Administration
Walter L. Fitzgerald, Jr., BPharm, MS, JD
Dean, Professor
Office: BTC 120M
Walter L. Fitzgerald, Jr. serves as Dean of the College of Pharmacy, and Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Administrative Sciences, at Idaho State University. He received the Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy in 1979 from Mercer University School of Pharmacy in Atlanta. In 1982 he received the Master of Science in Pharmacy Administration from the University of Tennessee, College of Graduate Health Sciences, in Memphis. And in 1983 he received the Juris Doctor degree from the University of Memphis, School of Law.
Dr. Fitzgerald has nearly four decades of educating student pharmacists and pharmacists, as well as other health professions practitioners and students. The focus of his teaching and research is on healthcare law and ethics, research law and ethics, pharmacy and drug law, and risk management. He has presented many lectures at professional and scientific meetings and has authored numerous articles. He has authored four books, including The Pharmacist’s Guide to the Pharmacy and Drug Law of Tennessee, published by the Tennessee Pharmacists Association, and the HIPAA Compliance Handbook for Community Pharmacy, published by the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA). He also co-authored NCPA’s HIPAA Security Handbook for Community Pharmacy.
His professional career began in 1983 when he was appointed to the faculty of the University of Tennessee, College of Pharmacy. While appointed in the College of Pharmacy, his teaching extended to other health professions colleges. He also was a frequent continuing education program speaker for a variety of healthcare professionals, including pharmacists, physicians, advanced practice nurses, and physician assistants. His career at the University of Tennessee also provided several diverse experiences, such as serving as the project director for the retrospective drug utilization review program for TennCare, Tennessee’s managed care Medicaid program and General Counsel for the American College of Apothecaries. He has also served as a consultant to healthcare organizations, professional associations, and the pharmaceutical industry In 2005, he departed the University of Tennessee to become Founding Dean of the South College School of Pharmacy in Knoxville. As part of this role he supported the Provost/Executive Vice President with institutional preparation and regional accreditation necessary to founding of the School of Pharmacy.
During part of his time at South College he also was an adjunct faculty member teaching law and ethics at East Tennessee State University College of Pharmacy and Lipscomb University College of Pharmacy. After 13 years in this Deanship, in June 2019 Dr. Fitzgerald arrived in Pocatello, Idaho to begin his service to Idaho State University.
Dr. Fitzgerald has received many prestigious awards, including being the first recipient of the Albert B Prescott Pharmacy Leadership Award. He also received the University of Tennessee National Alumni Association Public Service Award, the Tennessee Pharmacist of the Year Award, and membership in the Academy of Distinguished Teaching Professors at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Dr. Fitzgerald was the inaugural recipient of the South College Distinguished Service Award.
Jen Adams, PharmD, EdD
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Associate Professor Scholarship of Teaching & Learning, Pharmacy Law
Office: M757
Jennifer Adams, PharmD, EdD, a graduate of Boise State University, Idaho State University, and The George Washington University is currently employed as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the Idaho State University, providing oversight for the PharmD curriculum, experiential education, interprofessional education, and assessment.
Her previous experience includes working in hospital and community pharmacy settings and the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) with student pharmacists, helping them to develop as professionals and leaders in the pharmacy profession. Dr. Adams's experience at APhA includes developing and managing several national patient care programs, as well as the National Patient Counseling Competition. Dr. Adams also served for nearly 10 years as the Senior Student Affairs Advisor at the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, providing leadership and oversight for association national student affairs activities including PharmCAS, PCAT, the Pharmacy Career Information Council, and student recruitment.
She has received national awards in recognition of her leadership skills and is a member of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, the American Pharmacists Association, Phi Lambda Sigma - the pharmacy leadership society, the Idaho Society of Health System Pharmacists, and the Idaho State Pharmacists Association.
Tom Wadsworth, PharmD, BCPS
Executive Associate Dean, Associate Professor Internal Medicine, Obesity, Diabetes, Community Pharmacy Practice
Office: BTC 120L
Dr. Wadsworth is the Executive Associate Dean for the College of Pharmacy and Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Administrative Sciences. He previously served as Assistant Dean for Alaska programs at Idaho State University. Dr. Wadsworth earned a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from ISU in 2002 and completed an ASHP accredited Primary Care Pharmacy Specialty Residency at the Boise VA Medical Center in 2007.
Prior to residency, Dr. Wadsworth served 4 years as a Clinical Pharmacist at the Chief Andrew Isaac Health Center in Fairbanks, Alaska. He is a registered pharmacist in Idaho and Alaska and has significant experience in primary care, community pharmacy, and home infusion pharmacy. Dr. Wadsworth is Board Certified in Pharmacotherapy and served as an Primary Care Clinical Pharmacist at St. Luke's Internal Medicine in Boise, Idaho for 9 years.
Dr. Wadsworth has a variety of research interests including obesity, diabetes, statin myopathy, QT-prolonging medications, and quality outcomes in medication management. More recently, Dr. Wadsworth has been integral to the development and implementation of the Doctor of Pharmacy program with the University of Alaska Anchorage in Anchorage Alaska and serves as the administrative officer at the Anchorage campus. Dr. Wadsworth is also the principle investigator of the SETMuPP demonstration initiative, which seeks to mobilize community and primary care pharmacists to address the current gap in preventative and health management services available to Alaskans with diabetes and/or cardiovascular disease.
Cathy Oliphant, PharmD
Interim Chair of Pharmacy Practice and Administrative Sciences; Professor Infectious Disease, Opioid Abuse, Internal Medicine
Office: M 726
Dr. Oliphant is Co-Chair of 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.
