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Leslie Newman, PhD

Assistant Professor - Practice

Pharmacy Education and Innovation

141D Parks Hall

newman.439@osu.edu
(614) 292-3025

Professional Interests

Dr. Newman is a pharmacologist with expertise in the neurobiology of Substance Use Disorder (SUD) and Pharmacogenomics. In addition to developing courses and teaching in her areas of specialty in both the College’s Bachelor of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences (BSPS) and the Doctor of Pharmacy programs, Dr. Newman also teaches in and is a Science Course Coordinator for the Integrated Pharmacotherapy (IP) course sequence. Dr. Newman has focused her career on teaching and learning and is passionate about creatively enhancing the student experience to facilitate more student engagement and deeper learning. Additionally, Dr. Newman strives to help students evaluate how they learn in order to establish a solid foundation and tools to support lifelong learning. Dr. Newman’s scholarly research efforts focus on evaluating how SUD is taught at the undergraduate and professional levels and on how understanding the neurobiology of SUD affects the stigma associated with SUD.

Biography

Leslie C Newman, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Pharmacy Education and Innovation at The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy. She received her Master’s in Pharmacology from Louisiana State University Medical School and her Doctorate in Biomedical Sciences from Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences. Dr. Newman also completed postdoctoral training in Pharmacogenomics at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. 

Dr. Newman’s teaching responsibilities in the Bachelor of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences (BSPS) program include teaching in and directing the first of a two-course sequence, Molecules to Medicines I: an Integrated Approach to the Pharmaceutical Sciences. Dr. Newman has also developed and expanded courses dealing with drug use in American culture, substance use disorder, and pharmacogenomics which are offered university-wide through the General Education (GE) program. 

Dr. Newman’s teaching responsibilities in the Doctor of Pharmacy program involve teaching in the Integrated Pharmacotherapy (IP) course sequence and serving as the science coordinator for IP3. She also developed a graduate elective, Neurobiology of Addiction, for the Doctor of Pharmacy program which is also available to graduate students outside of the college of pharmacy. 

Outside of the classroom, Dr. Newman has served as a Second-year Transformational Experience Program (STEP) mentor since 2018. She is also involved in projects to evaluate how various active learning strategies contribute to enhanced student engagement, learning, and creativity. She is specifically studying the effects of how a better understanding of the neurobiology of substance use disorder contributes to alleviating the stigma that is prevalent in society and in the health care field.

Education

  • 2010-2014, Post-Doctoral Fellow, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
  • 2000, PhD, Biomedical Sciences, Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences
  • 1995, MS, Pharmacology, Louisiana State University Medical Center

Honors

  • 2023 Award For Distinguished Teaching In Pharmaceutical Sciences, The Ohio State University
  • 2019 Award For Distinguished Teaching In Pharmaceutical Sciences, The Ohio State University
  • 2000 Graduate Research Excellence Award, Oklahoma State University
  • 1999 1st Place Presentation Award, Oklahoma Society of Physiology
  • 1999 Endowed Graduate Fellowship, Oklahoma State University

Publications