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Dr. Tillotson is the Associate Dean for Student Affairs for ISU L.S. Skaggs College of Pharmacy. She is responsible for providing strategic vision and decision-making for student affairs within the College’s programs. She is an administrator, a leader and mentor, an academic and student organizations advisor (IPSF and Student Senate), educator, an advocate for students and the College of Pharmacy as well as the profession of Pharmacy. Dr. Tillotson is also an active member of the University community with membership and service on committees and advisory boards.

Dr. Tillotson earned a BA in History, Masters in Public Administration and Doctor of Arts in Political Science from Idaho State University. She has taught a variety of courses from American Government, First Year Seminars and Ambassador Leadership and Communications. Her experience in Student Affairs spans more than 25 years.

Dr. Tillotson’s professional and educational experiences have led to strength and expertise in administrative oversight and strategic guidance of student affairs services, personnel and budgets. Oversight and guidance of student affairs services include holistic admissions processes, admission and enrollment data tracking and analysis, provision of academic guidance and the coordination resources to meet the diverse needs of students, academic as well as non-academic (for example: ADA accommodations, well-being and mental health resources, Title IX compliance, Medical and Hardship withdrawal processes, curriculum completion requirement, financial aid guidelines, scholarship awarding).

Xu Research Lab Website: http://www.dxulab.org/

The overarching goal of Xu Drug Discovery Lab is to address unmet medical and health science needs using state-of-the-art computational and experimental technologies.

Specific research areas are:

1. Drug Discovery (Computer-Accelerated Drug Repurposing and Screening);
2. Drug-Induced Toxicity Prediction and Prevention;
3. Web-Based and Cloud BioComputing Software Development.

Dr. Silk is the Chair of the Clinical Psychopharmacology Program and a Clinical Associate Professor in the College of Pharmacy at Idaho State University. Dr. Silk has an extensive history of experience in psychopharmacology and assessment of psychological, neuropsychological, and substance use disorders.

Dr. Silk earned a B.S. in psychology from Michigan State University. He completed a M.A. in forensic psychology from John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City. He then worked as a Research Coordinator at the Substance Use Research Center at the New York State Psychiatric Institute affiliated with the Columbia University Department of Psychiatry. His Ph.D. is in Clinical Psychology with a Specialization in Neuropsychology from Nova Southeastern University. He also completed a post-doc M.S. in psychopharmacology at Nova Southeastern.

Dr. Silk’s career path led him to Wyoming, where he continued to teach, developed a psychological practice, and pursued leadership in the Wyoming Psychological Association. He was an associate professor of psychology at Northwest College and is currently an Assistant Lecturer at University of Wyoming and University of Idaho. He was the president of the Wyoming Psychological Association from 2017-2018. Dr. Silk is a licensed clinical psychologist in Wyoming, Utah, and Idaho.