Faculty in the Department of Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research (P-SHOR) conduct translational, health services, and clinical research activities focused on better understanding drug efficacy, safety, delivery, and health outcomes.
Explore the list below to learn more about each faculty member's practice and research interests.
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Bruce Anderson, PharmD Professor of Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research Executive Director, Maryland Poison Center Clinical Expertise: Clinical Toxicology (Maryland Poison Center) Research Interests: Clinical toxicology; poison control and surveillance; drug identification and surveillance; clinical outcomes of poisoning treatment and prevention |
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Cynthia Boyle, PharmD, FAPhA, FNAP, FASCP Professor Emeritus of Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research Clinical Expertise: Community Pharmacy Practice and Management Research Interests: Leadership development; actionable advocacy; entrustable professional activities; professionalism; governance; pharmacy history |
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Nicole Brandt, PharmD, MBA, BCGP, FASCP Professor of Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research Executive Director, The Peter Lamy Center for Drug Therapy and Aging Clinical Expertise: Geriatrics (Baltimore VA Medical Center; Pickersgill Retirement Community) Research Interests: Clinical outcomes in geriatrics (assisted living and long-term care); medication therapy management and practice-based research; Medicare policy development; interprofessional education |
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Wendy Camelo Castillo, MD, MSc, PhD Assistant Professor of Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research Research Interests: Pharmacoepidemiology; development and implementation of methods for comparative effectiveness and patient centered outcomes research; health disparities |
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Kimberly Claeys, PharmD, BCPS Associate Professor of Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research Clinical Expertise: Infectious Diseases and Antimicrobial Stewardship (University of Maryland Medical Center) Research Interests: Epidemiology; clinical and economic outcomes of health care associated infections and drug-resistant bacterial infections; clinical pharmacology and translation research; optimization of pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics of antibacterial agents; development of predictive/prognostic models and decision analysis to improve antimicrobial stewardship and patient outcomes |
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Heather Congdon, PharmD Professor of Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research Clinical Expertise: Ambulatory Care (Mercy Health Clinic) Research Interests: Clinical outcomes (Diabetes and HTN); medication therapy management and practice-based research; underserved populations; interprofessional education |
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Catherine Cooke, PharmD, BCPS, PAHM Research Associate Professor of Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research Clinical Expertise: Outpatient medication management of chronic disease Research Interests: Medication adherence; managed pharmacy care; practice models (PCMH and ACOs) |
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Sandeep Devabhakthuni, PharmD Associate Professor of Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research Clinical Expertise: Cardiology and Critical Care (University of Maryland Medical Center) Research Interests: Clinical outcomes in acute care and cardiology; practice-based research; ICU and stress ulcer prophylaxis; interprofessional education |
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Bethany DiPaula, PharmD, BCPP, FASHP Professor of Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research Clinical Expertise: Mental Health and Substance Abuse (Springfield Hospital Center; People's Community Health Centers; Howard County Public Health Department) Research Interests: Clinical outcomes in mental health and drug abuse; medication therapy management and practice-based research; drugs of abuse and neuropharmacology; mental health; collaborative practice |
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Peter Doshi, PhD Associate Professor of Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research Research Interests: Credible evidence synthesis; evidence-based medicine; reporting biases; drug safety; drug regulation; medical journalism; evidence, policy, and advocacy in public health |
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Susan DosReis, PhD Professor of Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research Vice Chair for Research Research Interests: Pharmacoepidemiology; pediatric mental health behavioral science |
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Alison Duffy, PharmD, BCOP Associate Professor of Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research Clinical Expertise: Medical Oncology (University of Maryland Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center) Research Interests: Clinical outcomes and practice-based research related to patients with cancer; interprofessional education; patient safety; educational methods and outcomes |
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Allison Dunn, PharmD, MS Research Interests: Clinical pharmacology; the applications of pharmacometrics in both clinical practice and clinical development |
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Megan Ehret, PharmD, MS, BCPP Professor of Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research Clinical Expertise: Psychiatric Psychopharmacology, Neurology, Substance Abuse, and Pharmacogenomics Research Interests: Pharmacy leadership and management; educational methods and outcomes; pharmacy informatics; interprofessional education |
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Agnes Ann Feemster, PharmD Associate Professor of Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research Clinical Expertise: Pharmacy Practice Management Research Interests: Pharmacy leadership and management; educational methods and outcomes; pharmacy informatics; interprofessional education |
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Joga Gobburu, PhD Professor of Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research Director, Center for Translational Medicine Research Interests: Pediatrics; clinical pharmacology and translational research; comparative effectiveness; pharmacometrics |
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Mathangi Gopalakrishnan, MS, PhD Assistant Professor of Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research Research Interests: Pharmacometrics, Bayesian applications in drug development, and innovative clinical trial designs |
