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Michelle Jacobs Email: m.jacobs@northeastern.edu

Education and Credentials: 2005 to present: Certified Diabetes Educator

2002 to present: Certified Pharmacist Immunizer

1991-1995:

University of California Doctor of Pharmacy

School of Pharmacy June 1995

San Francisco, California

1989-1991

University of California Animal Physiology

San Diego, California Organic Chemistry

1987-1989

San Diego Mesa College General Studies, with a focus

San Diego, California in Western Civilization and Art History

Pharmacy Practice Experience:

November 2003 to present

Assistant Clinical Professor

Northeastern University

Bouve College of Health Sciences, School of Pharmacy

Boston, Massachusetts

Responsibilities include educating and advising students in both didactic and experiential teaching

forums. Also engaging in ongoing college service, scholorship, and professional activities.

Didactic lectures have included: Diabetes Mellitus, Pain Management, Pathophysiology of Pain,

Geriatrics Pharmacotherapy, The Pathophysiology of Aging, Alzheimer’s disease, and the

Pathophysiology of Alzheimer’s Disease

Experiential teaching practice site:

Primary responsibility: maintaining a clinic practice which serves as a forum for experiential learning.

Clinical pharmacy services are provided in a collaborative practice model within adult chronic disease

management, in particular, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, COPD/asthma and pain

management. In addition, pharmacy services handle warfarin anticoagulation management and help solve

any problem that may arise where therapeutics are involved.

Students are professionally integrated in a way that enhances the quality of patient care, adding value to

the patient’s experience, and assisting in provider education and work load.

2013-present: DotHouse Health, Dorchester, MA

Clinical Pharmacist

Diabetes Educator

Program coordinator, Diabetes Self Management Education Program

Responsibilities include leading the diabetes team for on-going evaluation of the DSME program.

This includes assessment of topic scheduling, curriculum, teaching effectiveness, and directing the

collection of data for quality assurance and on-going reporting to the American Diabetes Association.

2003-2013: Whittier Street Health Center, Roxbury, MA.

School of pharmacy Admissions Committee

Coordinator, Comprehensive Disease Management, Module 2 (lecture and seminar courses)

Spring 2004-2007

Course Coordinator and Lecturer

Pharmacotherapeutics for Adults and Older Adults – Spring Semester

Northeastern University

School of Nursing

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January 2000 to 2004

Course Coordinator and Lecturer

Advanced Pharmacology – Spring semester

University of Massachusetts, Lowell

Department of Nursing

October 2001 to

November 2003 Clinical Pharmacists Practitioner and Study Coordinator for:

PATHS: Pharmacist Assisted Treatment of Hyperlipidemia, and

PAMPERED: Pharmacist Assisted Medication Program Enhancing the Regulation of Diabetes

Lahey Clinic. Burlington, Massachusetts

Coordinator and primary clinical practitioner for two clinical research studies of pharmacist-run lipid and

diabetes management clinics evaluating a pharmacist-physician co-management practice for the

therapeutic monitoring and management of patients with diabetes, dyslipidemia and hypertension.

1996- October 2001 Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy

Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences (MCPHS)

Boston, Massachusetts

Responsibilities include educating and advising students in both didactic and

experiential teaching forums. Also engaging in ongoing college service, scholarship, and professional

activities.

Annual lectures at MCPHS include: Principles of Geriatrics, Alzheimer’s Disease, Parkinson’s Disease

Annual lecture at Boston University School of Medicine: Workshop on Geriatric Pharmacology

Practice site: Boston University Geriatric Services (BUGS) located at Boston Medical Center providing

clinical pharmacy consultation and drug information services for homebound geriatric patients.

1995-1996 Pharmacy Practice Resident

University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)

Responsibilities include clinical clerkships, precepting Pharm.D. students on their clerkship rotations,

Clinical Pharmacy conference leader, participation on Code Blue team, central pharmacy staffing, quality

assurance and residency projects, drug monograph and a two hour formal didactic lecture to Pharm.D.

students in their Clinical Therapeutics course.

1991-1993 Intern Pharmacist

The Medical Center at the University of California, San Francisco

Ambulatory Care Center

San Francisco, California

Research and Publications:

2017 Jacobs M, Sajjad A, Zheng K, Crosson J.

Integration of Home Blood Pressure Monitoring in Hypertension Management.

