Department of Pharmacy Practice and Administrative Sciences
Professors
Kevin W. Cleveland, PharmD, ANP
Professor
Pharmacy Practice ISU Kasiska Division of Health Sciences L.S. Skaggs College of Pharmacy, Meridian, Idaho
Office: M 754
Kevin W. Cleveland, PharmD, ANP, is a Professor in the Pharmacy Practice Department at Idaho State University L.S. Skaggs College of Pharmacy. He received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Idaho State University in 2003 and completed a residency in drug information at the Idaho Drug Information Center in 2004. He has been on faculty with ISU for since completing his residency and his specialty areas include pharmacy delivered immunizations, medication therapy management, drug information, travel medicine and nuclear pharmacy.
Cleveland is ISU’s Chapter Advisor for the American Pharmacist Association – Academy of Student Pharmacists. He oversees the organization’s health screenings, immunization clinics, and educational sessions. He coordinates the mobile preventive health and vaccination clinic at Idaho State University in Meridian and has been involved in numerous community vaccination efforts including coordinating drive-through influenza and COVID-19 vaccination clinics and increasing vaccination rates in underserved populations in rural Idaho. He also was the recipient of the 2023 APhA Immunization Champions National Award for Community Outreach.
Cleveland is a member of the United States Pharmacopeia, Rho Chi, Phi Lambda Sigma and served on the executive board for the Idaho Immunization Coalition. When he is not working, he is out spending time with family hiking, backpacking, or running Spartan races.
Rex Force, PharmD
Senior Vice Provost and Vice President for Health Sciences, Director for Pocatello Family Medicine Clinical Research Center
Professor
Office: STOP 8055
Dr. Force is Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Family Medicine at Idaho State University and Director of the Family Medicine Clinical Research Center. He earned his B.S. in Pharmacy from Oregon State University and his Pharm.D. degree from the University of Texas, after which he completed a research fellowship in infectious diseases at Ohio State University.
Dr. Force has been active in the American College of Clinical Pharmacy, serving on several committees as well as chairing the Board Certification Affairs Committee and the Public and Professional Affairs Committee. He was elected Chair of the Ambulatory Care Practice and Research Network of ACCP in 1999 and to the Board of Regents in 2001. His expertise in collaborative drug therapy and reimbursement for clinical pharmacy services was recognized by his appointment to the ACCP Task Force on Compensation in 1998. He serves on the editorial board of the Annals of Pharmacotherapy and has acted as a referee for the Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs. Dr. Force was the founding column editor of STEPped Care: An Evidence-based Approach to Drug Therapy in the Journal of the American Board of Family Practice. Currently, he co-authors and edits the Prescriber?s Letter Journal Club a monthly publication designed to critically evaluate new information in the field of pharmacotherapy. He has authored over 60 professional and research publications, and speaks regularly at professional meetings. Dr. Force and his collaborators have received grants and contracts in excess of $3.5 million while at ISU. Presently, he is the Site Principal Investigator of a multi-center diabetes trial (ACCORD) funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health. His research interests focus on primary care pharmacotherapy (hypertension, diabetes, congestive heart failure, adult immunizations, etc.), drug utilization review, pharmacoepidemiology, and evidence-based medicine. Dr. Force has been on the faculty at Idaho State University since 1993.
Karl Madaras-Kelly, PharmD, MPH
Professor
Infectious Disease, Epidemiology
Office: M 732
Dr. Madaras-Kelly is a Professor in the College of Pharmacy located in Meridian.
Dr. Madaras-Kelly received his BS in Pharmacy in 1991 and a Doctor of Pharmacy in 1992 from the University of Minnesota. He then went on to complete an Infectious Diseases/Pharmacokinetics Fellowship at the University of Minnesota and St. Paul Ramsey Medical Center. He received his Masters of Public Health in 2006 from ISU.
Dr. Madaras-Kelly has been in his current position located at the Boise Veterans Affairs Medical Center (BVAMC) since 1994 where he maintains active clinical infectious diseases and research programs, as well as mentors pharmacy residents and fourth year students on adult medicine and infectious diseases rotations. Dr. Madaras-Kelly has given many presentations, and authored numerous manuscripts on a variety of issues related to antibiotic resistance. He has received over a million dollars in grant support from the NIH, VHA, CDC, pharmacy professional societies, and the pharmaceutical industry. His primary research interests involve antibiotic stewardship, health systems research, epidemiology and clinical outcomes of infectious diseases treatments.
