Clinical Pharmacy

Research Topics

• Metabolic monitoring in individuals treated with second generation antipsychotic medications

• Impact of pharmacy services in psychiatry

• Student mental health and well-being

Research Topics

• Epidemiology, prevention, and treatment of fungal infections

• Drug interactions with antifungal agents

• The role of metal ions in infectious diseases

Research Topics

• Disease management in diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia and its impact on patient outcome

• Pharmacoeconomic impact of clinical pharmacist interventions

• Expansion of clinical pharmacist role in ambulatory care clinics

Research Topics

• Pharmacy residency training

• Pharmacy staffing models

• Joint Commission readiness

• Patient safety

• Documentation and acceptance of pharmacists’ clinical interventions

• Use of technology to improve patient care

Research Topics

• Strategies to improve transitions of care and medication use in older adults with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias

• Implementation and dissemination of pharmacist-provided comprehensive medication reviews to ensure safe and effective medication use in older adults

• Impact of pharmacists’ care on health outcomes in innovative, interprofessional patient care models

• Strategies and policies which address health disparities to improve health and medication-related outcomes in older adults

Research Topics

• Patient adherence and barriers to medications

• Diabetes care

• Bridging primary care and community pharmacy

• Immunizations

• Education and teaching modalities

Research Topics

• Health Information Technology

  • mHealth
  • Clinical decision support
  • Computable biomedical knowledge

• Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes Research

  • Quality improvement
  • Health services research

• Educational Research

  • Cirricular quality improvement
  • Team-based learning

Research Topics

• Development and assessment of innovative pharmacy services to improve the outcomes of appropriate use of medications

• Assessment of medication use processes to ensure the safe and effective use of medications by people with intellectual and developmental disabilities

• Study of patient, disease, and treatment factors associated with health related quality of life, patient-perceived functional status, and measured functional status and performance

• Study of patient, disease, and treatment factors associated with health related quality of life, patient-perceived functional status, and measured functional status and performance

• Study of the association between geographic, neighborhood, and spatial factors with medication adherence and persistence

Research Topics

• Antifungal pharmacotherapy

• Antimicrobial stewardship

Research Topics

• Pharmacists’ roles and models in primary care to improve medication use and health outcomes

• Helping oncology practices educate and routinely monitor oral anti-cancer medications to improve patients’ symptom experience

• Working with inter-professional students to reduce health disparities

Research Topics

• Graft versus host disease

• Conditioning regimens in bone marrow transplant infections in immunocompromised hosts

• BK virus, CMV, and EBV infection therapy

• Supportive care in oncology patients

• Immunohematology therapeutics

Research Topics

• Developing tools for individualizing cancer treatments

• Understanding the role of patient genetics in treatment outcomes

• Translating genetic associations into clinical practice to improve patient care