Arch Clin Hypertens 2017:3(1): 021-026.

2012 Jacobs M, Sherry P, Taylor L, Amato M, Tataronis G, Cushing G.

Pharmacist Assisted Medication Program Enhancing the Regulation of Diabetes (PAMPERED) Study J Am Pharm Assoc. 2012;52:613–621.

2011 Kirwin, DiVall, Douglass, Gonyeau, Jacobs, McQueeny, Skirvin, Van Amburgh, Watanabe, Zgarrick

Curricular revision incorporating pathophysiology, pharmaceutical care skills, self-care, and

pharmacotherapeutics to enhance content delivery.

Abstract published in American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 75 Issue 5, Article 105.

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2008 Jacobs M., Drews M.

A Four Year Evaluation of an On-going Diabetes Group Medical Visit in an Urban Community Health

Center.

Abstract published in Diabetes, 2008:57 supplement(1), A565, 2044-PO.

Associate with:

The American Diabetes Association 68th Scientific Sessions

San Francisco, CA. June 2008

2005 Drug Topics, “R.Ph. Involvement Improves A1c Levels in Type 2 Diabetes” Wayne Kuznar

Link to online article:

http://www.drugtopics.com/drugtopics/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=169536

Printed magazine version of article carries a picture of me within the article.

This article highlights research I presented at the American Diabetes Association’s 65th Annual Meeting

and Scientific Sessions. I am interviewed within the article.

Diabetes Forecast, “Clinical Pharmacists Can Get You to Goal” Terri Kordella, pg 46.

This article highlights the benefits of a clinical pharmacist as an additional provider to help obtain

diabetes control. I am interviewed within the article as well as research I am involved with.

2001-2003 Study Coordinator:

PATHS: Pharmacist Assisted Treatment of Hyperlipidemia, and

PAMPERED: Pharmacist Assisted Medication Program Enhancing the Regulation of Diabetes Study

Lahey Clinic. Burlington, Massachusetts

July 1997 Study Consultant

Interneuron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Waltham, Massachusetts

Reviewed study cases and prepared patient narratives for a placebo-controlled multi-center trial

evaluating an investigational agent used in post-stroke patients.

1995-1996 Study Coordinator

The Impact of Pharm.D. Candidates on Pharmaceutical Care and

Patient Outcomes

Residency Project, University of California, San Francisco

Preceptors: Mary Anne Koda-Kimble, Pharm.D. and Robin Corelli, Pharm.D.

A repeated measure study documenting pharmaceutical interventions during two, six-week inpatient

rotations of 27 Pharm.D. students. Results indicate that the number and sophistication of interventions

increase over time. Results were presented and discussed at the

1996 Western States Conference and the

American College of Clinical Pharmacy Spring Research Forum in Panama City, Florida 1997.

Published:

Dennehy CE, Kroon LA, Byrne M, Koda-Kimble MA. Increase in Number and Diversity of Clinical

Interventions by PharmD Students Over a Clerkship Rotation.

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education,1998;62:373-79.

Summer 1994 Research Consultant

Diagnostek Inc.

Diagnostek Inc. provides pharmaceutical services for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation clinics in Los

Angeles, CA. I co-authored the study protocol, which describes the assessment of the average monthly

drug cost for persons with AIDS. Study results were applied in a capitation agreement with Medicaid of

California.

1989-1991 Director of Undergraduate Students/Laboratory Assistant

Center for Molecular Genetics

University of California, San Diego

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Internet Publication:

Published comments in the WebMD article 2001:

Elderly Patients: Be Careful What You Prescribe Them. Docs Need More Geriatric Education

Comments were an excerpt from an interview about prescribing issues in the elderly and my review of an

article that appeared in the October 9th issue of Archives of Internal Medicine about drug use in the

elderly.

Reviewer: 2013 Clinical Audit

Reviewed manuscript for publication

Topic: Diabetes management in an international teaching hospital

Dove Medical Press

2012 Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning

Reviewed manuscript for publication.

Topic: utilizing pharmacy students within diabetes management

Jones & Bartlett Learning

Reviewed a proposal for a case-based pharmacotherapy text to be used within a school of pharmacy

curriculum.

