Medication Adherence

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. Cline’s areas of focus include wellness, integrated course design, instructor development, and curricular operations. She has a passion for teaching and learning and strives to create meaningful learning experiences using evidence-based teaching practices and individualized student support for PharmD students, graduate students, and post-graduate trainees. Her scholarship also focus on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning related to wellness, integrated course design, and curricular operations.

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. 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. Wei's area of research expertise is in geriatric pharmacoepidemiology, with specific focus areas on drug safety, drug effectiveness, and quality of medication prescribing in older adults, especially those with pain, neurodegenerative diseases (e.g., Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia [ADRD]), and nursing home stays.