Tanya Ostrogorsky, EdD
Assistant Dean for Assessment & Accreditation
Marvin Schulte, PhD
Department Chair of BPSCI, Professor Fundamentals of Pharmacology, CNS and ANS Pharmacology, General Biochemistry, Advanced Protein Structure and Function, Membrane Biophysics
Office: BTC 113A
Marvin Schulte is Chair and a Professor in the Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences at Idaho State University College of Pharmacy. He earned his B.S. degree at St. John’s University in Collegeville, MN and his Ph.D. at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN in the Department of Biochemistry. Dr. Schulte has held faculty positions at several universities including Louisiana State University College of Pharmacy, Monroe, LA; The University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and University of the Sciences, Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, Philadelphia, PA. He was department chair for 5 years at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy prior to joining the faculty at the ISU College of Pharmacy.
Schulte has published numerous peer-reviewed publications and has received NIH, NSF and American Heart Association funding for his research focused on the structure and function of ligand gated ion channel receptors. Specific areas of interest include nicotinic receptor modulation, serotonin type 3 receptors in depression, development of new strategies for the treatment of clinical rabies, new drug development for obsessive-compulsive disorders, and other related areas. Dr. Schulte’s laboratory provides training and research experiences to students at all academic levels including high school, undergraduate, graduate and post-doctoral.
Eric Silk
Department Chair of Clinical Psychopharmacology, Clinical Associate Professor
Office: M 729
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.
Department of Pharmacy Practice and Administrative Sciences
Professors
Walter L. Fitzgerald, Jr., BPharm, MS, JD
Dean, Professor
Office: BTC 120M
Walter L. Fitzgerald, Jr. serves as Dean of the College of Pharmacy, and Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Administrative Sciences, at Idaho State University. He received the Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy in 1979 from Mercer University School of Pharmacy in Atlanta. In 1982 he received the Master of Science in Pharmacy Administration from the University of Tennessee, College of Graduate Health Sciences, in Memphis. And in 1983 he received the Juris Doctor degree from the University of Memphis, School of Law.
Dr. Fitzgerald has nearly four decades of educating student pharmacists and pharmacists, as well as other health professions practitioners and students. The focus of his teaching and research is on healthcare law and ethics, research law and ethics, pharmacy and drug law, and risk management. He has presented many lectures at professional and scientific meetings and has authored numerous articles. He has authored four books, including The Pharmacist’s Guide to the Pharmacy and Drug Law of Tennessee, published by the Tennessee Pharmacists Association, and the HIPAA Compliance Handbook for Community Pharmacy, published by the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA). He also co-authored NCPA’s HIPAA Security Handbook for Community Pharmacy.
His professional career began in 1983 when he was appointed to the faculty of the University of Tennessee, College of Pharmacy. While appointed in the College of Pharmacy, his teaching extended to other health professions colleges. He also was a frequent continuing education program speaker for a variety of healthcare professionals, including pharmacists, physicians, advanced practice nurses, and physician assistants. His career at the University of Tennessee also provided several diverse experiences, such as serving as the project director for the retrospective drug utilization review program for TennCare, Tennessee’s managed care Medicaid program and General Counsel for the American College of Apothecaries. He has also served as a consultant to healthcare organizations, professional associations, and the pharmaceutical industry In 2005, he departed the University of Tennessee to become Founding Dean of the South College School of Pharmacy in Knoxville. As part of this role he supported the Provost/Executive Vice President with institutional preparation and regional accreditation necessary to founding of the School of Pharmacy.
During part of his time at South College he also was an adjunct faculty member teaching law and ethics at East Tennessee State University College of Pharmacy and Lipscomb University College of Pharmacy. After 13 years in this Deanship, in June 2019 Dr. Fitzgerald arrived in Pocatello, Idaho to begin his service to Idaho State University.
Dr. Fitzgerald has received many prestigious awards, including being the first recipient of the Albert B Prescott Pharmacy Leadership Award. He also received the University of Tennessee National Alumni Association Public Service Award, the Tennessee Pharmacist of the Year Award, and membership in the Academy of Distinguished Teaching Professors at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Dr. Fitzgerald was the inaugural recipient of the South College Distinguished Service Award.
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.
Barbara Mason, PharmD
Professor
Office: M 733
Dr. Barb Mason earned her Pharm D degree and geriatric certificate from the University of Nebraska and went on to complete a primary care residency at the Kansas City VA Medical Center. Her first teaching position was with South Dakota State University where she developed the pharmacy geriatric curriculum and initiated the first ambulatory care pharmacy services at the Sioux Falls VA. She went on to be the Director of Pharmacy Education at an AHEC affiliated with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and served as the clinical pharmacy faculty member for the family medicine residency program. Dr. Mason relocated to ISU to implement ambulatory care pharmacy services at the Boise VA and the ambulatory pharmacy residency program. She is Director of the Teaching and Learning Curriculum Program for pharmacy residents in the Treasure Valley and has worked with over 60 residents who have earned that credential. She continues to be active in residency education through elective academic rotations. Dr. Mason was bestowed FASHP status based on years of service to the Idaho Society of Health System Pharmacists in a variety of leadership and board positions, with the most recent once being an I-Lead Mentor. She has been awarded the ISHP Pharmacist of the Year, Leadership Award Researcher of the Year, and Excellence in Service designations. Dr. Mason teaches an ambulatory care APPE and is transitioning her emphasis to that of geriatrics, with home health and an interprofessional focus. In her role as Director of Interprofessional Education she was instrumental in designing and implementing the first IPE curriculum in the COP and is a leader in those initiatives for the KDHS. Dr. Mason coordinates the first year clinical problem solving course, teaches case studies and is involved in a variety of module classroom and lab coursework. She has been recognized as Teacher of the Year, Most Influential Professor and National Advisor of the year for Phi Lamba Sigma. Her research interests include scholarship of teaching, medication adherence, transitions of care, community pharmacy and public health roles.