2011 Archives of Internal Medicine

Reviewed manuscript for publication

Topic: association of statin use and peripheral neuropathy

Textbook forward:

Nurse’s Handbook of Behavioral and Mental Health Drugs.

Blanchard & Loeb Publishers.

Co-authored the Forward of the 2003 edition.

Poster Presentations:

2017: Miller D, Jacobs M, Reid D, Matta T, Conley M, Rose T.

Pre- and Post-Assessments to Evaluate Student Competency in Ambulatory Care Advanced

Pharmacy Practice Experiences.

Accepted for presentation at the 2017 American Colles annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ. October 2017.

McManus A, Reid D, Jacobs M, Conley M, Matta T, Bouwmeester C, Barr J, Rose T.

Impact of Adding a GLP-1 Receptor Agonist to a Diabetes Medication Regimen in an Ambulatory

Care Setting

Accepted for presentation at the 2017 ACCP annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ. October 2017.

Jacobs M, Pham DQ, Santel L, Crosson J.

Integration of a home blood pressure monitoring program in hypertension management at a

community health center

Accepted for presentation at the National Association of Community Health Centers’ (NACHC) annual

conference, the 2017 Community Health Institute (CHI) & EXPO, San Diego, CA. August 2017.

2016:

Tayla N. Rose, PharmD, BCACP, CDE, Michael P. Conley, PharmD, BCACP, Heather A. Clark, Ph.D.,

Russel Roberts, PharmD, BCCCP, Michelle Jacobs, PharmD, CDE, Karen N. Stanley, MBA, David P.

Zgarrick, Ph.D., FAPhA

Building a Direct-Entry Pathway Into a Doctor of Pharmacy Program

Presented at: 2016 American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California

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Michelle Jacobs, PharmD, CDE, Carly Lee, Michelle Min

A Northeastern University School of Pharmacy capstone project: Diabetes program for at risk

patients to prevent or delay the onset of type 2 diabetes at a community health center.

Presented at: RISE:2016 Research, Innovation, and Scholarship Expo

Northeastern University

Michelle Jacobs, PharmD, CDE, Aisha Sajjad, Kaitlyn Zheng,

Integration of Home Blood Pressure Monitoring in Hypertension Management

Presented at:

Massachusetts Society of Health-System Pharmacist Annual Meeting, 2016

Newton, Massachusetts

and

RISE:2016 Research, Innovation, and Scholarship Expo Northeastern University

Michelle Jacobs, PharmD, CDE, Elaina Rosario

Anticoagulation Management at DotHouse Health

Presented at: RISE:2016 Research, Innovation, and Scholarship Expo Northeastern University

2015 Karen Chen, Pharmacy Student, Xiao Ling Mei, Pharmacy Student, Eun Park, Pharmacy Student,

Michelle Jacobs, Pharm D, CDE

Pharmacist-Managed Blood Pressure Monitor Lending Program

Presented at: New England Institute of Ambulatory Care Pharmacists (NEIAP) 3rd Annual Spring Forum

- April, 2015

2014 Anthony Abbruscato, Pharmacy Student, Alexandra Jeffords, Pharmacy Student, Leslie Kolbig,

Pharmacy Student, Michelle Jacobs, PharmD, CDE

Collaborative patient-care approach to improving diabetes management in a Community Health

Center

Presented at: RISE:2014 Research, Innovation, and Scholarship Expo

Northeastern University

Kathleen Bungay, Carla Bouwmeester, Michael Conley, Danielle Gingras, Michelle Jacobs, Thomas

Matta, Debra Reid, Jenny Van Amburgh on behalf of Northeastern University, School of Pharmacy.