Dr. Madaras-Kelly has been a recipient of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) Fellowship award in infectious diseases, the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) Young Investigator Award, and the Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists (SIDP) Young Investigator Award. Dr. Madaras-Kelly was previously selected as Teacher of the Year and Most Influential Professor by four-year Doctor of Pharmacy students.
Dr. Madaras-Kelly is an active member of the Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists (SIDP), and a member of the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Society for Health Care Epidemiology.
Christopher Owens, PharmD, MPH
Associate Vice President for Health Sciences
Professor
Interprofessional Education, Medical Ethics
Office: Gravely Hall 136
Dr. Christopher T. Owens, PharmD, MPH, serves as Associate Vice President for Health Sciences at Idaho State University and is a Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Administrative Sciences at the L.S. Skaggs College of Pharmacy. He works on the Pocatello campus. He earned his PharmD from ISU in 2002 and his MPH in 2013. He also earned a Certificate in Biomedical Ethics in 2017. He completed a residency in Ambulatory Care at the Southeast Idaho VA Community-Based Outpatient Clinic in 2003 and worked as a prn community pharmacist for over 15 years and a clinical pharmacist at Health West in Pocatello.
For over 20 years, he has taught and published on professionalism, ethics, evidence-based integrative health, and population health topics. He has lectured on clinical topics as well as health care ethics at Idaho State University since 2003 and has been part of the interprofessional curriculum task force with the Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine since 2020. Dr. Owens has served as president of the Healthcare Ethics Special Interest Group (SIG) for the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) and is passionate about advancing interprofessional education, working collaboratively to promote evidence-based patient care and population health, and preparing an appropriately-trained healthcare workforce for rural settings and underserved populations.
Cathy Oliphant, PharmD
Professor
Infectious Disease, Opioid Abuse, Internal Medicine
Office: M 726
Dr. Oliphant is a Pharmacy Practice and Administrative Sciences and Professor at Idaho State University College of Pharmacy. She earned her PharmD degree from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She completed a residency and infectious diseases/microbiology fellowship at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. Prior to joining the faculty at ISU College of Pharmacy in 2003, Dr. Oliphant taught for seven years at the University of Wyoming School of Pharmacy.
Dr. Oliphant maintains a practice site at St. Luke's Regional Medical Center in Boise and Meridian. She works with the St. Luke's Internal Medicine physicians and hospitalists in addition to the infectious disease physicians. Dr. Oliphant precepts students on medicine, infectious diseases, and academic APPEs. She teaches in all four years of the program. Dr. Oliphant co-coordinates the Infectious Disease Module in the P3 year and the Residency Readiness course. She also facilitates P2 and P3 case studies. Dr. Oliphant is the Rho Chi and Generation Rx advisor. Her research interests include infectious diseases and prescription drug abuse issues.
Dr. Oliphant has been selected as Teacher of the Year and Most Influential Professor by 4th year Doctor of Pharmacy students.
Associate Professors
Jen Adams, PharmD, EdD
Associate Dean for Academic Programs
Associate Professor
Pharmacy Law, Health Policy, Advocacy, Scholarship of Teaching & Learning
Office: M749G
Jennifer Adams, PharmD, EdD, FAPhA, FNAP, serves as the Associate Dean for Academic Programs, overseeing the quality and alignment of the College’s educational standards and goals. A licensed pharmacist, Dr. Adams holds a Doctor of Education focusing on educational policy, higher education administration, curriculum design, and instructional methodologies. As a tenured Associate Professor, she has an extensive publication record in teaching and learning and legislative and regulatory initiatives. She teaches pharmacy law and health care systems to first-and-third-year student pharmacists, and pharmacy law to clinical psychopharmacology students. Widely respected for her leadership in national, regional, and state professional associations, Dr. Adams is also recognized for her substantial contributions to advocacy and pharmacy practice reform. She is a proud graduate of Boise State, Idaho State, and George Washington University.
