Research

Research in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy focuses on the precise, personalized relationship between patients and their medications. It also examines broader relationships between patients and the health care and public policy environments that influence factors such as medication cost and access, health disparities, and pharmacy practice models.

The fundamental goal of the department’s research is to ensure the safest, most effective use of affordable, accessible medications for all patients. This goal might be accomplished via a clinical study on the genetic response of a patient group to a drug, or through a practice study that looks at a new way to ensure patients are taking their medications as prescribed and reporting any medical problems or lifestyle challenges with their regimens.