Northeastern School of Pharmacy American College of Clinical Pharmacy

A Portfolio of Innovative Community Activities from Northeastern University School of Pharmacy

(NUSOP)

Presented at: 2014 ACCP annual meeting, Austin, Tx

Karen Chen, Pharmacy Student, Xiao Ling Mei, Pharmacy Student, Eun Park, Pharmacy Student,

Michelle Jacobs, Pharm D, CDE

Pharmacist-Managed Blood Pressure Monitor Lending Program

Presented at: New England Pharmacist Convention, Ledyard, CT

2013 Laura Somers, pharmacy student, Andrea Susi, pharmacy student, Linda Wang, pharmacy student,

Michelle Jacobs, PharmD, CDE Examination of patient variables on warfarin dosing and monitoring

Presented at: 6th Annual Bouve Interprofessional Research Symposium – Northeastern University –

March 2013

Gina Lento, pharmacy student, Samantha Mok, pharmacy student, Michelle Jacobs, PharmD, CDE

Implementation of an Opioid Safety Review Council at an Urban Community Health Center

Presented at:

New England Pharmacist Convention, Ledyard, CT - August, 2013

and at

2013 ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting, Orlando, Fl – December 2013

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Chistopher Campbell, pharmacy student, Michelle Jacobs, PharmD, CDE, Mark Drews, MD, Christopher

Lehmann, Lic Ac, MAOM

Integration of pharmacy students into an acupuncture clinic

Presented at: New England Pharmacist Convention, Ledyard, CT - August, 2013

Ashley Besignano, pharmacy student; Jessica Dansereau, pharmacy student; Michelle Jacobs, PharmD,

CDE

Evaluating the correlation of established risk factors and pancreatitis in patients taking glucagon-

like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists and dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitors

Presented at: 2013 ASHP Midyear clinical meeting, Orlando, Fl – December 2013

2012 Jacobs, PharmD, CDE, David Gagnon, pharmacy student

Response of 25-hydroxyvitamin D serum concentrations to varying vitamin D replacement

regimens in an urban Boston population

Presented at the American Society of Health-System Pharmacist Midyear Meeting, Las Vegas, NV

December, 2012

Bungay, Bouwmeester, Chim, Conley, Furtek, Jacobs, McQueeney, Pham, Reid, Sherman, Van Amburgh

Northeastern University School of Pharmacy Society for Ambulatory Care

Presented at the 8th Annual New England Pharmacist Convention

MGM Grand at Foxwoods, Ledyard, Connecticut

September, 2012

2011 Kirwin, DiVall, Douglass, Gonyeau, Jacobs, McQueeny, Skirvin, Van Amburgh, Watanabe, Zgarrick

Curricular revision incorporating pathophysiology, pharmaceutical care skills, self-care, and

pharmacotherapeutics to enhance content delivery.

2011 American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) Annual Meeting, Austin, TX

Milan Sharma, PharmD student; Patrick Healy, RD, CDE, MPH; Mark Drews, MD; Michelle Jacobs,

PharmD, CDE

The effects of adding liraglutide to an urban type 2 diabetic population

2011 American Colleges of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) Annual Meeting, Pittsburg, PA

Michelle Jacobs, PharmD, CDE; Andrew Schoch, PharmD student; Alison Shelly, PharmD student; Mark

Drews, MD

Weight neutral effects of insulin glargine in an African American and Hispanic population

2011 Massachusetts Society of Health System Pharmacist (MSHP) Annual Meeting, Newton, MA

Also shown at:

Research and Scholarship Expo 2011, Northeastern University

2010 Patient Safety and Clinical Pharmacy Services Collaborative (PSPC) Poster Session at

the APHA Annual Meeting

Clinical Pharmacy Services Integrated in Anticoagulation, Diabetes and Hyperlipidemia

Management

Washington, D.C., March 2010

The poster received an award for having “The Greatest Impact on Direct Patient Care”

2009 Patient Safety and Clinical Pharmacy Services Collaborative (PSPC)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Learning Session 3

Clinical Pharmacy Services Integrated in Anticoagulation, Diabetes and Hyperlipidemia Management

Washington, D.C., May 2009

Patient Safety and Clinical Pharmacy Services Collaborative (PSPC)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

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Learning Session 4

Clinical Pharmacy Services Integrated in Anticoagulation, Diabetes and Hyperlipidemia Management

Dallas, TX, September 2009

2008 Patient Safety and Clinical Pharmacy Services Collaborative (PSPC)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Learning Session 1

Washington, D.C., September 2008 – I was the prime creator of story board with staff at Whittier Street

Health Center

Poster Storyboard

Learning Session 2

Washington D.C., December 2008

I was the sole creator of the storyboard

2005 Poster presentation:

American Diabetes Association 65th Annual Scientific Session in San Diego, June 2005

Pharmacist Assisted Medication Program Enhancing the Regulation of Diabetes

(PAMPERED) Study

2004 Poster Presentation:

Whittier Street Health Center: Diabetes Management

Health Disparities Collaborative National Congress, Nashville TN. September 2004.

