The Division of Social and Administrative Sciences in Pharmacy investigates the "people" aspect of pharmacy and medication use. Our focus is on the scientific and humanistic bases for understanding and influencing interactions involving patients, medicines, caregivers, and health care systems. In our teaching and research endeavors, we integrate knowledge of pharmacy and pharmaceuticals with knowledge from economics, history sociology, psychology, management sciences, communication, education, epidemiology, law, and ethics. Our group and interests are varied and diverse.
Faculty in the SAS division also play key roles within the Sonderegger Research Center and the American Institute of the History of Pharmacy.
NEWS & EVENTS
August 2008: The research of Joshua M. Thorpe, assistant professor in the Social and Administrative Sciences Division, was awarded a $100,000 R03 grant from the National Institute on Aging for a two-year project, “Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Persons with Dementia and Their Informal Caregivers.” more...
March 2008: David Mott, Hammel/ Sanders Distinguished Chair in Pharmacy Administration and associate professor in the Social and Administrative Sciences Division, was elected a Fellow of the American Pharmacists Association Academy of Pharmaceutical Research and Science (APHA-APRS). more...
March 2008: Pallavi Patwardhan, graduate student in the Social and Administrative Sciences Division, was a finalist for the postgraduate best paper podium award at the American Pharmacists Association annual conference in San Diego, California. more...