Cathy Oliphant, PharmD
Interim Chair of Pharmacy Practice and Administrative Sciences; Professor Infectious Disease, Opioid Abuse, Internal Medicine
Office: M 726
Dr. Oliphant is Co-Chair of 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 Affairs, Associate Professor Scholarship of Teaching & Learning, Pharmacy Law
Office: M757
Jennifer Adams, PharmD, EdD, a graduate of Boise State University, Idaho State University, and The George Washington University is currently employed as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the Idaho State University, providing oversight for the PharmD curriculum, experiential education, interprofessional education, and assessment.
Her previous experience includes working in hospital and community pharmacy settings and the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) with student pharmacists, helping them to develop as professionals and leaders in the pharmacy profession. Dr. Adams's experience at APhA includes developing and managing several national patient care programs, as well as the National Patient Counseling Competition. Dr. Adams also served for nearly 10 years as the Senior Student Affairs Advisor at the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, providing leadership and oversight for association national student affairs activities including PharmCAS, PCAT, the Pharmacy Career Information Council, and student recruitment.
She has received national awards in recognition of her leadership skills and is a member of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, the American Pharmacists Association, Phi Lambda Sigma - the pharmacy leadership society, the Idaho Society of Health System Pharmacists, and the Idaho State Pharmacists Association.
Kevin Cleveland, PharmD
Associate Professor
Drug Information, Immunizations, MTM, Patient Communication, Nuclear Pharmacy
Office: M 754
Kevin W. Cleveland is an associate professor in the Pharmacy Practice Department at the College of Pharmacy in Pocatello. He is currently the Director of the Idaho Drug Information Service, which provides free health care information to consumers across the United States.
Cleveland earned his Pharm.D. at Idaho State University in 2003 and joined the faculty at ISU in 2004 after completing a clinical pharmacy residency in drug information. Since then, he has earned pharmacy specialty certificates in nuclear medicine, immunizations, and medication therapy management.
Cleveland is ISU’s Chapter Advisor for the American Pharmacist Association – Academy of Student Pharmacists. He coordinates the organization’s health screenings, immunization clinics, and educational sessions. Because of these efforts, the student pharmacy chapter received the Operation Diabetes National Award in 2012.
Cleveland directs the College of Pharmacy’s Annual Spaghetti Feed Raffle and Auction of which the proceeds are used to fund their free health screenings and services as well as sponsoring the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
Cleveland is a member of the United States Pharmacopeia, Rho Chi and Phi Lambda Sigma, and volunteers with the Medical Reserve Corps and the Boy Scouts of America.
John Holmes, PharmD, BCPS
Associate Professor
Health Outcomes, Quality Improvement, Practice-Based Research
Office: FAM MED B29
Dr. Holmes is an Assistant Research 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.
Cara Liday, PharmD, CDE
Associate Professor
Diabetes, Ambulatory Care, Sexual Dysfunction
Dr. Liday is Co-Chair of Pharmacy Practice and Administrative Sciences and Associate Professor in the College of Pharmacy. She earned her Pharm.D. degree at ISU and subsequently completed a pharmacy practice residency and fellowship with the Department of Family Medicine. She has been a member of the ISU faculty since 1998.
Dr. Liday is an Ambulatory Care clinical pharmacist with InterMountain Medical Clinic, Health West ISU Residency program, and Clifford & Clark Family Medicine. She has been providing collaborative drug therapy management services to family medicine clinics since 1998. She earned her Certified Diabetes Educator credential in 2006, and added diabetes education and management, continuous glucose monitoring, and insulin pump therapy at that time.
In addition, Dr. Liday is an ambulatory care and diabetes APPE/ IPPE preceptor for the college of pharmacy. Her instructional, professional, and research interests include primary care pharmacy practice, diabetes and associated disease processes, sexual dysfunction, and medication affordability. She provides education for the pharmacy, PA, nursing, and PT programs at ISU. She is also the faculty advisor for Operation Diabetes which provides glucose and A1c screening for Pocatello and the surrounding communities.
Christopher Owens, PharmD, MPH
Associate Vice President for Health Sciences, Associate Professor Interprofessional Education, Medical Ethics
Office: Gravely Hall 136
Dr. Christopher Owens is currently the Associate Vice President for Health Sciences at Idaho State University. In this capacity he works with the Vice President for Health Sciences to oversee the 30+ health programs housed in the College of Pharmacy, School of Nursing, School of Health Professions, School of Rehabilitation and Communication Sciences, and the Office of Medical and Oral Health. He also maintains his position as an associate professor of pharmacy practice with the College of Pharmacy where he provides clinical and professional instruction.
Dr. Owens served in the U.S. Naval Reserve as a hospital corpsman and was honorably discharged in March of 1999. He earned a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in German with a minor in Philosophy at Utah State University in 1998. During his undergraduate studies he worked as a pharmacy technician at Shopko Pharmacy in Logan and developed an interest in studying Pharmacy. He graduated with a Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) degree from Idaho State University in 2002. He then completed a specialty pharmacy residency at the Southeast Idaho Veterans Affairs (VA) Outpatient Clinic and became a board certified pharmacotherapy specialist. He has practiced as a pharmacist in both the community retail setting and also in the capacity of clinical pharmacist at the Health West Pocatello Clinic from 2003 to 2012. As a clinical pharmacist, he assisted in the management of patients on anticoagulation therapy and provided diabetes education and counseling for patients, as well as drug information and other related clinical services to providers and nursing staff.
He was the clinical coordinator for the Idaho Drug Utilization Review (DUR) program from 2003 to 2007, which conducted quarterly educational interventions with the goal of improving patient care and reducing overall healthcare costs in the State of Idaho. During that time, he and other faculty at the College of Pharmacy collected and analyzed medication use and pharmacy fill data for the Idaho Medicaid Pharmacy Program and provided input to the State’s Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P&T) committee during medication class reviews and preferred drug list (PDL) discussions.
