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Office of Research

College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences Office of Research

The Office of Research aims to develop basic and clinical science research to reach the goal of establishing a university-wide translational research program. Our research program focuses on pharmaceutics, biotechnology, pharmacology, toxicology, microbiology, immunology, clinical, and outcomes research in various education and pharmacy practices.

Objectives

  • Encourage and support faculty and student research activities.
  • Foster an environment of independent and collaborative scholarly endeavors.
  • Provide internal research funding to faculty and identify external funding opportunities.
  • Build institutional relationships with the research community.
  • Maintain and expand the research program within the College. 
  • Oversee the preparation of grant applications to fund research efforts of the College.
  • Advise faculty and students on institutional guidelines for conducting research within the College.
  • Lead faculty development initiatives around scholarly pursuits.
  • Mentor junior faculty in scholarly endeavors.
  • Promote the College’s scholarly achievements at the local, national, and global level.
  • Maintain an archive of research projects, scholarly activity, and relevant research awards and recognition.
  • Provide educational research opportunities through student workers, independent studies, and research assistants.

 

Contact

Abeer Al-Ghananeem, BS.Pharm., Ph.D.
Professor | Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Associate Dean for Research, Sullivan University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Phone: (502) 413-8957
Email: aalghananeem@sullivan.edu

 

Sarah Baltzley
Lab Manager
Email: sbaltzley@sullivan.edu
Phone: (502) 413-2191

Recent Faculty Internal Grant Recipients

Principal Investigator

Co-Pls

Grant Name

Year

Awarded

Katie Leslie

Lynn Fuller
Sarah Lisenby

 

Evaluation of Pharmacy Technician Immunization Administration in the Kentucky COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign

2021

$5610.00

Christian Castro

Dale English
Abbey Hardy
Cassandra Hobbs
Amanda Jett
Kelly Joy

Baseline Environmental Assessment of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Efforts at a Private Health Sciences University

2021

$7453.00

Katie Leslie

Barriers and Facilitators in Access to Health Services among Free Clinic Patients

2020

$3080.00

Art Cox

Design and Synthesis of Selective Serotonin Ligands

2020

$3080.00

Julie Burris

Advancing the Practice of Pharmacy in Kentucky Through Protocol-Driven Care: Acute Group A Strep and Influenza Infections

2019

$5000.00

Recent External Institutional Cost Sharing Grants

Grant

Faculty collaborator

Institutional Collaboration(s)

Funding Agency

Summer Health Professions Education Program (SHPEP)

Katie Leslie (Co-PI)

University of Louisville 

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)

Team Kentucky Flip the Pharmacy

Cassandra Hobbs, 
Katie Leslie

 

University of Kentucky, American Pharmacy Services Corporation

Community Pharmacy Enhanced Services Network (CPESN)/ Community Pharmacy Foundation

Hypertension Management Program

Cassandra Hobbs

Kentucky Department for Public Health, Family Health Centers Inc., University of Louisville

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)