Pharmacy Faculty and Staff
Fisher faculty are dedicated, highly credentialed professionals who consistently make the advancement of scholarship in their respective fields a top priority.
Dean | Christine Birnie
Associate Dean for Student Affairs | David McCaffrey III
Interim Associate Dean for Academic Affairs | Anne Schweighardt
Assistant Dean for Assessment | Sean Leonard
Assistant Dean for Online Education | Barbara Ellis
Chair, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences | Todd Camenisch
Chair, Department of Pharmacy Practice & Administration | Lisa Phillips
Visiting Assistant Professor
Areas of Interest: Molecular biology, molecular pharmacology, and medicinal chemistry.
![Remah Ali](/media/sized-image-library/headshots-160-x-160/headshots-a-c/remah-ali.jpg)
Associate Professor, Pharmacy Practice and Administration
Areas of Interest: Medication adherence, beliefs about medications, health literacy, patient-provider communication, and adolescent knowledge of over-the-counter and prescription medications.
![Kelly Conn](/media/sized-image-library/headshots-160-x-160/headshots-a-c/Conn_Kelly.jpg)
Associate Professor
Areas of Interest: Excipient characterization and their pharmaceutical applications; Contemporary approaches to enhance drug delivery (solubility, permeability, dissolution, etc.); Non-invasive approaches to analyze tablet properties; Research on extemporaneously compounded preparations.
![Vivek Dave](/media/sized-image-library/headshots-160-x-160/headshots-d-f/Dave_Vivek.png)
Associate Professor and Director of Experiential Education & CPE
Areas of Interest: Experiential education, bioterrorism preparedness, mission trips with Global Volunteers, Phi Delta Chi, and antique marbles.
![Keith Delmonte](/media/sized-image-library/headshots-160-x-160/headshots-d-f/DelMonte_Keith.jpg)
Assistant Professor, Pharmacy Practice and Administration, Administrative and Social Sciences
Areas of Interest: HIV/AIDS, Medication adherence, Health Disparities, Cultural Competence, Diversity, Inclusivity & Anti-Racism
![Akesha Edwards](/media/sized-image-library/headshots-160-x-160/headshots-d-f/Edwards_Akesha.png)
Associate Professor, Pharmacy Practice and Administration
Areas of Interest: Geriatrics and Palliative Care
![Kate Juba](/media/sized-image-library/headshots-160-x-160/headshots-g-j/Juba_Kate.jpg)
Professor
Areas of Interest: Pharmacoepidemiology, post-market surveillance, secondary data analysis, pharmacoeconomics, population-based healthcare, managed care
![Jill Lavigne](/media/sized-image-library/headshots-160-x-160/headshots-k-m/Lavigne_Jill.jpg)
Adjunct Professor
Areas of Interest: Global Health, toxicology, neuropharmacology, drug abuse, novel teaching methods and student programming
![Melinda Lull](/media/sized-image-library/headshots-160-x-160/headshots-k-m/Lull_Melinda.jpg)
Associate Professor, Pharmacy Practice and Administration, Skills Lab
Areas of Interest: Indigent care, global health, chronic disease state management, geriatrics, patient education
![Juliette Miller](/media/sized-image-library/headshots-160-x-160/headshots-k-m/Miller_Juliette.png)
Associate Professor, Pharmacy Practice and Administration
Areas of Interest: Novel treatments for schizophrenia, metabolic burden of antipsychotic medications
![Chris Noel](/media/sized-image-library/headshots-160-x-160/headshots-n-r/Noel_Chris.jpg)
Associate Professor
Areas of Interest: Cultural competence and healthcare disparities, medication use and adherence in neuromuscular diseases, service learning and community outreach, any and all Pharmacology topics
![Amy Parkhill](/media/sized-image-library/headshots-160-x-160/headshots-n-r/Parkhill_Amy.jpg)
Visiting Assistant Professor
Areas of Interest: formulation development, advanced analytical techniques for industry and academics
![Ankit Rochani](/media/sized-image-library/headshots-160-x-160/headshots-n-r/Rochani_Ankit.png)
Adjunct Faculty, Pharmacy Practice and Administration
Areas of Interest: Hematology/Oncology, Endocrine Disorders, Community Outreach
![Diane Rudy](/media/sized-image-library/headshots-160-x-160/headshots-n-r/Rudy_Diane.png)
Interim Associate Dean for Academic Affairs; Associate Professor and Vice Chair, Pharmacy Practice and Administration
Areas of Interest: Internal Medicine
![Anne Schweighardt](/media/sized-image-library/headshots-160-x-160/headshots-s-z/Schweighardt_Anne.jpg)
Assistant Director of Experiential Education and Assistant Professor, Pharmacy Practice and Administration
![Matthew Zak](/media/sized-image-library/headshots-160-x-160/headshots-s-z/Zak_Matthew.jpg)
Professor Emerita
Areas of Interest: Dosage forms, drug delivery, pharmacokinetics, compounding, and contract formulation lab services
Office:WEGPHR 222
Email:fzhao@sjf.edu
![Fang Zhao](/media/sized-image-library/headshots-160-x-160/headshots-s-z/Zhao_Fang.jpg)