Director, Division of Pharmaceutical Evaluation & Implementation
Vice Chair for Research, Department of Pharmacy Practice
Dr. Painter is a Professor in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Pharmacy, where he directs the Division of Pharmaceutical Evaluation and Implementation and serves as Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Pharmacy Practice. He is a pharmacist and health services researcher whose work asks what health interventions cost to implement and deliver in real-world settings, and what that investment buys. He pairs cost-effectiveness and implementation-cost analyses with pragmatic clinical trials in mental health, pain, and substance use care. His research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, and the VA Office of Research and Development, and he has published more than 80 peer-reviewed articles.
Dr. Painter is also Co-Director of the Center for Mental Healthcare and Outcomes Research at the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System. He teaches in the PharmD curriculum’s Social and Administrative Sciences sequence and coordinates the Foundations of Pharmaceutical Evaluation and Policy Research Methods course for Pharmaceutical Evaluation & Policy graduate students. He earned his PharmD, MBA, and PhD at the University of Kentucky.
Division
Pharmaceutical Evaluation & Policy
Education & Training
- 2012: Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Kentucky, Graduate School
2012 Dissertation: Chronic opioid use in fibromyalgia syndrome: characteristics and outcomes - 2012: Graduate Certificate in Informatics, University of Kentucky, Graduate School
- 2011: Schutte Fellowship in Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, University of Kentucky, College of Pharmacy
- 2009: Master of Business Administration, University of Kentucky, Gatton College of Business and Economics
- 2009: Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, College of Pharmacy
Teaching Responsibilities
- PSCI 51173, Foundations of Pharmaceutical Evaluation and Policy Research Methods
Research & Scholarly Interests
- Economic evaluation; cost-effectiveness analysis; implementation costs; pragmatic clinical trials; mental health services; pain management; substance use disorders; real-world evidence; implementation science.