Dr. Owens is the author of ten peer-reviewed publications that have appeared in journals including Annals of Pharmacotherapy, the Journal of the American Pharmacists Association, Clinical Therapeutics, and the American Journal of Medicine. He has also authored over two dozen abstracts at local, state, and national pharmacy meetings and several other articles and commentaries in Idaho Medicaid newsletters.
He earned his Masters in Public Health (MPH) degree in May of 2013 at Idaho State University. His teaching and research interests range from professionalism and medical ethics to evidence-based complementary and integrative medicine and he gives lectures on a variety of clinical topics throughout the pharmacy and physician assistant professional curricula -- including in areas of pain management, endocrine disorders, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease, and appropriate drug therapy for the elderly. He has been named Teacher of the Year for the College of Pharmacy several times and was nominated for ISU Distinguished Teacher in 2016. He is a regular presenter at local and state meetings. Nationally, he is a member and has served as President of the Pharmacy Ethics Special Interest Group as part of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP).
Renee Robinson, PharmD, MPH, MSPharm
Associate Professor
Office: Alaska
Tom Wadsworth, PharmD, BCPS
Executive Associate Dean, Associate Professor Internal Medicine, Obesity, Diabetes, Community Pharmacy Practice
Office: BTC 120L
Dr. Wadsworth is the Executive Associate Dean for the College of Pharmacy and Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Administrative Sciences. He previously served as Assistant Dean for Alaska programs at Idaho State University. Dr. Wadsworth earned a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from ISU in 2002 and completed an ASHP accredited Primary Care Pharmacy Specialty Residency at the Boise VA Medical Center in 2007.
Prior to residency, Dr. Wadsworth served 4 years as a Clinical Pharmacist at the Chief Andrew Isaac Health Center in Fairbanks, Alaska. He is a registered pharmacist in Idaho and Alaska and has significant experience in primary care, community pharmacy, and home infusion pharmacy. Dr. Wadsworth is Board Certified in Pharmacotherapy and served as an Primary Care Clinical Pharmacist at St. Luke's Internal Medicine in Boise, Idaho for 9 years.
Dr. Wadsworth has a variety of research interests including obesity, diabetes, statin myopathy, QT-prolonging medications, and quality outcomes in medication management. More recently, Dr. Wadsworth has been integral to the development and implementation of the Doctor of Pharmacy program with the University of Alaska Anchorage in Anchorage Alaska and serves as the administrative officer at the Anchorage campus. Dr. Wadsworth is also the principle investigator of the SETMuPP demonstration initiative, which seeks to mobilize community and primary care pharmacists to address the current gap in preventative and health management services available to Alaskans with diabetes and/or cardiovascular disease.
Clinical Associate Professors
Brooke Buffat, PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Associate Professor, Director of Interprofessional Education 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. Throughout pharmacy school, she was active in the Academy of Students of Pharmacy on a local, regional and national level. She also held many positions on a local level for Kappa Psi Pharmaceutical Fraternity. After graduation, she completed a general practice residency at the VA Connecticut Healthcare Systems. There, she gained experience in ambulatory care, internal medicine, cardiology, geriatrics, pharmacy administration and spent time at the Connecticut Poison Control Center. During her residency, she completed the Lipid Training Center for Health Care Professionals sponsored by the University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy. She continued her post graduate training at the William S. Middleton Veteran's Memorial Hospital in Madison, Wis. As a primary care pharmacy resident. While there, she gained much experience in chronic disease state management, including hypertension, diabetes, anticoagulation therapy, hyperlipdemia, rheumatology and pain management. Her residency project was titled "NSAID induced GI ulcers: risk factors in a VA population." Carr is currently working at the Terry Reilly Health Services in Nampa, Idaho. There, she began a anticoagulation service and is working on collaborative practice agreements for hypertension, diabetes, hypothyroidism and hyperlipidemia. Carr is a member of ASHP and ACCP.
Roger Hefflinger, PharmD
Clinical Associate Professor
Adult Medicine, Ambulatory Care, Airway Disorders, Infectious Disease, Pain & Chronic Disease Management
Office: M 714B
Upon receiving his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Nebraska in 1986 Dr. Hefflinger completed a Clinical Pharmacy Residency at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. In 1987, he accepted a clinical assistant professor position with Idaho State University. Initially, his service commitment was to Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center with an emphasis area in nutritional support and intensive care medicine. In 1991, Dr. Hefflinger switched his service commitment to Family Practice Medical Center of Idaho, Inc. and has spent the last 9 years assisting with physician training and education in in-patient and ambulatory care environments. His areas of interest include asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease management, pain management, infectious disease, and the appropriate usage of medications for chronic diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, depression, and arthritis.
Assistant Professors
Elaine Nguyen, PharmD, MPH, BCPS, BCACP
Assistant Professor
Health Outcomes Research, Quality Improvement, Ambulatory Care
Office: M 751
Dr. Nguyen joined the College of Pharmacy in 2015. She works to develop an active scholarship program and establish partnerships with local healthcare organizations. Her research interests include chronic diseases (e.g., diabetes, hypertension, and dyslipidemia), pharmacy services, and telehealth. Her long-term goal is to promote optimal healthcare delivery in patients with chronic diseases, especially those living in rural areas.
Dr. Nguyen graduated from the University of Iowa with her Doctor of Pharmacy and Master of Public Health degrees. She then completed a clinical residency with a second year specialization in ambulatory care at the Boise Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC). After residency, she completed a two year fellowship in health economics and outcomes research at the University of Connecticut and Hartford Hospital. This training site was an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Evidence-based Practice Center and provided her with experience in evidence synthesis, comparative effectiveness research, and administrative database analysis.
Dr. Nguyen provides quality improvement support for interprofessional projects at the Boise VAMC. She co-coordinates the Introduction to Pharmacy Practice and Literature Evaluation II course (PHAR 9942) for first year pharmacy students and teaches throughout the curriculum. She offers elective independent study opportunities and fourth year research rotations.
