Community-Engaged Research

Dr. Denton's teaching includes various pharmaceutical science laboratory and research survey-based courses along with previous experience in writing courses. His teaching philosophy is that advancing inquiry-based and universally designed teaching is essential to prepare innovative and well-rounded research teams capable of addressing complex challenges in pharmacy practice.

Dr. Denton's research group investigations include professional identity formation, teamwork development, inquiry-based learning, metacognitive coaching, healthcare disparity elucidation, course-based undergraduate research experiences, community-based teaching, information/research literacy, social annotation, education technology practices, and various projects advancing discipline-based education research and the scholarship of teaching and learning.

Dr. Denton’s primary service efforts include promoting undergraduate research, professional development in education research, and maintaining an equal opportunity environment for all learners through various committees and affiliation with the Michael V. Drake Institute for Teaching and Learning.

Dr. Downing’s professional interests include designing meaningful learning experiences that enhance a learner’s health and well-being. In the classroom, she evaluates the impact of using evidence-based instructional strategies during the course design process on college student well-being measures, such as safe medication practice behaviors and healthcare self-efficacy. Outside the classroom, Dr. Downing supports the design and development of prevention education resources that help teach safe medication practices across the lifespan.

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. Michel directs the College of Pharmacy Learning Lab at COSI. A molecular genetics researcher by training, his career subsequently branched into science education and outreach. His current research interest is how the public understand and interact with the healthcare system, especially their pharmacy care. His lab also offers interactive outreach focused on teaching the public, especially children, about how pharmacists care for their patients and communities. Lastly, his public-facing lab provides an ideal setting to train his undergraduate students to be the next generation of great science communicators.

Dr. Rodis' areas of focus include advancing pharmacy practice through empowering current and future pharmacists to develop and sustain patient care services, advocacy and partnership engagement to influence patient access to pharmacist-provided care, and leadership of the college’s outreach and engagement efforts aligned with the Land Grant mission of The Ohio State University.