2001 2001 American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Annual Meeting and Seminars

Toronto, Canada

Establishment of an Ambulatory Care Practice Group (ACPG): A Model to Support and Foster

Innovative Pharmacy Practice Faculty and Site Development

Michelle L. Byrne, Jennifer Goldman-Levine, William P. Brennan Jr., Mary Amato, Linda Eugenio

Clark, Lisanne DiTusa, Kenneth Eugenio, Mimi Mukherjee, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and

Health Sciences

Interactive Conference for Students Completing Ambulatory Care Rotations

Lisanne DiTusa, Linda Eugenio Clark, Kenneth Eugenio, Mimi Mukherjee, Mary Amato, William P.

Brennan Jr., Michelle L. Byrne, Jennifer Goldman-Levine, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and

Health Sciences

Presentations and Lectures:

2009 Clinical Faculty Relationships within Community Health Centers Work

Northeastern University Urban Research Exchange

September 2009

Participated in the first University wide research exchange designed to bring together the breadth and

diversity of research topics on the urban experience and provide the opportunity for learning and

interacting with colleagues across the university.

2008 Dialogue on Population of Focus – Creating a Clinical Pharmacist Run Anticoagulation Clinic Michelle Jacobs, PharmD, CDE, and Paul Gregerson, MD

Patient Safety and Clinical Pharmacy Services Collaborative (PSPC)

Platform presentation

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Learning Session 2

Washington DC, December 2008

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2006 Deliver System Design: Group Visits

Platform presentation for the Massachusetts Health Disparities Collaborative

Audience was New England community health centers that had recently joined the National Health

Disparities Collaborative through the Department of Health and Human Services.

The presentation was given by myself and Mark Drews, MD, describing the success we have had

implementing diabetes medical group visits.

2005 Therapeutic Jeopardy

Grand Rounds presented to the Geriatrics Section at Boston Medical Center

2004 Alzheimer’s Disease: A Matter of Remembering

A continuing education lecture presented as part of the Professional Development Days

Northeastern University, December 18th, 2004

Using Center Based Research and Evidence Based Practice to Address Disparities in Diabetes Among

African American and Latino Patients in Roxbury

Platform presentation within a panel of speakers. The session was titled, “Community-Based Research of

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health: Guiding Policy and Practice”.

Panel moderator: Elmer Freeman

Presented at the:

American Public Health Association, Annual Meeting. Washington DC. November 2004.

Creating Foolproof Systems: Patient and Practice Factors for Embedding Guidelines and Facilitating

Spread

Presented by myself and Dr Mark Drews, MD during a breakout session attended by approximately 100

people at the:

Health Disparities Collaborative National Congress, Nashville TN. September 2004.

2002 Herbal Medicine and Diabetes

Diabetes Support Group: September 2002

Dietician monthly standing meeting: October 2002

Lahey Clinic, Burlington, MA

2001 Creative Teaching Techniques

Participated in the Faculty Development Seminar series at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and

Health Sciences with six other faculty members that presented / demonstrated teaching techniques

incorporated in small and large class settings learned from a Creative Teaching Seminar presented at the

College the previous year.

The presentation was also presented as a poster presentation at the Lilly Conference on College and

University Teaching, fall 2001.

2000 Renal Function and Polypharmacy

American Society of Consultant Pharmacist, 31 st Annual Meeting and Exhibition

Senior Care Pharmacy 2000

Platform presentation with case study format featuring the use of an audience response system

Hynes Convention Center, Boston Massachusetts, November 2, 2000

Polypharmacy Workshop

Center of Excellence in Geriatric Education, Boston University School of Medicine

A train-the-trainer workshop co-presented with Heidi Auerbach, M.D.