John Holmes, PharmD, BCPS
Associate Professor
Health Outcomes, Quality Improvement, Practice-Based Research
Office: FAM MED B29
Dr. Holmes is an Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Family Medicine at Idaho State University. Dr. Holmes graduated form Idaho State University in 2007 with his Doctor of Pharmacy degree. He completed a one-year ambulatory care residency in 2008 at the Veterans Affairs Community Based Outpatient Clinic in Pocatello, Idaho. He then completed a one-year Pharmacotherapy Residency at Pocatello Family Medicine and a two-year Clinical Research Fellowship at the Idaho State University Department of Family Medicine. He is currently working towards a Master of Public Health degree.
Dr. Holmes has served as a sub-investigator on several industry and National Institutes of Health sponsored studies conducted at the ISU Family Medicine Clinical Research Center. His research interests include pharmacoepidemiology, quality improvement, and access to healthcare for rural residents. Dr. Holmes provides clinical pharmacy and quality improvement support to the Health West ISU clinic, a training site for medical and pharmacy residents at Idaho State University. He teaches and mentors family medicine and pharmacotherapy residents, physician assistant students and pharmacy students on a broad spectrum of pharmacotherapy and quality improvement topics.
Elaine Nguyen, PharmD, MPH, MBA, BCACP
Associate Professor
Health Outcomes Research, Quality Improvement, Ambulatory Care
Office: M 751
Dr. Nguyen joined Idaho State University (SU) L.S. Skaggs College of Pharmacy in 2017. She works to optimize healthcare delivery, especially for rural and underserved populations. She is particularly interested in pharmacy practice, evidence-based diabetes services, and immunizations.
Dr. Nguyen graduated from the University of Iowa with her Doctor of Pharmacy and Master of Public Health degrees. She has completed a two-year ambulatory care residency at the Boise VA Medical Center and a two-year health economics and outcomes research fellowship at the University of Connecticut/Hartford Hospital. She is board certified in ambulatory care, and continues to practice at the Boise VA Medical Center.
At ISU, she co-coordinates PHAR942 Fundamentals of Pharmacy Practice and Literature Evaluation in the spring of P1 year. She also offers elective independent study opportunities and introductory and advanced rotations in academia and research.
Youssef Roman, PharmD, PhD
Associate Professor
Office: M
Dr. Roman is an Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Administrative Sciences at Idaho State University, College of Pharmacy. Before joining Idaho State University, Dr. Roman was a clinical pharmacology and genomics reviewer at the Division of Translational and Precision Medicine at the Food and Drug Administration. Dr. Roman’s academic research has focused on conducting community-based genetic and pharmacogenetic research in underrepresented population subgroups. Specifically, Dr. Roman’s work included the pharmacogenetics of allopurinol in the Hmong and the pharmacogenetics of major cardiovascular drugs in different Asian, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander subgroups. Dr. Roman was the Principal Investigator on the genetics and pharmacogenetics of cardiometabolic disorders study in Filipino Americans. Dr. Roman’s scientific research interests include genomics and health disparities, the association between uric acid levels and cardiometabolic and neurodegenerative diseases, minority population genetics, and the genetic epidemiology of cardiometabolic disorders.
Dr. Roman is a recipient of multiple NIH training awards and internal and NIH funding. Dr. Roman received his PharmD from Oregon State University College of Pharmacy and his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy.
A list of recent publications can be found here.
Tom Wadsworth PharmD, MSOL, BCPS
Dean
Internal Medicine, Obesity, Diabetes, Community Pharmacy Practice
Office: BTC 120L
With over 23 years of experience in community, clinical, and academic pharmacy, Dr. Wadsworth brings a deep understanding of both practice and education to his role as Dean of the L.S. Skaggs College of Pharmacy at Idaho State University. An Idaho native, he earned his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from ISU and completed a Primary Care Pharmacy Residency at the Boise VA Medical Center. Board-certified in pharmacotherapy and licensed in both Idaho and Alaska, his expertise spans primary care, internal medicine, community pharmacy, and home infusion services. A passionate advocate for expanding patient access to high-quality, personalized medication therapies and pharmacist-provided care, Dr. Wadsworth is dedicated to advancing pharmacy’s role in improving health outcomes and strengthening the profession’s influence on patient care.
