Established and leading the ACT (Academia-CPESN Transformation) Pharmacy Collaborative funded by the Community Pharmacy Foundation. A nationwide initiative to engage schools and faculty nationwide who are teaching and engaged with community pharmacy practice transformation.

Leading Pennsylvania’s statewide initiative to Flip The Pharmacy to facilitate the provision of enhanced patient care services in over 40 community pharmacies, many of which serve rural areas and/or underserved populations

Key leadership in the development of the Pennsylvania Prescription Drug Monitoring Program

Established the Pharmacy Innovation Experience Research (PIER) program to increase awareness amongst minority high school students of pharmacists’ roles in healthcare

Partnered with the University of Pittsburgh Community Engagement Center (CEC) leadership to develop the CEC in the Homewood neighborhood of Pittsburgh

PERU’s Pennsylvania Opioid Overdose Reduction Technical Assistance Center (TAC) provides counties statewide with evidence-based technical assistance to reduce overdose in their communities. These efforts are housed centrally at overdosefreePA.org

NIH All of Us Precision Medicine Initiative to establish a nationwide research network representative of the diversity of people in the United States. We partnered with the University’s Clinical Research Institute and Giant Eagle Pharmacies to serve as key enrollment and education sites.

Formally established the Community Leadership & Innovation in Practice (CLIP) Center within PittPharmacy to be the School’s home for community-focused faculty, staff, students, and programs

Established a collaboration with the University of Namibia to enhance clinical training of pharmacists and pharmacy students

Continuously integrate state and national patient care initiatives into P2 CLIP Workshop series including Million Hearts Initiative (2013), Script Your Future (2015-2019), Poison Prevention with Pittsburgh Poison Center(2016-present), Be Antibiotics Aware with the CDC and Pennsylvania Department of Health (2016-present)

Created the Community Leadership & Innovation in Practice Workshop (CLIP) Series within the P2 community pharmacy IPPE experience. Four workshops are held during the spring semester modeled after a state or national association meeting. To date, over 20 state and national speakers have joined the series. Students, preceptors, faculty and..Read More

CDC/Pennsylvania Department of Health/Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association grant and partnership to develop the foundation of the Pennsylvania Pharmacist Care Network to foster the growth of community pharmacy patient care services statewide. (2013-present)

Collaboratively created the “Panther Clinic” –a multi-disciplinary, student led, free health clinic on weekends at the Birmingham Clinic

Partnership with the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) Foundation to develop, manage, and mentor the NACDS Foundation Faculty Scholars Program. This nationwide program for assistant professors supports the growth of each faculty’s community-based research program.

Chair and Initiative Facilitator, Allegheny County Overdose Prevention Coalition (Dr. Pringle)

PGY2 Ambulatory Care Residency-focus on underserved populations initiated

Facilitated Patient-Safety and Clinical Services Collaborative (PSPC) with Forbes Pharmacy (psychiatric outpatient care) and a rural FQHC and pharmacy location

Established annual Pitt campus-wide employee immunization program providing more than 3,300 influenza vaccinations yearly

Established PGY1 Community-based Pharmacy Residency Program with Rite Aid Pharmacy (2006), and subsequently with Giant Eagle Pharmacy (2013) and Asti’s South Hills Pharmacy (2017)

Developed Medication Therapy Management Training for Pharmacists including “The Pennsylvania Project” (2005,  2008)

Established the Silver Scripts program with Pittsburgh City Parks senior centers where first-and second-year professional students provide medication education/reviews to senior citizens, under preceptor supervision, at 14 centers in high need Pittsburgh communities

Formalized partnership with Rite Aid Pharmacy at the corporate level

Fostered partnership with Primary Care Health Services-Alma Illery, a Federally Qualified Health Center for student IPPE and APPE experiences

Established pharmacy services at the Birmingham Free Clinic, South Side neighborhood of Pittsburgh, providing pharmaceutical care to underinsured/uninsured individuals