Rebecca Lahrman, PharmD, MS, BCACP

Assistant Professor - Clinical

Pharmacy Practice and Science

Research Areas: Division of Pharmacy Practice and Science, Pharmacy Practice & Advancement

Professional Interests

Dr. Lahrman’s area of focus is rural pharmacy practice with a current practice site in a physician office where she works as an ambulatory care pharmacist educating residents and seeing patients under a collaborative practice agreement. She has a passion for sharing rural healthcare with pharmacy students and assisting patients with access to safe and effective medications all while highlighting the value of living in a rural community.

Biography

Dr. Lahrman is an assistant professor of clinical pharmacy in the Division of Pharmacy Practice and Science at The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy. She received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Cincinnati and completed a two-year residency focused on community pharmacy leadership and management with Kroger Health and the University of Cincinnati. During her residency, she completed a Masters in Pharmaceutical Sciences with an emphasis in health outcomes. Her thesis work with Dr. Pamela Heaton focused on the warm handoff between ambulatory care pharmacists and community pharmacists to improve continuity of care.

Her current practice site is O’Bleness Family Medicine Residency Clinic, which is an ambulatory care practice site located in Athens Ohio near Ohio University. She works under a collaborative practice agreement for diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia. In addition to seeing patients, she precepts with physician residents to help them navigate safe and effective medication use. In her previous academic appointment, she was shared faculty with Shrivers Pharmacy and Wellness which is an independent community pharmacy. While there she worked to develop patient care services such as travel health vaccines.

Honors

2024 Graduate Of the Last Decade (G.O.L.D award) for the University of Cincinnati College of Pharmacy
2024 Ohio Pharmacist Association Under 40 Award
2023 ACCP Community-based PRN Outstanding Paper of the Year
2023 Preceptor of the Year for the Ohio University Heritage College of Medicine first year students
2023 AACP Lawrence C. Weaver Transformative Community Service Award (contributed to submission and site visit)
2022 ACCP Community-based PRN Esteemed New Practitioner of the Year
2017 Dean’s Leadership Award, University of Cincinnati

Publications

Bringing providers into the community pharmacy: Experiential education, Journal of the American Pharmacists Association. 2025 Jan | journal-article. doi: 10.1016/j.japh.2024.102276.
Assessing a pharmacist provided mental health screening service in a rural community to address anxiety and depression, Journal of the American Pharmacists Association. 2024 Jul | journal-article. doi: 10.1016/j.japh.2024.102103.
Evaluation of gender-affirming care experiences of transgender and gender diverse patients within a LGBTQ+ community pharmacy, Journal of the American Pharmacists Association. 2024 Jan | journal-article. doi: 10.1016/j.japh.2023.11.006.
Pharmacists’ facilitators and barriers to implementing and billing for patient care services: Interviews from the Ohio Medicaid Project, Journal of the American Pharmacists Association. 2023 Jul | journal-article. doi: 10.1016/j.japh.2023.04.009.
BreatheOut: Development and implementation of a pharmacist-led, culturally tailored smoking cessation program for transgender and gender diverse patients, Journal of the American Pharmacists Association. 2023 May | journal-article. doi: 10.1016/j.japh.2023.02.017.
Assessment of community pharmacists' confidence, foundational knowledge, and coordination of care activities in patients with cancer as a chronic condition., Journal of the American Pharmacists Association : JAPhA. 2019 May | journal-article. doi: 10.1016/j.japh.2019.03.020.