Faculty Expertise

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The expertise of the School of Pharmacy’s faculty members spans numerous areas from Addiction Medicine to Vaccines and Virology.

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Current Expertise Selection: chronic-disease

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Shijie Cao

Expertise: Biotechnology, Chronic Disease (including: Pharmacotherapy), Drug Formulation (targeted drug delivery and extending duration of action), Immunization and Vaccination, Long-acting therapeutics, Nanoparticle-Biological system interactions, Targeted (drug-combination) therapy, Targeted Drug Deliverymove -> Drug Formulation

Email: sjcao@uw.edu

Website: Cao Lab

Sharon Wu

Expertise: Chronic Disease (including: Pharmacotherapy), Pharmacy Practice (including: Management, Safety, Standards, Community Pharmacy practice, Compensation for Clinical Services, Health Systems)(Community Pharmacy practice, Compensations for Clinical Services, Pharmacy Practice Health Systems), Primary Care Family and Internal Medicine, Teaching Methods, Experiential Education and Student Leadership

Telephone: 206-685-2713

Email: swu1@uw.edu

Douglas Barthold

Expertise: Chronic Disease (including: Pharmacotherapy), Claims Data, Drug and Medical Products Regulation, Drug Policy, Economic Evaluation (including: Economic Analysis of Healthcare Interventions), Geriatrics (including: dementia, falls interventions, fractures, aging), Health Economics (Evaluating the value of medications and health care interventions), Health Policy, Health Services Research (including: Health Informatics and Outcomes), 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/

Davene Wright

Expertise: Chronic Disease (including: Pharmacotherapy), Comparative Effectiveness Research (including: comparative effectiveness analysis), Decision Science Research Methodologies, Health Economics (Evaluating the value of medications and health care interventions), Pediatrics (medication use in children), Preference Elicitation

Email: Davene_Wright@harvardpilgrim.org

Website: Harvard Population Medicine

Catherine Yeung

Expertise: Analytical Techniques (cell imaging, mass spectrometry), Chronic Disease (including: Pharmacotherapy), Drug Discovery, Drug Metabolism (cytochrome P450 enzymes), Drug Transporters (Drug-Metabolism-Distribution-and-Transport, Membrane-Transporters), Mechanisms-of-Drug-Interactions (drug metabolism, drug transport), Medication Use in Patients with Organ Impairment (kidney, liver), Microphysiological organ systems, Translational Research

Telephone: (206) 685-1075

Email: cathyy@uw.edu

Leigh Ann Mike

Expertise: Chronic Disease (including: Pharmacotherapy), Critical Care Medicine, Deprescribing, Geriatrics (including: dementia, falls interventions, fractures, aging), Primary Care Family and Internal Medicine

Telephone: (206) 221-1082

Email: laam@uw.edu

Donald Downing

Expertise: Chronic Disease (including: Pharmacotherapy), Compensation for Clinical Care Services, Deprescribing, Drug Policy, Geriatrics (including: dementia, falls interventions, fractures, aging), Global Health (including: Global Medicines), Health Policy, Immunization and Vaccination, Legislation and Policies, Medical Devices, Medication adherence, Pharmacy Practice (including: Management, Safety, Standards, Community Pharmacy practice, Compensation for Clinical Services, Health Systems)(Community Pharmacy practice, Compensations for Clinical Services, Pharmacy Practice Health Systems), Public Health (including Tribal Health), Reproductive health (including contraception), Team-based clinical care, Tribal Health

Telephone: (206) 616-4587

Email: dondown@uw.edu

Karan Dawson

Expertise: Chronic Disease (including: Pharmacotherapy), Communication, Geriatrics (including: dementia, falls interventions, fractures, aging), 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

Melissa Barker-Haliski

Expertise: Central Nervous System (epilepsy, seizure disorders, neurodegeneration, neurodevelopment, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s), Chronic Disease (including: Pharmacotherapy), Drug Discovery, Geriatrics (including: dementia, falls interventions, fractures, aging), Health Policy, Neurodegenerationmove -> Central Nervous System, Neurodevelopmental Diseasemove -> Central Nervous System, Neuroscience, Pharmacology, Translational Research

Telephone: (206) 685-1783

Email: mhaliski@uw.edu

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

Alvin Goo

Expertise: Chronic Disease (including: Pharmacotherapy), Primary Care

Telephone: 206-744-6932

Email: agoo@uw.edu