Director, Teaching Certificate Program Associate Professor
Location: Ed2, 6/134D
Phone: 501-526-4859
Email: ObrienCatherineE@uams.edu
Department
Pharmacy Practice
Education & Training
- B.S. in Chemistry, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 1994
- Pharm.D., UAMS College of Pharmacy, 2005
- Pharmacy Practice Residency, UAMS Hospital, 2006
- Multidisciplinary Pharmacology Fellowship, UAMS COP, 2008
- MA in Bioethics and Health Policy, Loyola University Chicago, 2022
Teaching Responsibilities
- Course coordinator, lecturer, small group facilitator:
PHPR 71071 – Introduction to Patient-Centered Communication
PHPR 73002 – Pharmacy Law & Ethics - Additional ethics content in:
PHPR 71042 – Career Orientation and Communication
PHPR 71082 – Drug Information
PHPR 72004 – Principles of Pharmacy Practice
Clinical Practice
- 2007 – 2021: Clinical Pharmacist for the Arkansas Cystic Fibrosis Center ambulatory care clinics (pediatric 2008 – 2021, adult 2007 – 2019)
Research & Scholarly Interests
- Patient-centered communication and motivational interviewing skill development in pharmacy students
- Ethical decision-making skill development in pharmacy students
- Cystic fibrosis
Honors & Awards
- 2007 ASHP Research Foundation Fostering Young Investigators Award
2010 Co-author and faculty mentor of poster winner at the Arkansas Association of Health-System Pharmacists annual Fall Seminar (student and primary author, Sarah Norman)
2018 John and Donna Wolfe Award for Faculty Excellence
2019 – 2022 Loyola University Chicago Dean’s Scholarship for Master of Arts in Bioethics and Health Policy
Memberships
- American Society for Bioethics and Humanities
- American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
- Arkansas Pharmacists Association
- Rho Chi Honor Society, Beta Iota Chapter