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Mojdeh Heavner, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP Associate Professor of Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research Vice Chair for Clinical Services Clinical Expertise: Critical Care (University of Maryland Medical Center) Research Interests: Performance management and quality improvement; delirium; medication safety; and antibiotic pharmacokinetics and stewardship in the intensive care unit |
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Emily L. Heil, PharmD, BCPS-AQ ID Associate Professor of Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research Clinical Expertise: Infectious Diseases, HIV and Antimicrobial Stewardship (University of Maryland Medical Center) Research Interests: Clinical outcomes in infectious diseases (multi-drug resistant gram negative infections, immunocompromised patient populations); individualized antimicrobial dosing; antimicrobial stewardship practice based research; interprofessional education; and patient safety |
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Lauren Hynicka, PharmD Associate Professor of Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research Clinical Expertise: Internal Medicine and Hepatology (University of Maryland Medical Center) Research Interests: Chronic disease managment (liver and hepatitis); clinical outcomes in institutional settings; medication therapy management and practice-based research; vulnerable populations |
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Vijay Ivaturi, PhD Assistant Professor of Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research Research Interests: Development of methods and tools for quantitative clinical pharmacology that can be applied in informed decision making in clinical therapeutics and drug development |
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Amy Ives, PharmD Assistant Professor of Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research Clinical Expertise: Internal Medicine (Georgetown University Hospital) Research Interests: Critical care; practice-based research; educational methods and outcomes |
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Wendy Klein-Schwartz, PharmD Professor Emeritus of Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research Clinical Expertise: Clinical Toxicology (Maryland Poison Center) Research Interests: Clinical pharmacology and translational research; clinical toxicology; pediatrics; drugs of abuse and neuropharmacology |
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Cherokee Layson-Wolf, PharmD Professor of Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research Associate Dean for Student Affairs Clinical Expertise: Medication Therapy Mangement (Maryland P3 Program) Research Interests: Chronic disease management in community pharmacy; medication therapy management and practice-based research; point-of-care testing; immunizations |
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Jimmy (James) Leonard, PharmD, DABAT Associate Professor of Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research Assistant Director, Maryland Poison Center |
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Raymond Love, PharmD Professor of Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research Vice Chair for Collaborative Initiatives Clinical Expertise: Mental Health (Mental Hygiene Administration, State of Maryland) Research Interests: Drugs of abuse and neuropharmacology; mental health; pharmaceutical outcomes; drug policy |
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Lynn McPherson, PharmD Professor of Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research Clinical Expertise: Pain and Palliative Care (Hospice of the Chesapeake; Hospice Network of Maryland); Primary Care (UniversityCare) Research Interests: Clinical outcomes in palliative care; pain and diabetes; practice-based research; vulnerable populations; palliative care; opioid management; educational methods and outcomes |
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Jill Morgan, PharmD, BCPPS Professor & Chair, Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research Clinical Expertise: Pediatrics (University of Maryland Medical Center) Research Interests: Clinical outcomes in pediatrics; practice-based research; educational methods and outcomes; interprofessional education |
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C. Daniel Mullins, PhD Professor of Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research Executive Director, The PATIENTS Program Research Interests: Patient-centered outcomes research; comparative effectiveness research and health equity |
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Jason Noel, PharmD Associate Professor of Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research Clinical Expertise: Mental Health (Spring Grove Hospital) Research Interests: Clinical outcomes in mental health; medication therapy management and practice-based research; vulnerable populations; educational methods and outcomes in continuing education |
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Zachary R. Noel, PharmD Assistant Professor of Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research Clinical Expertise: Cardiology (University of Maryland Medical Center) Research Interests: Clinical outcomes in cardiology; teaching pedagogy and educational outcomes; and practice-based research |
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Mandee Noval, PharmD, BCIDP Research Interests: Clinical outcomes in outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT), antimicrobial stewardship, infections in vulnerable populations, and antibiotic allergies |
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Eberechukwu Onukwugha, MS, PhD Professor of Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research Research Interests: Pharmacoeconomics, healthcare resource utilization, and health disparities. |
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Frank Palumbo, BSPharm, MS, PhD, JD Professor Emeritus, Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research Research Interests: Legal and policy ramifications of health care |
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Neha Pandit, PharmD Professor of Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research Vice Chair for Research and Scholarship Clinical Expertise: Infectious Diseases and HIV (Evelyn Jordan Center and Stohler Clinic) Research Interests: Patient counseling and education; clinical outcomes in AIDS/HIV patients; infectious diseases; chronic disease; practice-based research; clinical pharmacology and translational research |
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Kristine Parbuoni, PharmD, BCPPS Associate Professor of Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research Clinical Expertise: Pediatrics (University of Maryland Children's Hospital) Research Interests: Clinical outcomes in pediatrics (infectious diseases, critical care); pharmacokinetics in pediatrics; educational methods and outcomes in simulation; post-graduate training |