Dr. Wadsworth has held key leadership positions within the College, including Executive Associate Dean and Assistant Dean for Alaska Programs, where he played a central role in establishing the UAA/ISU Doctor of Pharmacy Program in Anchorage, expanding educational access and advancing pharmacy practice in the region. Furthering his leadership development, he recently completed a Master’s in Organizational Leadership from Eastern Washington University, strengthening his expertise in organizational dynamics, change management, and strategic leadership.
Dr. Wadsworth sees leadership as an act of influence that transforms isolation into connection and self-interest into shared purpose and possibility. He believes authenticity and meaningful relationships are not merely guiding principles but the foundation of progress and innovation. Guided by this vision, he holds that the future of pharmacy and pharmacy research should not be passively observed, but actively shaped—together. Accordingly, Dr. Wadsworth is positioning the College as a unifying force within the pharmacy profession and research community, strengthening its connections and positive influence.
Clinical Associate Professors
Brooke Buffat, PharmD, BCPS
Director of Interprofessional Education
Clinical Associate Professor
Ambulatory Care, Chronic Disease Management
Glenda Carr, PharmD
Clinical Associate Professor
Family Practice, Diabetes, Anticoagulation, Hypertension, Hepatitis C
Office: M 727
Dr. Carr joined the ISU College of Pharmacy faculty in the fall of 2002. She graduated from the University of Montana with a bachelor's degree in pharmacy in December 1999 and completed her Pharm.D. in May 2000. After graduation, she completed a general practice residency at the VA Connecticut Healthcare Systems. She continued her post graduate training at the William S. Middleton Veterans Memorial Hospital in Madison, Wis. Since joining the College of Pharmacy she has been practicing within a federally qualified community health center. Her current practice site is at Full Circle Health Center where she sees patients to make necessary adjustments to their medication regimens and is an active team member providing consultative services to medical residents, advanced care providers and physicians. Her current practice interests are hepatitis c, transgender medicine, contraception, diabetes and interprofessional education. Dr. Carr coordinates the Problem Based Learning series for the second year students. In 2017 she was awarded the APhA-ASP Advisor of the Year and in 2018 the ISU Distinguished Service Award.
Jordan Ferro, PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Associate Professor
Office: Family Medicine B29
Jordan Ferro, PharmD, BCPS, is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Departments of Family Medicine and Pharmacy Practice. He earned his Doctor of Pharmacy from the Idaho State University College of Pharmacy in 2016. After completing his degree, he pursued a two-year Pharmacotherapy Residency with the Idaho State University Department of Family Medicine and College of Pharmacy. Dr. Ferro joined the ISU faculty in 2018. He maintains his Board Certification in Pharmacotherapy and has clinical experience in both inpatient and outpatient settings. He currently practices Adult Inpatient Medicine at Portneuf Medical Center, affiliated with the ISU Department of Family Medicine. Previously, he spent five years providing Ambulatory Care pharmacy services and education with the ISU Department of Family Medicine at Health West ISU. In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Ferro serves as the Residency Program Director for the Combined PGY1/PGY2 Pharmacotherapy Residency Program, working closely with both the Family Medicine and Pharmacy Practice departments. His professional interests include interdisciplinary education and training, infectious diseases, endocrinology, cardiovascular disease, and quality improvement.
Kasidy McKay, PharmD, BCPS
Chair of Pharmacy Practice and Administrative Sciences
Clinical Associate Professor
Adult Internal Medicine
Office: BTC 115D
Dr. McKay is a Clinical Associate Professor based in Pocatello and currently serves as the Department Chair of Pharmacy Practice & Administrative Sciences. She earned her PharmD from Midwestern University in 2013, and subsequently completed a PGY1/PGY2 Pharmacotherapy Residency at Idaho State University (2013-2015). From 2018 to 2023, she served as the Residency Program Director for the PGY1/PGY2 Pharmacotherapy Residency, under whose leadership the program attained a full 8-year accreditation. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. McKay played a crucial role as the Coordinator of the COVID-19 Health Committee at Idaho State, shaping the University's response strategy. Clinically, she operates within the inpatient general medicine domain at Portneuf Medical Center, with particular interest in cardiology and infectious disease. A notable area of her scholarly interest lies in exploring the cognitive bias in clinical decision making, a subject on which she has provided significant educational contributions, including national and regional CE presentations and an Honors Program Seminar course.
