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Plein Center for Aging

Faculty & Staff



Abhinav Nath

Interim Chair, Associate Professor, Medicinal Chemistry

Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry Faculty, Nath Lab, Plein Center for Aging 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

Rheem Totah

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

Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry Faculty, Office of Research, Office of the Dean, Plein Center for Aging 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

Jennifer Bacci

Endowed Associate Professor in Innovative Pharmacy Practice

Center for Pharmacy Practice Transformation, CHOICE Faculty, Department of Pharmacy, Pharmacy Faculty, Plein Center for Aging 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, Graduate Program Coordinator

Department of Pharmaceutics, Pharmaceutics Faculty, Plein Center for Aging Faculty, School Faculty
Expertise: Central Nervous System, Chronic Disease , Drug Discovery , Geriatrics , Health Policy , Neurodegeneration , Neurodevelopmental Disease , Neuroscience , Pharmacology , Translational Research

Telephone: (206) 543-0819

Email: mhaliski@uw.edu

Website: Barker-Haliski Lab Website

Douglas Barthold

Associate Professor, CHOICE Faculty Fellow, HEOR Graduate Program Associate Director

CHOICE Faculty, Department of Pharmacy, Pharmacy Faculty, Plein Center for Aging 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: google.com - Douglas Barthold

Anirban Basu

Stergachis Family Endowed Director & Professor of Health Economics

CHOICE Faculty, Department of Pharmacy, Pharmacy Faculty, Plein Center for Aging Faculty, School Faculty
Expertise: Big Data, Causal inference , Claims Data , Comparative Effectiveness Research , Cost Effectiveness Research , Economic Evaluation , Health Economics , Health Policy , Health Services Research , Machine Learning , Medication adherence , Pharmaceutical and health outcomes research , Pharmaceutical Policy , Policy Evaluations , Prevention Lifestyle Health , Quantitative techniques , Real World Data Methods , Simulation Modeling , Systematic Reviews of Evidence , Value of Information Analysis

Telephone: (206) 616-2986

Email: basua@uw.edu

Website: Anirban Basu Website

Karan Dawson

Emeritus Clinical Associate Professor

Department of Pharmacy, Pharmacy Faculty, Plein Center for Aging 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. Member: Institute for Public Health Genetics; Plein Center for Aging.

Center for Pharmacy Practice Transformation, CHOICE Faculty, Department of Pharmacy, Pharmacy Faculty, Plein Center for Aging Faculty, School Faculty
Expertise: Causal inference, Clinical Informatics , Comparative Effectiveness Research , Economic Evaluation , Evidence Synthesis (network meta-analysis) , Health Economics , Health Outcomes , Health Services Research , Health Technology Assessment , Patient-centered Outcomes Research , Pharmacogenomics , Preference Elicitation , Real World Data Methods

Telephone: (425) 891-8074

Email: bdevine@uw.edu

Website: Beth Devine Website

Clayton English

Assistant Professor

CHOICE Faculty, Department of Pharmacy, Pharmacy Faculty, Plein Center for Aging Faculty, School Faculty
Expertise: Central Nervous System, Deprescribing , Medication Safety , Mental Health , Pharmacy Practice , Team-based clinical care

Email: claytone@uw.edu

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Clinical Assistant Professor

Department of Pharmacy, Pharmacy Faculty, Plein Center for Aging Faculty

Telephone: 406-370-3826

Email: rachelgf@uw.edu

Shelly Gray

Professor, Elmer and Joy Plein Endowed Director of the Plein Center for Aging

Center for Pharmacy Practice Transformation, CHOICE Faculty, Department of Pharmacy, Pharmacy Faculty, Plein Center for Aging 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 - Shelly Gray

Laura Hart

Assistant Professor; Assistant Director for Student Engagement, Plein Center for Aging

CHOICE Faculty, Department of Pharmacy, Pharmacy Faculty, Plein Center for Aging Faculty, School Faculty

Email: lhart2@uw.edu

Jing Li

Associate Professor of Health Economics; Associate Director, The CHOICE Institute

CHOICE Faculty, Department of Pharmacy, Pharmacy Faculty, Plein Center for Aging 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: 206-685-6021

Email: jli0321@uw.edu

Website: Jing Li Website

Leigh Ann Mike

Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacy; Shirley & Herb Bridge Endowed Professor for Women in Pharmacy Assistant Director for Education, Plein Center for Aging

Department of Pharmacy, Pharmacy Faculty, Plein Center for Aging 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

Peggy Soule Odegard

Lynn and Geraldine Brady Endowed Professor of Pharmacy

Center for Pharmacy Practice Transformation, Department of Pharmacy, Pharmacy Faculty, Plein Center for Aging Faculty, School Faculty
Expertise: Diabetes, Geriatrics , Practice-based Research

Telephone: (206) 543-0760

Email: podegard@uw.edu

Website: Pharmacy Practice Research

Joanne Wang

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

Department of Pharmaceutics, OPRU, Pharmaceutics Faculty, Plein Center for Aging Faculty, School Faculty
Expertise: Blood-Brain and Blood-CSF Barriers, Pharmacokinetics-Pharmacodynamics , Pharmacology , Pregnancy and Fetal Pharmacology , Toxicology , Translational Research

Telephone: (206) 616-6561

Email: jowang@uw.edu

Website: Pub

Abby Winter

Associate Teaching Professor; Assistant Director for Outreach, Plein Center for Aging

Department of Pharmacy, Pharmacy Faculty, Plein Center for Aging Faculty, School Faculty
Expertise: Ambulatory Care Pharmacy, Deprescribing , Diabetes , Geriatrics , Interprofessional Education and Practice

Email: amwinter@uw.edu