An educational series funded by the Pew Foundation to train practicing physicians specific skills in

geriatric medicine

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Integration of a Clinical Pharmacist in Managing Alzheimer’s Disease

Alzheimer’s Disease Preceptorship at Boston University Medical Center

A joint meeting presented by the Departments of Neurology and Geriatrics at Boston School of Medical

for Novartis trainees

Geriatric Drug Therapy

Boston University School of Social Work

A 3 hour continuing education workshop for social workers

Patient Outreach - Diabetes Mellitus

Patient Outreach - Hypertension

Mattapan Health Center

The above patient-centered presentations were accomplished with a multidisciplinary group where I

talked about drug management for each of the disease states.

1999 How do Drugs Work in the Body?

Massachusetts School Nurse Organization - Fall Meeting

Key note address presentation

Radisson Inn. Marlborough Massachusetts, October 16, 1999

Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Alzheimer’s Disease

Lecture seminar in synchronous long-distance learning to Non-Traditional Pharm.D. Pathway students on

the Boston campus of

Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and a student group in Springfield, MA.

Participated as a facilitator for afternoon small group sessions for this program on eight different

occasions during the 1998 academic year

Course Coordinator and Lecturer

Nurse Practitioner Pharmacotherapy – NUR604

Clinical Therapeutics for Physician Assistant Studies – PAS576

Coordinator of course proposal, courses schedules, and class lecturer of the therapeutic course that is to the

nurse practitioner and physician assistant students of Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health

Sciences.

1998 to 2010 New England Gerontology Academy

Drug Administration Course for Certified Nursing Assistants

Participated in the training program as a consultant lecturer on the following topics: Anti-Arrhythmics,

Angina, Cerebrovascular Accidents, Congestive Heart Failure, Dyslipidemia and Edema.

Providence, Rhode Island

1998 Drug Therapy in the Elderly

Boston University Gerontology Fall Institute

Presented a morning workshop for participants of the Annual Boston University Fall Institute which

focuses a 5-day seminar series designed for clinicians to update themselves on current geriatric issues.

Thirteenth Annual Governor’s Counsel on Aging

Participated as a panel member for an open audience discussion about prescription and non-prescription

drugs.

Boxborough, Massachusetts

Massachusetts Society of Health-System Pharmacists 23rd Annual Meeting

A Clinical Practice: Caring for the Elderly

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Platform presentation discussing the clinical practice site I established at Boston University Geriatric

Services integrating a clinical pharmacist into a home-bound geriatric service with a focus of key features

within geriatric care which provide opportunities for a pharmacist.

Westborough, Massachusetts

1997 Clinical Applications of Steroids

A two hour slide lecture with syllabus to Pharm.D. candidates on the pharmacology, clinical applications,

side effects and appropriate use of corticosteroids

University of California, San Francisco

Presented as a guest lecture in Spring 1997 at UCSF and

California Pacific College of Podiatric Medicine, San Francisco, CA

Professional Offices, Appointments, and Activities:

2009-Fall 2016 Chair, School of Pharmacy Admission Committee

Committee that develops the academic standards and criteria for external students applying

to the P1 year as well as facilitates the sophomore progression interview to the P1 year of

the Doctor of Pharmacy program at Northeastern University, School of Pharmacy.

2008-2010 Consultant – Certified Diabetes Educator

Whittier Street Health Center, Roxbury, MA

Curriculum developer for the health center’s Diabetes Self-Management Education Program

(DSME). Instrumental in attaining national accreditation status by the American Diabetes

Association for the DSME program.

2003-2013 Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee: Member.

Chair of the Committee 2011, 2012, 2013

Whittier Street Health Center

2004 to 2005 Vice Chair of the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee

MedMetrics Health Partners

2000 to 2002 Advisory Board Member: Blanchard & Loeb Publishers

Responsibilities included responding to questions arising during the manuscript developing

and editing process for the publication: Behavioral Mental Health Drug Hand Book.

This book was written by and for nurses and was reviewed by an advisory board of nurses

and pharmacists who have expertise in behavioral mental health and psychiatry specialties

of pharmacology, nursing, or both.

Summer 1995 Chief Resident: Pharmacy Practice Residency, University of

California, San Francisco

Responsibilities included developing the schedule for staffing the Central Unit Dose Area

daily and weekend shifts, Code Blue scheduling, and arranging meal tickets for twelve

residents. Served as a liaison to the director updating him in weekly meetings, participated

in quality assurance meetings, and chaired weekly resident meetings.