Clinical Assistant Professors
Jordan Bell, PharmD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Office: Alaska - PSB 108A
Erin Berry, PharmD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Office: EIRMC, 3100 Channing Way, Idaho Falls, ID 83404
Anushka Burde, Pharm.D., AAHIVP
Clinical Assistant Professor
Community Pharmacy, Telepharmacy Practice, HIV and Hepatitis C Support
Dr. Anushka Burde is an Assistant Lecturer in the Department Pharmacy Practice and Administrative Sciences at Idaho State University (ISU). She graduated from Idaho State University with a Pharm.D. degree in 2015. Dr. Anushka Burde has also earned a B.S. Biochemistry and B.S. Chemistry in 2011 & 2010 respectively from ISU. She joined as a faculty member at ISU College of Pharmacy in July 2015.
Dr. Burde spends a few hours staffing as a pharmacist at a telepharmacy called "Bengal Pharmacy". Bengal Pharmacy Pocatello location provides pharmacy services to distant rural communities in Idaho (Arco, Challis) through audio and video connections.
She also provides clinical services at Health West ISU which primarily focus on HIV and Hepatitis C management. She has done extensive work in setting up the "Patient Centered Pharmacy Program" (PCPP) at Bengal Pharmacy, which serves Health West ISU patients. The "Patient Centered Pharmacy Program" has been developed to enable patients to receive excellent pharmacy and health care services such as automated refills, medication education, home delivery of medications, weekly/monthly follow up on side effect management. Dr. Burde has been doing benefits investigation and prior authorizations for expensive Hepatitis C and HIV medications. This has enabled numerous patients to be cured of Hepatitis C. Dr. Burde is also in the process of learning and gaining experience in the 340B dynamics of a pharmacy.
Dr. Anushka Burde also teaches a few lectures at ISU College of Pharmacy, including case studies. She is currently the advisor for Operation Heart which provides blood pressure and cholesterol checks to the community. She also precepts Operation immunization, Operation Heart events as needed. Dr. Burde is currently working towards obtaining her teaching certificate which is awarded by ISU College of Pharmacy. She is also the "Preceptor - In - Training" for the ISU Rural Community Residency.
Jordan Ferro, PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Assistant Professor
Office: Family Medicine 115
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Kasidy McKay, PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Assistant Professor
Adult Internal Medicine
Office: FAM MED B29
Megan Penner, PharmD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Office: Alaska - PSB Suite 105A
Dr. Penner is a Clinical Assistant Professor at Idaho State University College of Pharmacy's campus in Anchorage, Alaska. She earned her Pharm.D. degree at the University of Kansas School of Pharmacy and completed a PGY1 pharmacy residency with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Pharmacy on their Northwest campus. Dr. Penner's clinical practice site is at the Mat-Su Regional Medical Center in Palmer, Alaska. Her professional interests include internal medicine, diabetes, pharmacogenomics, and healthcare accessibility.
Assistant Lecturer
Brandy Seignemartin,
AKPhA Executive Director/Assistant Lecturer
Office: PSB 105B
Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Professors
Marvin Schulte, PhD
Department Chair of BPSCI, Professor Fundamentals of Pharmacology, CNS and ANS Pharmacology, General Biochemistry, Advanced Protein Structure and Function, Membrane Biophysics
Office: BTC 113A
Marvin Schulte is Chair and a Professor in the Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences at Idaho State University College of Pharmacy. He earned his B.S. degree at St. John’s University in Collegeville, MN and his Ph.D. at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN in the Department of Biochemistry. Dr. Schulte has held faculty positions at several universities including Louisiana State University College of Pharmacy, Monroe, LA; The University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and University of the Sciences, Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, Philadelphia, PA. He was department chair for 5 years at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy prior to joining the faculty at the ISU College of Pharmacy.
Schulte has published numerous peer-reviewed publications and has received NIH, NSF and American Heart Association funding for his research focused on the structure and function of ligand gated ion channel receptors. Specific areas of interest include nicotinic receptor modulation, serotonin type 3 receptors in depression, development of new strategies for the treatment of clinical rabies, new drug development for obsessive-compulsive disorders, and other related areas. Dr. Schulte’s laboratory provides training and research experiences to students at all academic levels including high school, undergraduate, graduate and post-doctoral.
Associate Professors
Jared Barrott, PhD
Associate Professor
Genetics/Epigenetics, Cancer Pharmacology
Office: Eames Complex
The Barrott Lab focuses on cancer pharmacology by understanding the biology behind cancer initiation and progression. The lab uses genetically engineered mouse models (GEMMs) to test novel therapies that target the cancer’s vulnerabilities. My interests include: Cellular high throughput drug screening, cellular biology, genetics, pharmacogenetics, research design and data analysis. Some infectious disease, especially in the field of virology. Cancer biology and pharmacology.
In my lab, we focus on rare sarcomas that typically arise in pediatric patients. These cancers of the connective tissues are commonly driven by chromosomal translocations, that are powerful epigenetic reprogrammers that can transform normal muscle, cartilage, and bone cells to become cancerous. I use biochemistry and genetics to understand the events that surround cellular transformation in order to better understand where the cancer cell is vulnerable. Using targeted therapies we aim to reduce the primary tumor and eliminate the metastatic burden, while doing the least harm to normal tissues. I have three mouse models of sarcoma in which I can test various anti-cancer therapies to provide a rationale for clinical human testing. The three sarcomas that we study are synovial sarcoma, alveolar soft part sarcoma, and osteosarcoma. In these transgenic mice we can control the spatial and temporal expression of oncogenes that drive the sarcomas.