Nathan Spann, PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Associate Professor
Office: M 753
Nate Spann is a Clinical Associate Professor in the College of Pharmacy in Meridian. He joined the department in September of 2019, a short time after completing a dual community / academic PGY1 residency. He is a Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist.
Nate was born and raised in Idaho and took a circuitous path to pharmacy, first studying humanities and social sciences at Boise State University. Before becoming a pharmacist, he experienced the joys of being a busser/host, cashier, thrift store furniture pricer, fire & security dispatcher, telemarketer, tutor, in-home health provider and social worker, to name a few. While many of these callings were fulfilling, none have topped being a pharmacist.
He practices in am care and his favorite topics to teach (and manage in clinic) include COPD, smoking cessation, diabetes, hypertension and hyperlipidemia. Nate has years of experience in non-dispensing clinical settings and has worked extensively to develop and implement prescribing services in a community/retail setting. His scholarly interests include traditional community pharmacy topics, population health (vaccination efforts) and pharmacy education.
Clinical Assistant Professors
Erin Berry, PharmD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Office: EIRMC, 3100 Channing Way, Idaho Falls, ID 83404
Dr. Berry is a board certified pharmacotherapy specialist who maintains an active clinical practice site in adult internal medicine. Her clinical areas of interest include Alcohol Associated Liver Disease, inpatient blood glucose management, infectious disease, and quality improvement initiatives that improve patient care. Working alongside hospitalist teams, Dr. Berry sees and manages the pharmacotherapy for an average of 20 patients per day. Additionally, she is involved in medical resident education for the internal medicine, family medicine, and psychiatry residency programs at her practice site. She is also heavily involved in pharmacy residency education and training, functioning as both the internal medicine preceptor and residency program coordinator at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. Dr. Berry precepts several APPE students per year and is passionate about teaching pharmacy students how to integrate and apply the principles taught in didactic education. Her academic interests include curriculum development and optimization, generational learning styles, and preceptor development.
Jordin Millward, PharmD, BCPS, CDCES
Clinical Assistant Professor
Jordin Millward is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Administrative Sciences at Idaho State University College of Pharmacy. She also serves as the Primary Care Section Lead for the Director of the Center for Advancing Pharmacy Practice and Research Excellence. She is board-certified in pharmacotherapy and is also a Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist. Currently, she is pursuing a Master of Public Health degree to further explore the role of the pharmacist within public health initiatives.
Dr. Millward graduated from Idaho State University College of Pharmacy in 2019 and completed a PGY1/PGY2 combined Pharmacotherapy Residency at Idaho State University in 2021, gaining diverse experience in inpatient, outpatient, managed care, and community-based settings. She also has extensive experience in the retail pharmacy sector. She currently works in several primary care clinics with the Patient Quality Alliance in Pocatello, where she takes students on rotation. Her clinical practice focuses on chronic disease management, particularly diabetes care and education.
Her research interests include pharmacist-led chronic disease management, practice advancement, population health, and technology-based healthcare solutions. Dr. Millward coordinates the Endocrine Module in the PharmD program, facilitates case studies, and mentors students in advanced pharmacy practice experiences.
Brandy Seignemartin, PharmD
Executive Director of the Alaska Pharmacists Association
Clinical Assistant Professor
Office: PSB 105B
Brandy Seignemartin, PharmD, Executive Director of the Alaska Pharmacists Association and Clinical Assistant Professor at the UAA ISU Doctor of Pharmacy Program, has a longstanding commitment to advancing the pharmacy profession. A graduate of the Washington State University College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dr. Seignemartin's passion for advocacy took root during her time as a student pharmacist, where she successfully led the passage of legislation in the Washington State legislature allowing interprofessional precepting between nursing, pharmacy, and medicine.
Since then, Dr. Seignemartin has continued to be a trailblazer in the field, playing a pivotal role in passing HB 226, addressing PBM regulations, and HB 145, which grants provider status to pharmacists in Alaska. She has also led regulatory reforms to expand pharmacist DEA registrations and support collaborative practice agreements.