1991-1992 President: Pharmacy Class of 1995

University of California, San Francisco

Conducted student and class officer meetings, arranged student meetings to discuss the

pharmacy program, served as a liaison between the faculty/Student affairs Office and the

class, delegated responsibility, arranged a class slide show and participated in class

functions and fundraisers.

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1992-1993 President: Phi Delta Chi Professional Fraternity

Organized and conducted meetings, delegated responsibility and solved problems to ensure

that the goals of the fraternity were met. Fostered brotherhood and promoting the

profession of pharmacy.

Fall 1992 Organizer: Syllabus, Students AIDS Forum

The forum is a one day seminar to educate students in all aspects of the AIDS epidemic.

Attendance: 350. The syllabus consisted of the day’s events, workshop abstracts, a San

Francisco HIV resource directory, glossary of HIV-related terms and an information section

consisting of different projects that you could become involved in; hotlines, how to start

projects and support groups, legal issues, posters, videos, and more.

1992-1995 Representative, UCSF School of Pharmacy

Student Health Advisory Committee

As a Health Advisory Committee representative, responsibilities included taking an active

role in analyzing and passing the yearly budget, serving as an advisory member of the

Programmatic Subcommittee, acting as a student-editor for Let’s Go Student Health (a

practical information booklet for students written by students to help understand all aspects

of health care available at UCSF) and participating in monthly meetings.

Spring 1992 Student Panel Member: Search Committee for the Vice Chancellor and

Dean of Graduate Studies and Student Academic Affairs, UCSF

Interviewed and evaluated prospective candidates.

1993 Panel Member: Chancellor’s Registration Fee Advisory Committee,

University of California, San Francisco

The Committee advises the Chancellor on matter affecting the allocation and expenditure of

registration fee funds.

1993 and 1994 Admissions Committee Interviewer:

School of Pharmacy, University of California, San Francisco

Interviewed prospective students assessing and critically evaluating communication skills to

help in the overall evaluation process.

Fall 1994 Student Preceptor

Seminar in Intra-Professional Communications

University of California, San Francisco

I presented to first-year pharmacy students the daily functions and responsibilities of

students on clinical clerkships.

1993 Alumni Liaison, Phi Delta Chi Professional Fraternity

Updated the alumni on the present status and future goals of the fraternity.

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Awards and Honors:

2003 Practitioner Excellence Award 2003

Awarded by the Massachusetts Society of Health Systems Pharmacists

An award given “For demonstrating excellence in a patient-directed ambulatory pharmacy

practice.”

1995 Honorable Mention for the Bowl of Hygeia Award

An award given annually by students and faculty of the UCSF School of Pharmacy to the

student who best demonstrates the qualities of an ideal pharmacist in scholastic

achievement, action, thought and attitude.

1994-1995 Nominated for the Outstanding Student of the Year Award

Associated Students of the School of Pharmacy

University of California, San Francisco

1992 Official recognition by the Employee Recognition Program at the

Ambulatory Care Center, UCSF

Recognition of enthusiasm, professional ability, and promotion of a positive working

environment.

Community Activities:

2004 to 2007 Conduct monthly educational sessions at Jewish Memorial Hospital, Adult Day Health

Program.

2000 Participated in the Boston Area Health Education Center’s Health Careers Opportunity

Program that included two different sessions of high school students who were

interested in the pharmacy profession. Two MCPHS faculty members and myself

discussed the different opportunities in the pharmacy profession, what pharmacy school

is like, what we do professionally and what we like about pharmacy.

1992-1995 Creator: Homeless Volunteer Project, San Francisco, California

Founded a community project in which volunteers prepare and serve dinner at Glide

Memorial Church for people with need. Money is raised to provide food and clothing for

Glide Memorial’s Crisis Center and to assist with transportation costs for the volunteers.

Phi Delta Chi Professional Fraternity adopted the project to foster pharmacy student

involvement in the San Francisco community.

Winter 1992 Volunteer: Aim High Project

Served as a mentor and tutor to disadvantaged youths at Mark Twain High School in San

Francisco, California.