Dong Xu, PhD
Associate Professor, Director of BPSCI Graduate Programs and Admissions
Drug Discovery, Drug Toxicity, Pharmacology, Biomedical Informatics
Office: M 752
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:
- Drug Discovery (Computer-Accelerated Drug Repurposing and Screening);
- Drug-Induced Toxicity Prediction and Prevention;
- Web-Based and Cloud BioComputing Software Development.
Assistant Professors
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Prabha Awale, PhD
Assistant Professor
Molecular Neuropharmacology, Immunology
Office: Eames Complex
Ali Habashi, PharmD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmacokinetics
Office: Eames Complex
I am interested in exploring the concept of drug-disease interaction, and studying the effect of inflammation, in particular, on the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) at enzyme, peptide, and receptor levels in order to fully understand the underlying mechanisms. In different inflammatory conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, cancer, diabetes, mental disorders, and Alzheimer disease, patient’s quality of life has been be affected by the deleterious impact of inflammation. Due to extensive involvement of the RAS in the systemic and local regulatory function of different organs and the significant impact of inflammation on the activation of the RAS, the association of the RAS in different pathological conditions has been reported. The RAS consists of two counteracting arms: tissue protective and tissue toxic. Manipulation of the RAS through augmentation of its tissue protective arm by delivering of its peptide homologs seems promising. Peptides have gained increased interest as biological therapeutics during recent years. However, the clinical application of these agents is still limited due to drug delivery challenges. As a pharmaceutical formulation scientist, I have set focuses of my lab on exploring innovative targeted drug delivery systems for effective, safe, and noninvasive delivery of these therapeutic agents for aiming at several serious inflammatory conditions that RAS involved in their pathology.
My interests include: Basic Pharmacokinetics and Pharmaceutical calculations, Pharmacotherapy, Current Topics in Pharmaceutics and Drug delivery, Principles of Biopharmaceutical Analysis, Responsible Conduct in Research, Physiochemical Basis of Drug Action, Critical Literature Evaluation
Rob Myers, PhD
Assistant Professor
Compounding, Dosage Forms, Pharmaceutics, Pharmaceutical Development
Dr. Myers has a BS degree in Pharmacy, a MS degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and a PhD in Pharmaceutical Chemistry from the University of Kansas. He is licensed as a Registered Pharmacist in the state of Idaho. With experience in academic teaching, retail pharmacy, pharmacy compounding, regulatory affairs, and pharmaceutical development/manufacturing, Dr. Myers holds a unique view of pharmaceutical products, their development, and regulatory approval. His experience includes developing and evaluating a variety of drug products including: various ophthalmic products, inhalation solutions, sterile injections, suspensions, delayed release capsules, dry powder inhalers, and nasal sprays.
Dr. Myers has more than 25 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry focused mainly on activities dealing with Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls (CMC) issues for IND, NDA, and ANDA submissions. His activities have been mainly focused on: pre-formulation, formulation, scale-up, process development, pharmaceutical product safety data sheets (SDS), health hazard assessments, regulatory submission authoring and project planning. He has interacted with the FDA on various CMC issues at various development stages in face-to-face meetings, telephone conferences, and written communications. Dr. Myers also has more than 12 years of experience working as a compounding pharmacist and is the co-owner of a 503B Outsourcing Facility.
He is an assistant professor in the Biomedical & Pharmaceutical Sciences Department. His teaching responsibilities include dosage form design, compounding, pharmaceutical calculations, pharmacokinetics, and portions of modules and Capstone. Dr. Myers also oversees the extemporaneous compounding lab.
Srinath Pashikanti, PhD
Assistant Professor
Synthetic Medicinal Chemistry, Protein Biochemistry, Bioanalytical Chemistry
Office: Eames Complex
Dr. Pashikanti has an MS degree in Chemistry & Biochemistry from South Dakota State University, an MS and Ph.D. in Medicinal Chemistry from The University of Kansas. Pashikanti Lab utilizes organic chemistry towards synthesis of cell permeable medicinally active analogs. Our current efforts are aimed to develop, synthesize and screen small molecules in targeting ceramide metabolizing enzymes. Ceramide is a bioactive sphingolipid that exhibits anticancer properties in cancer cells. Strategies aimed at increasing the cellular ceramide induce apoptosis in cancer cells. To complement our synthetic efforts, we utilize tools for protein biochemistry to perform in vitro experiments and cell-based assays in determining the biological activity of these analogs in a structure-activity relationship model.
He is an assistant professor in the Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences Department. He is actively involved in mentoring graduate and professional pharmacy students. His didactics include Principles of Drug Design and Drug Action, Physicochemical Basis of Drug Action, Principles of Biopharmaceutical Analysis, Advanced Organic Synthesis, Dissertation Research, Thesis Research, Independent Problems in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmaceutical Science Research.
Research Assistant Professor
Assistant Research Professor
Kumari Kavita Sharma
Assistant Research Professor
Office: Eames Complex
Clinical Psychopharmacology Program
Professors
Mark Austin
Professor
Dr. Austin’s research has focused on the molecular neurochemistry of the serotonin system in major depressive disorder. During his career it become evident that major depression is a very heterogeneous disorder that is associated with a high rate of other serious medical comorbidities such as cardiovascular disease, stroke, dementia, diabetes, obesity and repetitive concussion syndrome. Dr. Austin has begun to develop a broader research program that has expanded and evolved into investigating epigenetic, developmental, cytoskeletal and signal transduction mechanisms underlying depression, chronic stress, obesity and repetitive traumatic brain injury. His research projects involve a multi-disciplinary approach that encompasses neuroanatomy, neurochemistry, neuropharmacology, biochemistry, and molecular biology disciplines and utilize a variety biochemical and molecular biological techniques as well as in vitro cell culture and in vivo small rodent models.
Dr. Austin is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University. He earned a Ph.D. in Pharmacology from Washington State University. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship in molecular and behavioral neuroscience at the National Institute of Mental Health in Bethesda, MD.
