Faculty & Staff

Kimberly M. Alonge

Assistant Professor, Medicinal Chemistry & DOM Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology, and Nutrition; Program Director for Matrix Biology at the UW Medicine Diabetes Institute

Alonge Lab, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry Faculty, Plein Center in Geriatrics Faculty, School Faculty

Expertise: Central Nervous System, Diabetes , Extracellular Matrices , Geriatrics , Glycobiology , Laser Capture Microdissection , Mass Spectrometry , Neurodegeneration , Neurodevelopmental Disease , Neuroscience , Nutrition , Obesity and Bariatric Surgery , Pregnancy and Fetal Pharmacology , Translational Research

Telephone: 206-685-3543

Email: kalonge@uw.edu

Jennifer Bacci

Endowed Associate Professor in Innovative Pharmacy Practice

CHOICE Faculty, Department of Pharmacy, Institute for Innovative Pharmacy Practice, Pharmacy Faculty, Plein Center in Geriatrics Faculty, School Faculty

Expertise: Compensation for Clinical Care Services, Health Outcomes , Health Services Research , Immunization and Vaccination , Implementation Science , Pharmacy Practice , Practice-based Research , Public Health , Qualitative Research

Telephone: (206) 221-3372

Email: jbacci@uw.edu

Website: PubMed Bibliography

Melissa Barker-Haliski

Associate Professor

Department of Pharmaceutics, Pharmaceutics Faculty, Plein Center in Geriatrics Faculty, School Faculty

Expertise: Central Nervous System, Chronic Disease , Drug Discovery , Geriatrics , Health Policy , Neurodegeneration , Neurodevelopmental Disease , Neuroscience , Pharmacology , Translational Research

Telephone: (206) 685-1783

Email: mhaliski@uw.edu

Website: https://sites.uw.edu/mhaliski/

Douglas Barthold

Research Associate Professor, CHOICE Faculty Fellow

CHOICE Faculty, Department of Pharmacy, Pharmacy Faculty, Plein Center in Geriatrics Faculty, School Faculty

Expertise: Chronic Disease, Claims Data , Drug and Medical Products Regulation , Drug Policy , Economic Evaluation , Geriatrics , Health Economics , Health Policy , Health Services Research , Legislation and Policies , Medication adherence , Pharmaceutical and health outcomes research , Pharmacoepidemiology , Pharmacoepidemiology of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias , Policy Evaluations , Preference Elicitation , Real World Data Methods

Telephone: (206) 543-3023

Email: barthold@uw.edu

Website: https://sites.google.com/site/douglasbarthold/

Anirban Basu

Stergachis Family Endowed Director & Professor of Health Economics

CHOICE Faculty, Department of Pharmacy, Pharmacy Faculty, Plein Center in Geriatrics Faculty, School Faculty

Telephone: (206) 616-2986

Email: basua@uw.edu

Website: http://faculty.washington.edu/basua/

Karan Dawson

Emeritus Clinical Associate Professor

Department of Pharmacy, Pharmacy Faculty, Plein Center in Geriatrics Faculty, School Faculty

Expertise: Chronic Disease, Communication , Geriatrics , Human Behavior Change , Mind Body Spirit Medicine , Prevention Lifestyle Health , Teaching Methods, Experiential Education and Student Leadership

Telephone: (206) 543-1030

Email: kdawson@uw.edu

Beth Devine

Professor Emeritus, The CHOICE Institute. Adjunct Professor: Biomedical Informatics. Member: Institute for Public Health Genetics.

CHOICE Faculty, Department of Pharmacy, Institute for Innovative Pharmacy Practice, Pharmacy Faculty, Plein Center in Geriatrics Faculty, School Faculty

Expertise: Clinical Informatics, Comparative Effectiveness Research , Health Technology Assessment , Patient-centered Outcomes Research , Real World Evidence

Telephone: (425) 891-8074

Email: bdevine@uw.edu

Website: https://www.bethdevineheor.com/

Clayton English

Assistant Professor

CHOICE Faculty, Department of Pharmacy, Pharmacy Faculty, Plein Center in Geriatrics Faculty, School Faculty

Expertise: Central Nervous System, Deprescribing , Medication Safety , Mental Health , Pharmacy Practice , Team-based clinical care

Email: claytone@uw.edu

Rachel Firebaugh

Clinical Assistant Professor

Department of Pharmacy, Pharmacy Faculty, Plein Center in Geriatrics Faculty

Telephone: 406-370-3826

Email: rachelgf@uw.edu

Shelly Gray

Professor, Elmer and Joy Plein Endowed Director of the Plein Center for Geriatric Pharmacy Research, Education and Outreach

