharmacists for patient care opportunities of the future
  • Engage in collaborations to solve complex healthcare challenges
  • Are on the forefront of design and implementation of innovative pharmacy practice models
  • Are a key driving force for healthcare policy
  • Connect with patients and the community to advance the Wisconsin Idea to influence lives beyond the boundaries of the classroom

Research

Our faculty:

  • Use a bench-to-bedside translational approach to advance clinical practice and novel therapeutic approaches
  • Use mixed methods to evaluate and improve health services, leveraging insights from implementation science, behavioral science, and health economics
  • Our research aims include ways to increase access to innovative practices and new solutions

Education

  • Students learn from faculty who are teaching what they do!
  • Faculty-designed courses are evidence-based, interprofessional, patient-centered and promote innovation and critical thinking
  • The curriculum includes customized pathways directly applicable to future pharmacy careers

Division Leadership

CliPIR Division Chair
Beth Martin, PhD, MS, RPh
1022 Rennebohm Hall
Phone: 608-265-4667

CliPIR Division Vice Chair
Dave Mott, PhD, FAPhA, RPh

2509 Rennebohm Hall
Phone: 608-265-9268