Associate Professors
Gustavo Gonzalez-Cuevas
Associate Professor
Office: M 731
Dr. Gonzalez-Cuevas currently serves as an Associate Professor at the Idaho State University. The broad objective of his interdisciplinary research agenda is to contribute to the application of neuropharmacological principles to cognitive function and behavior in animal models of neuropsychiatric disorders. His research interests have centered on the role of the cannabinoid neural system in drug seeking behavior in rodents; more recently, in the therapeutic prospects of cannabidiol (CBD) for relapse to drug use. In addition, he has a strong background and focus on advanced research methods, which allows him to play a pivotal role in many fruitful collaborations among multiple research groups, both in academia and industry. He recently joined Idaho State University and has set up his Zebrafish Neurobehavioral Lab (ZNL) (azebrafishoutofthewater.com), which aims at developing a wide variety of neurobehavioral investigative procedures to assess cognitive and emotional functioning in both larval and adult zebrafish. These zebrafish models of behavioral pharmacology serve the ultimate purpose of screening test compounds for drug development and determining the key mechanisms for new neurotherapeutics of human brain disorders.
Clinical Associate Professors
Eric Silk
Department Chair of Clinical Psychopharmacology, Clinical Associate Professor
Office: M 729
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.
G. Lucy Wilkening
Clinical Associate Professor
Dr. Wilkening is a clinical associate professor in the College of Pharmacy at Idaho State University. She received her Doctor of Pharmacy from Southwestern Oklahoma State University College of Pharmacy. Dr. Wilkening completed an ASHP-accredited pharmacy practice residency, and graduated as Resident of Distinction from the psychiatric pharmacy specialty residency at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. She was previously an assistant professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice at the University of the Incarnate Word Feik School of Pharmacy.
Dr. Wilkening is an active member of the College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists (CPNP), and serves as an editor for CPNP’s peer-reviewed publication, the Mental Health Clinician. Her other professional affiliations include the Phi Lambda Sigma Pharmacy Leadership Society, Phi Delta Chi, and the Rho Chi Pharmacy Honor Society.
Dr. Wilkening’s research interests include innovative teaching methodologies, impacts of teaching strategies on student interactions with patients with mental illness, and integration of transgender health education into health sciences curricula. Dr. Wilkening has recently published in several areas including: the use of virtual patients for interprofessional education of psychiatry residents; second generation antipsychotic utilization and metabolic parameter monitoring in an inpatient pediatric population; and the current status of transgender health education in doctor of pharmacy curricula.
Clinical Assistant Professors
Staff
Gail Burget
Administrative Assistant I - Biomedical & Pharmaceutical Sciences Department
Office: BTC 114
Stormi Essman
Administrative Assistant II, Pharmacy Practice and Administrative Sciences
Office: BTC 115F
Shari Halcomb
Administrative Assistant I, Office of Academic Affairs
Office: MER 756
Amanda Hart, BA
Director of Engagement and Events
Office: BTC 120E
(208) 282-4482
Nancy Herrick, BS
Management Assistant
Office: BTC 120K
(208) 282-4482
Linda Jackson, MCoun, MS
Admissions and Enrollment Support, Pre-Pharmacy Advisor
Office: BTC 109
Jeff Parkinson, BS
Information Technology Systems Manager
Office: BTC 120J
Janet Renk
Administrative Assistant II for Academic Affairs
Office: MER 756
Mara Seignemartin
Alaska Programs Coordinator
Office: 3211 Providence Dr., PSB 111 Anchorage, AK 99508
Ryan Stafford
Technology Support Manager for Alaska Programs
Office: PSB 108
Mailing: 3211 Providence Drive, PSB 108
Physical: 2533 Providence Drive, #108
Anchorage, AK 99508
Cynthia Tillotson, MPA, DA
Director of Admissions and Student Affairs
Office: BTC 109
(208) 282-4482
Lee Ann Waldron, BA
Senior Director of Divisional Marketing and Communications
Office: BTC 115D
Phil Yankovich, MBA
Director of Development and Alumni Relations
Office: BTC 115E
Residents
Alex Brewster
PGY1 Pharmacotherapy
Office: Health West-ISU/Portneuf Medical Center
Miranda Christenson
PGY1 Community Pharmacy
Office: Albertson's, Meridian
Christine Phan
PGY1 Community Pharmacy
Office: Bengal Pharmacy/Shaver's Pharmacy
Mustafa Tekarli
PGY1 Pharmacotherapy
Office: Health West-ISU/Portneuf Medical Center
Adjunct/Affiliate Faculty
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Michelle Barcelon, PharmD, BCPS
General Medicine Pharmacy Clinical Specialist
Office: OFFSITE
Bhuvanesh Dave, PhD
Allied Faculty, BPSCI Drug Discovery, Cancer Research
Office: J212 (JLABS Houston)
The goal of Spanios under the guidance of Dr. Dave is to address the unmet need of model systems in rare cancer research. Cancer is a collection of related diseases in which some of the body’s cells begin to divide uncontrollably and spread into surrounding tissues. There are 200 distinct types of cancers 186 of which are categorized as rare cancers. At any given time, of the total number of people suffering from cancer, half of them are battling some type of rare cancer. Twenty percent of all adult tumors, and all hematologic cancers are rare. All pediatric cancers are rare and second leading cause of death in children in the US. Rare cancers are a leading cause of death globally.
We utilize patient derived organoid model systems and test experimental as well as repositioned drugs using for cancer. We use molecular biology, microscopy, and pathway analysis to decipher our results.
Specific research areas are:
- Drug Discovery (Sarcoma Research)
- Immunocompetent Organoid Development in Rare Cancers.
- Development of 3D models with physiological blood supply.
