Ambulatory Care

Dr. Barnes’ research interests include implementation science focused on expanding the role of pharmacists in ambulatory settings, the use of population health management to improve the quality and cost of care provided in primary care settings, the sustainability of pharmacist-provided care in primary care settings, and methods to develop and support pharmacy practice preceptors. Dr. Barnes’ passion lies with mentoring the next generation of the profession to achieve their own personal goals and dreams.

Dr. Hernandez’s area of focus is health care access. His current practice site is a federally qualified health center in central Ohio, where he provides experiential education in the ambulatory care setting to students in the PharmD program. His passion lies in preparing students to provide holistic, patient-centered care to the most vulnerable populations.

Dr. Johnson’s research is focused on understanding genetic and other sources of variability in drug response, building evidence to support translation of research to clinical practice, implementing genomic medicine in practice and documenting clinical outcomes associated with use of genomic medicine in practice. Her discovery research focuses primarily on cardiovascular drugs used in the treatment of hypertension and heart failure and used to prevent blood clots. Her pharmacogenetics implementation work is across a range of therapeutic areas and explores clinical trial approaches for documenting its impact on clinical outcomes. She’s also deeply committed to training the next generation of clinical and translational scientists.

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.

Dr. Legg’s interests include experiential education and interprofessional practice education. As the Director of Experiential Education, she is responsible for building strategic experiential partnerships and preceptor engagement programming as well as leading the experiential education program and team, with a special focus on APPE. She enjoys interacting with pharmacists in all practice settings to create unique APPE rotations for student pharmacists. Dr. Legg is passionate about interprofessional opportunities and is a member of the 2023 National Academies of Practice Interprofessional Group of the Year based on a high-quality simulation the group created including students from 10 different health professions collaborating to take care of simulated patients.

Dr. Matthews is passionate about developing innovative and effective teaching methods and measuring the impact of educational interventions through scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL). His specific areas of interest within SoTL include interventions that promote metacognition and retention.

Dr. Mehta's areas of focus include development and implementation of innovative pharmacy practices in community-based settings, self-care/integrative medicines and training student pharmacists and post-graduate trainees to be the future change agents in pharmacy practice. Her scholarship centers on practice advancement, scholarship of teaching and learning and well-being and resiliency in the workplace. Dr. Mehta's leadership focuses on supporting faculty, staff and trainees, encouraging them to achieve their personal and professional goals that are moving the profession forward and lead the collective effort that envisions OSU as the model leader in pharmacy practice.

Dr. Nguyen is a board-certified ambulatory care pharmacist practicing in outpatient general internal medicine under collaborative practice agreements. She is passionate about educating the future generations of pharmacists in both didactic and experiential settings and introducing the pharmacy profession to underrepresented students. Her scholarship interests include pharmacy practice advancement and the scholarship of teaching and learning.

Dr. Valentino's areas of focus include developing, implementing, and demonstrating the impact of innovative pharmacist services in federally qualified health centers. She has a passion for preparing student pharmacists and pharmacists to provide care within interprofessional teams that advances health for patient populations facing barriers to care. Her scholarship also focuses on interprofessional practice and education.