In her academic role, Dr. Seignemartin is dedicated to mentoring the next generation of pharmacists, receiving the Most Influential Faculty Award in 2024 for her impactful teaching and mentorship. Her innovative approach to pharmacy education and dedication to student success is consistently recognized in her evaluations.
Dr. Seignemartin is also a leader in public health initiatives, working to enhance vaccination capacity and address healthcare disparities in underserved communities. Collaborating with the University of Alaska Anchorage and Idaho State University, she spearheads efforts to expand immunization access through mobile vaccine clinics and partnerships with brick-and-mortar pharmacies in rural areas.
Through her leadership, advocacy, and educational contributions, Dr. Seignemartin continues to shape the future of pharmacy and healthcare, championing the critical role pharmacists play in patient care.
Sister Michaela Serpa, FSE, PharmD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Karina Stark, PharmD, MEd
Clinical Assistant Professor
Office: PSB 111C
Dr. Stark is a Clinical Assistant Professor at Idaho State University L.S. Skaggs College of Pharmacy, teaching on the UAA campus. Her clinical practice site is with Providence Family Medicine Group in Anchorage, Alaska, where she is expanding primary care pharmacy services and establishing a teaching site for Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE) students. Her clinical expertise and dedication to patient care continues to be impactful to students, colleagues, and her patients.
Before moving to Alaska, Dr. Stark earned her Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry from the University of Minnesota - Duluth, followed by her Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) and Master of Education (MEd) degrees from Concordia University Wisconsin. She completed an impressive 24-month Postgraduate Year 1 (PGY1) residency with a focus on academic leadership at the Concordia University Wisconsin School of Pharmacy. Through this program, she effectively established a behavioral health clinical pharmacy service at a Federally Qualified Health Center and created a patient care lab for students to work with interpreters in a simulated learning environment.
Throughout pharmacy school and residency, Dr. Stark has maintained regular involvement and leadership roles in several pharmacy organizations, including AACP, ACCP, ASHP, and Kappa Psi. Her research interests include expanding and enhancing pharmacist impact in primary care clinics, advocating for mental health resources, and innovations in teaching and learning. Dr. Stark coordinates the Endocrine Module in the PharmD program, facilitates case studies, and mentors students in advanced pharmacy practice experiences.
Lecturer
Coleman Cutchins, PharmD
Lecturer
Office: Alaska
Dr. Coleman Cutchins is a clinical lecturer for Idaho State university College of Pharmacy on the Alaska campus and a board certified pharmacotherapy specialist: His areas of practice have included: Population health, academia, inpatient acute care, infectious disease/antimicrobial stewardship, clinical ambulatory care, substance abuse, healthcare utilization, chronic disease management, and quality improvement. During the COVID-19 pandemic he developed and implemented many projects and programs, clinical guidance, patient triage, traveler protection, outbreak response, healthcare policy, in order to support healthcare infrastructure, schools, industry, critical infrastructure, communities, government, and congregate settings. In his free time enjoys life in Alaska with his Wife Della and two kids.
Christopher Nicolet, PharmD
Lecturer
Office: M 750
I am a lecturer in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Administrative Sciences at the L.S. Skaggs College of Pharmacy in Meridian.
I earned my BS in Chemistry in 2017 and taught introductory chemistry laboratory courses at the University of Alaska Anchorage before pursuing a career in pharmacy. By 2019, I was accepted into the UAA/ISU Doctor of Pharmacy program and enrolled into the dual PharmD/PhD program in pharmaceutical sciences under the supervision of Dr. Danny Xu. After graduating the PharmD program in 2023, I moved to Meridian to continue my PhD research, focusing on identifying lead compounds that could be used to prevent drug-induced hearing loss. Through this work, I have gained experience in AI-driven protein modeling, machine learning, molecular dynamic simulation, drug repurposing, and biomedical informatics.
In addition to my research, I help coordinate the Intro to Pharmacotherapy and Problem Based Learning courses and deliver various lectures to student pharmacists throughout the didactic portion of the PharmD curriculum. My professional interests include drug discovery, pharmaceutical industry, academia, and interdisciplinary education in pharmacy practice and pharmaceutical sciences.
