I graduated with my Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Pittsburgh in 2017 with a concentration in Community Leadership and Innovation in Practice. I became interested in research as a student when I realized that, often, what was being taught in pharmacy school did not match what was happening in real practice. I began asking questions and wondered if there was a way to not only improve patient safety but also the lives and well-being of the pharmacists in the community.

I began graduate school in the Health Services Research in Pharmacy program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the summer of 2017 (previously Social and Administrative Sciences). I immediately started working with my advisor, Dr. Michelle Chui in her Systems Approach to Medication Safety (SAMS) Laboratory to study novel and innovative interventions to improve patient outcomes. After  graduating with my PhD, I completed a one-year primary care T32 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in the UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health.

Overview:
I am committed to enacting genuine change within the community through serving others, providing compassionate care, and conducting meaningful research that promotes patient safety. My long term goal is to markedly improve patient safety through systems-based collaborative health services research.

Research Interests:
My research philosophy emphasizes quality patient care and medication safety—with interests spanning from health information technology, pharmacist occupational fatigue, and workforce utilization, to pharmacy student well-being.

Teaching Statement:
Teaching is engaging and interacting with students and fostering the next generation of professionals. When you walk into my classroom [or virtual classroom], you will notice my energy as I buzz around the space. I am excited and enthusiastic to interact with students, not only to impart my knowledge, to learn from them and their experiences in pharmacy, but also to experience that seminal moment when they first grasp the concept or begin to generate questions. The student is always at the center of my teaching philosophy, which encompasses two main themes: 1) promoting student motivation to learn and 2) fostering inclusive practices to make learning accessible to all.

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Dec 2018  – May 2022

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

University of Wisconsin-Madison – Madison, WI
PhD Major: Health Services Research in Pharmacy
PhD Minor: Industrial and Systems Engineering
Certificate in Patient Safety
Dissertation: Validating a Tool to Measure Pharmacist Fatigue: Implications for the Quadruple Aim
Committee Members: Linsey Steege, PhD; James Ford II, PhD; David Mott, PhD, FAPhA, RPh; Edward Portillo, PharmD
Major Advisor: Michelle Chui, PharmD, PhD

Sept 2017  – Dec 2018

Master of Science (MS)

University of Wisconsin-Madison – Madison, WI
Thesis: Developing an Occupational Fatigue Survey for Pharmacists
Committee Members: Linsey Steege, PhD; Kevin Look, PharmD, PhD
Major Advisor: Michelle Chui, PharmD, PhD

Aug 2013  – Apr 2017

Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD)

University of Pittsburgh – Pittsburgh, PA
Concentration: Community Leadership and Innovation in Practice

Aug 2013  – Apr 2017

Bachelor of Science in Pharmaceutical Science (BSPS)

University of Pittsburgh – Pittsburgh, PA