Professional Interests
Katie Summers is interested in improving science education by utilizing active learning techniques in the classroom to help students develop critical thinking skills and apply what they learn to real world situations. At Ohio State, she has taught pharmacology, drug discovery and development and related courses to undergraduates in the Bachelor of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences program. She also teaches courses in the General Education program related to pharmacology and vaccinology. In addition to her teaching, Dr. Summers also directs two summer science and career exploration programs for high school students interested in the pharmaceutical sciences. She is the former Assistant Director of the Generation Rx Lab at the Center of Science and Industry, where she assisted with assessing the experiential impact of teaching the general public medication safety through conducting hands-on science experiments.
Publications
- Addressing Medication Misuse in Nursing Education: An Interdisciplinary Collaboration., The Journal of nursing education. 2025 Mar | journal-article. doi: 10.3928/01484834-20250108-04.
- Generation Rx: evaluation of medication misuse prevention education for older adults., Frontiers in public health. 2024 Sep | journal-article. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1441904.
- Medication safety education: more than just a human concern?, Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. 2022 Dec | journal-article. doi: 10.2460/javma.22.09.0422.
- Pilot Evaluation of Generation Rx Ambassadors Virtual Training to Prepare Students for Medication Safety Outreach., American journal of pharmaceutical education. 2022 May | journal-article. doi: 10.5688/ajpe8945.
- Extracellular dopamine kinetic parameters consistent with amphetamine effects., Synapse (New York, N.Y.). 2019 Sep | journal-article. doi: 10.1002/syn.22129.
- The Impact of a Short-Term Pharmacology Enrichment Program on Knowledge and Science Attitudes in Precollege Students, INNOVATIONS in pharmacy. 2016 Jun | journal-article. doi: 10.24926/iip.v7i2.426.
- Computational modeling of extracellular dopamine kinetics suggests low probability of neurotransmitter release., Synapse (New York, N.Y.). 2015 Sep | journal-article. doi: 10.1002/syn.21845.