Bob Furilla, PhD
Professor, WWAMI School of Medical Education
Human Physiology
Office: PSB 113
Dr. Furilla received a Master’s degree from The University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) and his PhD from the University of British Columbia (UBC). He was on Faculty at New Mexico State University, and at the University of Puerto Rico, School of Medicine (UPR). Dr. Furilla retired from UPR and came to Anchorage to join his wife who is currently Chair of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA). In 2010, he accepted the position as Interim Director of the WWAMI program until he stepped down in 2012. He continues teaching medical students in the WWAMI program and Physiology for Pharmacy students For Idaho State University (ISU)
Lorri Gebo-Shaver, PharmD
Owner, Shaver Pharmacy and Compounding Center
Office: Pocatello
Noah Harper
Associate Laboratory Manager, Bioskills Lab Supervisor
Noah Harper is the Supervisor of the Bioskills Laboratory and has been integral in its development. He is actively engaging groups both locally and nationally to foster the success of this unique enterprise. In his position as the Associate Laboratory Manager, Noah assists in the supervision of the Gross Anatomy Laboratory, including training and oversight of Lab Technicians and Interns.
Noah joined the Treasure Valley Anatomy & Physiology Laboratories as a Laboratory Specialist in August, 2015 and was promoted to Bioskills Supervisor and Associate Laboratory Manager in July, 2016. He received his training in the anatomical sciences at the University of Utah and began teaching anatomical sciences in 2007. Noah is an active member of the American Association of Anatomists and has served on the Public Affairs and Strategic Planning Committees. As an outdoor enthusiast, Noah spends his free time exploring the mountains and river canyons surrounding the Treasure Valley and beyond.
Robert Mancini, PharmD, BCOP
BMT Pharmacy Program Coordinator, PGY2 Residency Program Director, St. Luke's Mountain States Tumor Institute
Oncology Pharmacy
Office: OFFSITE
Lorinda K. Smith
Treasure Valley Anatomy & Physiology Laboratories Manager, Clinical Assistant Professor
Lorinda Smith is the manager of the Treasure Valley Anatomy & Physiology Laboratories and oversees the personnel, operations, and development of all the laboratories. Lorinda began at TVAPL in May, 2015. Prior to ISU, she taught human gross anatomy, neuroanatomy, and related courses to graduate professional students at University of Utah. She started teaching gross anatomy in 2004.
Lorinda completed a B.S. in Biological Science at Northern Arizona University. She has a Master’s in Occupational Therapy and worked in physical rehabilitation before returning to the University of Utah to complete a Master's of Philosophy, a Higher Education Teaching Specialist Designation, and advanced graduate work in the neural control of movement in Parkinson's Disease. She has served on the American Association of Anatomists Advisory Committee for Young Anatomists and the Educational Advisory Committee and has received several graduate student and young faculty research presentation awards for both educational and motor control research.
Aoxiang "Oliver" Tao, BPharm, PhD
Allied Faculty
Applications Scientist
SilcsBio LLC Baltimore, MD
Dr. Tao is currently an Applications Scientist in Computer-Aided Drug Design (CADD) at SilcsBio LLC. He has contributed to the development of Grand-Canonical Monte Carlo (GCMC) simulation in the Site Identification by Ligand Competitive Saturation (SILCS) methodology. Dr. Tao has broad interests in computer programming for scientific computation, User Interface (UI) design and development for professional CADD software, and improvement of User Experience (UX) for scientific researchers. He has also collaborated with pharmaceutical and biotech companies on the rational design of small molecule drugs and antibodies.
Dr. Tao received a BS degree in Pharmacy from Xiangtan University, China and completed his Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Science at Idaho State University College of Pharmacy in 2020.
Emeritus Faculty
Barbara A. Adamcik
Professor Emerita
Department: Pharmacy Practice & Administrative Sciences
Dates of Service: 1985-2013
Catherine Cashmore
Professor Emerita
Department: Pharmacy Practice & Administrative Sciences
Dates of Service: 1989-2017
Vaughn L. Culbertson
Professor Emeritus
Department: Pharmacy Practice & Administrative Sciences
Dates of Service: 1989-2019
Christopher K. Daniels
Professor Emeritus
Department: Biomedical & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Dates of Service: 1988-2012
Robin A. Dodson
Professor Emeritus
Department: Biomedical & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Dates of Service: 1986-1996, 2001-2019
Paul Cady
Professor Emeritus Department: Pharmacy Practice and Administrative Sciences Dates of Service: 1990-2021
Kerry Casperson
Professor Emeritus
Department: Pharmacy Practice and Administrative Sciences
Dates of Service: 1982-2021
John Erramouspe
Professor Emeritus
Department: Pharmacy Practice & Administrative Sciences
Dates of Service: 1985-2018
L. Judy Fontenelle
Professor Emerita
Department: Biomedical & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Dates of Service: 1985-1998
Virginia Galizia
Professor Emerita
Department: Pharmacy Practice & Administrative Sciences
Dates of Service: 1996-2002
Teddie Gould
Professor Emerita
Department: Pharmacy Practice & Administrative Sciences
Dates of Service: 1981-2017
Timothy Hunt
Professor Emeritus
Department: Pharmacy Practice & Administrative Sciences
Dates of Service: 2004-2014
Stephen C. Hurley
Professor Emeritus
Department: Pharmacy Practice & Administrative Sciences
Dates of Service: 1976-2006
Sandra G. Jue
Professor Emerita
Department: Pharmacy Practice & Administrative Sciences
Dates of Service: 1973-2012
James Lai
Professor Emeritus
Department: Biomedical & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Dates of Service: 1991-2020
Rex Lott
Professor Emeritus
Department: Pharmacy Practice & Administrative Sciences
Dates of Service: 1997-2016
William T. Sharp
Professor Emeritus
Department: Pharmacy Practice & Administrative Sciences
Dates of Service: 1975-2000
