2017 - Present | Associate Professor, East Tennessee State University ‐ Pharmacy Practice, Gatton College of Pharmacy | |
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2016 - Present | Research Director, East Tennessee State University ‐ Center for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment | |
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Present | Assistant Professor, East Tennessee State University ‐ Gatton College of Pharmacy | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Grants
2019 - 2020 | Integrating pharmacy-based prevention and treatment of opioid and other substance use disorders: A survey of pharmacists and stakeholders |
NIDA/NIH - DA040317-05S3 | |
Role: CO-I | |
2019 - 2020 | The Impact of a Gallup-Sharecare Well-Being 5 Intervention on Pharmacy Student Wellbeing |
American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education Gateway to Research Award | |
Role: Research Mentor | |
$5,000 | |
2017 - 2018 | Community Pharmacist Engagement in Hepatitis C and HIV Prevention: A Feasibility Study |
East Tennessee State University - 18-021 | |
Major Grant | |
Role: Principle Investigator | |
$9,924 | |
2017 - 2018 | Health Care Provider Communication and Prescription Drug Abuse/Misuse |
National Institutes of Health | |
Loan Repayment Program | |
Role: Principle Investigator | |
$12,417 | |
2017 - 2018 | Pharmacist Interventions to Prevent Prescription Drug Abuse |
NIH Loan Repayment Program - NOT-OD-08-083 | |
Role: PI | |
$9,563 | |
2013 - 2018 | Interprofessional Communication to Prevent Prescription Drug Abuse in Appalachia |
National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIH/NIDA) - 1R24DA036409-01 | |
Role: Co-Principle Investigator | |
$2,237,954 | |
2015 - 2017 | Health Care Provider Communication and Prescription Drug Abuse/Misuse |
National Institutes of Health - NOT-OD-08-083 | |
Loan Repayment Program | |
Role: Principle Investigator | |
$29,516 | |
2016 - 2016 | Generation Rx Medication Disposal Grant Program |
Cardinal Health Foundation | |
Evaluation Project | |
Role: Associate Investigator | |
Colleague(s): Rajkumar Sevak (PI) | |
$21,315 | |
2015 - 2016 | Nonmedical Use of Prescription Stimulants among Tennessee Community College Students: An Evaluation Using the Theory of Planned Behavior |
Tennessee Board of Regents | |
Role: Co-Principle Investigator | |
Colleague(s): Rajkumar Sevak (PI) | |
$40,020 | |
2014 - 2015 | Improving Tennessee Health Care Providers Understanding of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome |
Tennessee Department of Health - 34347-46814 | |
Role: Co-Principle Investigator | |
$52,000 | |
2012 - 2013 | Tennessee Pharmacists' Counseling Apprehension and Perceptions of Prescription Drug Abuse |
East Tennessee State University - 13-005 | |
Major Grant | |
Role: Principle Investigator | |
$9,239 |
Professional Service and Affiliations
2018 - Present | Member, Academic Affairs Committee (American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy) | 2018 - Present | Member, Pain Management Best Practices Interagency Task Force | 2017 - Present | Board of Directors, Overmountain Recovery | 2017 - Present | Associate, Research and Graduate Affairs Committee, American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy | 2017 - Present | Member, Social/Administrative Science Section Awards Committee, American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy | 2013 - Present | Member, American Society of Health System Pharmacists | 2013 - Present | Member, Phi Lambda Sigma Pharmacy Leadership Society | 2013 - Present | Delegate, Tennessee Society of Pharmacists, Tennessee Pharmacists Association | 2011 - Present | Member, American Pharmacists Association | 2003 - Present | Member, American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy |
Honors and Awards
- 2011-2012 - ETSU Gatton College of Pharmacy Teaching Excellence Award
- 2012-2013 - ETSU Gatton College of Pharmacy Research Award
- 2014 - Prescriptions of Success Invited Speaker
- 2014 - Faculty Hooder
- 2014 - Best of Show Research Poster, Tennessee Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists Midyear Meeting, Nashville, TN
- 2015 - Prescriptions of Success Invited Speaker
- 2014-2015 - ETSU Gatton College of Pharmacy Research Award
- 2016 - Prescriptions for Success Invited Speaker
- 2016 - Tennessee Pharmacists Association Cardinal Health Generation Rx Champions Award
- 2017 - Prescriptions for Success Invited Speaker
- 2017 - Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy Top Reviewer
Courses
- PMPR 7113 - Pharmacy Practice Research and Scholarship
- PMPR 7301 - Focused Projects in Pharmacy
- APPE 7032 - Academia Advanced Practice Pharmacy Experience
- PMPR 7130 - Pharmacy Leadership Forum
- PMPR 4283 - Pharmacy Law and Ethics
- PMPR 7117 - Personal Finance for Future Pharmacists
- PMPR 3240 - Contemporary Practice of Pharmacy II
- PMPR 3140 - Contemporary Practice of Pharmacy I
2009 - 2011 | PhD, Philosophy, Purdue University College of Pharmacy | |
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2003 - 2005 | MS, Science, Purdue University College of Pharmacy ‐ Pharmacy Practice | |
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1997 - 2003 | PhD, Pharmacy, Purdue University College of Pharmacy | |
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Contact Information
PO Box 70657
Johnson City, TN 37614
Office: IPER Center (VA Campus) Room 118
Phone: 423-439-6239
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