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Department of Pharmacy
Welcome to the University of Washington Department of Pharmacy. The Department
of Pharmacy is one of three academic departments within the School
of Pharmacy. The other two academic departments are Pharmaceutics
and Medicinal Chemistry.
Overview and Current Strengths
The Pharmacy faculty is responsible for teaching the practice-related
portion of the professional pharmacy or PharmD curriculum. We have an
established graduate program in pharmaceutical outcomes research and policy
(PORPP). The department supports general and specialized pharmacy residencies,
and research fellowships in select areas of pharmacotherapeutics.
Our Mission is to prepare pharmacists
to provide optimal pharmaceutical care, and to prepare graduate and postgraduate
students for leadership in teaching, research, practice and service. The
Department faculty generates and disseminates knowledge to promote safe,
clinically effective, and cost-efficient use of medications.
Our Vision is to be recognized nationally and internationally
as a leader in pharmacy education and research that focuses on appropriate
use of and access to pharmaceuticals and medical devices, as well as cost-effective
provision and delivery of pharmaceutical care.
The Department of Pharmacy at the University of Washington is a recognized
leader or has demonstrated strengths in the following areas.
- Innovative training programs in institutional and community
pharmacy practice, notably
- Geriatric Pharmacy including the Certificate Program in Geriatric
Pharmacy Practice.
- Pioneering effort in the development of community pharmacy residency.
- Training in community-based health screening and state-wide certification
in provision of immunization and emergency contraception.
- Pharmacy Management Certificate Program (in collaboration with
the School of Business).
- Pharmacy ownership/entrepreneurship workshops and coursework.
- Biomedical Regulatory Affairs Certificate Program through UW
Extension.
- The innovative “Fix-the-Law” project in teaching
pharmacy students that promotes student participation in the improvement
and reform of state pharmacy laws.
- Graduate training and research in pharmaceutical outcomes
and policy, with specific recognition as
- A leading center for the economic evaluation of pharmacogenetic
and other diagnostic innovations, as well as related policy issues.
- A major participant in federal and regional government-funded
studies of medication prescribing errors, and in developing solutions
through health systems technology enhancement.
- An influential voice in pharmaceutical risk-benefit analysis
in both industry and regulatory sectors
- Pharmacotherapeutics research in the following areas:
Clinical Pharmacokinetics
Immunosuppressive drug therapy
Maternal-fetal pharmacology
Women’s health and medications |
Drug-drug and herb-drug interactions
Anticancer drugs and pain medications
Antiepileptic drug therapy
Medication safety in geriatrics patients |
Danny D. Shen, PhD, Chair
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