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My primary focus is on patients with chronic illnesses which may include any of the following: high blood pressure, diabetes, thyroid issues, HIV, hepatitis C infection, patients on blood thinners and those who have difficulty with medication side effects or medication adherence (taking their medications). At the National HIV/AIDS Consultation Center, I provide clinical consultations via telephone to healthcare providers caring for HIV and HCV infected patients. I also have practice sites in the Family Health Center located at San Francisco General Hospital and at the UCSF Liver Transplant Clinic.

I serve as Vice Dean of the School of Pharmacy and lead all aspects of School administration in the absence of the dean. My specific responsibilities are to oversee the education and diversity initiatives of the School.

I am a Professor of Clinical Pharmacy and a licensed practicing pharmacist. My research and practice efforts have been focused on the community pharmacist’s role as an advocate for positive health outcomes through disease prevention and treatment. This includes work in the areas of asthma, COPD, tobacco cessation, immunization delivery, and medication therapy management.

My research focuses on developing and testing interventions to improve medication adherence, pharmacist communication around adherence, determining associations between refill patterns and HIV antiretroviral adherence, antiretroviral pharmacoepidemiology and guideline concordance, and antiretroviral treatment disparities.

I am the Associate Dean for Assessment and Quality Improvement. In this role, I focus on quality assurance and quality improvement for the Doctor of Pharmacy degree program. I am also an Experiential Program Director for the School's Fresno program, one of six sites in California where fourth year Doctor of Pharmacy students complete the experiential or advanced "hands-on" portion of their studies. In this role, I am responsible for developing and delivering the courses and experiences students complete during their time in Fresno.