CHOICE Faculty, Department of Pharmacy, Institute for Innovative Pharmacy Practice, Pharmacy Faculty, Plein Center in Geriatrics Faculty, School Faculty

Expertise: Central Nervous System, Claims Data , Deprescribing , Geriatrics , Health Outcomes , Medication Safety , Pharmacoepidemiology , Pharmacoepidemiology of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias

Telephone: (206) 616-5061

Email: slgray@uw.edu

Website: My Bibliography

Laura Hart

Assistant Professor

Department of Pharmacy, Pharmacy Faculty, Plein Center in Geriatrics Faculty, School Faculty

Email: lhart2@uw.edu

Jing Li

Associate Professor of Health Economics

CHOICE Faculty, Department of Pharmacy, Pharmacy Faculty, Plein Center in Geriatrics Faculty, School Faculty

Expertise: Aging, Causal inference , Claims Data , Cognitive Impairment , Drug Policy , End-of-Life Care , Experimental Economics , Geriatrics , Global Health , Health Economics , Health Policy , Health Services Research , Pharmaceutical Policy , Preference Elicitation , Public Health , Quantitative techniques , Real World Data Methods

Telephone: (206) 543-6788

Email: jli0321@uw.edu

Website: https://jingliuw.wixsite.com/mysite

Leigh Ann Mike

Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacy; Assistant Director for Education, Plein Center for Geriatric Pharmacy Research, Education and Outreach

Department of Pharmacy, Pharmacy Faculty, Plein Center in Geriatrics Faculty, School Faculty

Expertise: Chronic Disease, Critical Care Medicine , Deprescribing , Geriatrics , Primary Care Family and Internal Medicine

Telephone: (206) 221-1082

Email: laam@uw.edu

Abhinav Nath

Associate Professor, Medicinal Chemistry

Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry Faculty, Nath Lab, Plein Center in Geriatrics Faculty, School Faculty

Expertise: Central Nervous System, Computational Modeling , Drug Discovery , Molecular Biophysics , Protein Dynamics

Telephone: (206) 616-4586

Email: anath@uw.edu

Website: Nath Lab

Peggy Soule Odegard

Vice Dean, School of Pharmacy; Lynn and Geraldine Brady Endowed Professor of Pharmacy

Department of Pharmacy, Institute for Innovative Pharmacy Practice, Office of Professional Pharmacy Education, Office of the Dean, Pharmacy Faculty, Plein Center in Geriatrics Faculty, School Faculty

Expertise: Diabetes, Geriatrics , Practice-based Research

Telephone: (206) 543-0760

Email: podegard@uw.edu

Website: Pharmacy Practice Research

Smriti Patil

Program Operations Specialist

Department of Pharmacy, Pharmacy Admin Staff, Plein Center in Geriatrics Staff, School Admin Staff

Email: smritihp@uw.edu

Rheem Totah

Professor, Medicinal Chemistry; Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs

Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry Faculty, Office of the Dean, Plein Center in Geriatrics Faculty, School Faculty, Totah Lab

Expertise: Drug Metabolism, Immunization and Vaccination , Mechanisms-of-Drug-Interactions , Vaccines and Virology

Telephone: (206) 543-9481

Email: rtotah@uw.edu

Website: Totah Lab

Joanne Wang

Professor, Department of Pharmaceutics; Affiliate Investigator, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Department of Pharmaceutics, OPRU, Pharmaceutics Faculty, Plein Center in Geriatrics Faculty, School Faculty

Expertise: Blood-brain and blood-csf barriers, Cancer Treatments , Central Nervous System , Drug Transporters , Neuroscience , Pharmacokinetics-Pharmacodynamics , Pharmacology , Pregnancy and Fetal Pharmacology , Toxicology , Translational Research

Telephone: (206) 616-6561

Email: jowang@uw.edu

Website: PubMed

Abby Winter

Assistant Teaching Professor – Clinical Practice, Department of Pharmacy; Assistant Director for Outreach, Plein Center for Geriatric Pharmacy Research, Education & Outreach

Department of Pharmacy, Pharmacy Faculty, Plein Center in Geriatrics Faculty, School Faculty

Expertise: Ambulatory Care Pharmacy, Deprescribing , Diabetes , Geriatrics , Interprofessional Education and Practice

Email: amwinter@uw.edu