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Eleanor Perfetto, PhD, MS Professor of Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research Research Interests: Health policy issues, including issues related to comparative effectiveness research, health care quality performance measurement, patient-focused drug development, and reimbursement |
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Kathleen Pincus, PharmD Associate Professor of Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research Clinical Expertise: Family Medicine (University Family Medicine) Research Interests: Chronic disease management (asthma; anticoagulation; diabetes); clinical outcomes in the Patient-Centered Home Model; medication therapy management and practice-based research |
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Danya Qato, PhD, PharmD, MPH Associate Professor of Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research Director, Pharmaceutical Health Services Research Graduate Program Research Interests: Improving regulatory and policy tools to reduce use of high risk medications in vulnerable populations; risk management and post-marketing surveillance; environmental and global health systems development; pharmacovigilance; and health disparities |
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Charmaine Rochester-Eyeguokan, PharmD Professor of Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research Clinical Expertise: Diabetes Management (Center for Diabetes and Endocrinology at the University of Maryland Medical Center and Bay West Endocrinology Associates) Research Interests: Chronic disease management (diabetes); medication therapy management and practice-based research; vulnerable populations; tobacco cessation; collaborative practice |
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Magaly Rodriguez de Bittner, PharmD Felix Gyi Endowed Memorial Professor in Pharmapreneurship Associate Dean of Clinical Services and Practice Transformation Clinical Expertise: Pharmacotherapy (Baltimore VA Medical Center) Research Interests: Chronic disease management; clinical outcomes in diabetes and cardiovascular diseases; medication therapy management and practice-based research; vulnerable populations; collaborative practice; cultural competence |
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Leah Sera, PharmD, MA, BCPS Associate Professor of Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research Clinical Expertise: Palliative Care; Ambulatory Care Research Interests: Clinical outcomes; medication therapy management and practice-based research; chronic disease management; vulnerable populations; palliative care and pain management |
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Fadia Shaya, PhD, MPH Professor of Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research Executive Director, Behavioral Health Resources Program Director of Informatics and Implementation Research, Institute for Clinical and Translational Research Research Interests: Pharmacoeconomics; pharmacoepidemiology; health policy and regulatory science; comparative effectiveness of drugs and medical devices; disparities and social determinants of health; entrepreneurship |
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Julia Slejko, PhD Associate Professor of Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research Research Interests: Medication adherence and decision-analytic modeling for cost effectiveness and comparative effectiveness research |
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Deanna Tran, PharmD Associate Professor of Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research Clinical Expertise: Family Medicine (University Family Medicine); Community Pharmacy Practice; and Immunizations Research Interests: Skills-based lab (community prescription verification); chronic disease in community pharmacy; medication therapy management and practice-based research; immunizations; point-of-care |
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James Trovato, PharmD, MBA, BCOP, FASHP Professor of Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research Vice Chair for Academic Affairs Clinical Expertise: Medical Oncology (Baltimore VA Medical Center) Research Interests: Clinical outcomes in oncology; practice-based research; collaborative practice; interprofessional education; post-graduate training. |
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Ester Villalonga Olives, PhD, MsC Assistant Professor of Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research Research Interests: Patient reported outcomes; social epidemiology; and health inequalities |
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Kathryn Walker, PharmD Associate Professor of Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research Clinical Expertise: Pain and Palliative Care (Union Memorial Hospital) Research Interests: Clinical outcomes in palliative care and pain; medication therapy management and practice-based research; interprofessional education |
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Linda Wastila, BSPharm, MSPH, PhD Professor of Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research Parke-Davis Chair in Geriatric Pharmacotherapy Research Interests: Health services research in mental health and substance use disorders in geriatrics |
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Kristin Watson, PharmD Associate Professor of Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research Vice Chair for Clinical Services Clinical Expertise: Cardiology (University of Maryland Medical Center); Heart Failure (Baltimore VA Medical Center) Research Interests: Chronic disease management (heart failure); clinical outcomes in cardiology patients; practice-based research; post-graduate training |
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Chanel F. Whittaker, PharmD, BCGP, FASCP Associate Professor of Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research Assistant Dean for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Clinical Expertise: Geriatrics and Nephrology (Baltimore VA Medical Center); Anticoagulation Therapy Management (University Health Center) Research Interests: Chronic disease management (hypertension and chronic kidney disease); medication therapy management and practice-based research; geriatrics; pharmacogenomics |
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Zafar Zafari, MSc, PhD Assistant Professor of Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research Research Interests: Mathematical/statistical simulation modeling; cost-effectiveness analyses; statistical methods of prediction; Bayesian methods for evidence synthesis; optimal resource allocation based on personalized clinical data; and health policy |