Department and Programs
Departments
Overview
The Pharmacy Administration and Administrative Health Sciences Department (PAAHS)
has 20 full-time and adjunct faculty. Through this department, students are prepared
for careers in Health Administration, Health Information Management, and Pharmacy.
Members of the faculty in the Department are housed in the Nabrit Science Building
and in Gray Hall on Campus. Faculty study interests include tobacco cessation, mental
health, medication therapy management, and Interprofessional Education (IPE). Recognizing
that inequalities in access to health services and the unequal burden of disease are
at the forefront of problems in healthcare, the COPHS has incorporated health disparities
courses into the curricula. Faculty in the department and in the College鈥檚 experiential
program participate in the University鈥檚 Study Abroad program and have led two-week
excursions arranged during summer months. Students are encouraged to consider a study
abroad trip to enhance their educational experience. In the past, students have visited
countries in the Caribbean and Africa. The program is being expanded to include other
countries. Course credit may be earned for the travels and some funding is available
to students.
Health Information Management
The undergraduate Health Information Management (HIM) program at 糖心原创vlog
provides its students with a solid business and information systems background as
well as a broad healthcare foundation. The HIM Program is accredited by the Commission
on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM).
Health information management professionals hold many diverse roles, yet all share
a common purpose: to provide reliable and accurate information that drives the healthcare
industry. Health information management (HIM) professionals are the experts who focus
on the use, integrity, availability and privacy of health information to facilitate
real-time healthcare delivery and make critical health related decisions for multiple
purposes such as finance, law, research, and strategic planning across many types
of organizations and disciplines. The HIM program is a great undergraduate program
for students interested in becoming marketable and pursuing a career right after graduation
or for those students interested in going directly to graduate or professional school.
Health Administration
The undergraduate Health Administration (HA) Program was established in 1982. It is
credentialed by the Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA).
Its faculty, including adjuncts, make contributions to the profession through publishing,
grant acquisition, presentations, and have board appointments from professional organizations
to national boards, such as Texas Community Health Worker Certification Program, Health
Administration Press, American College of Healthcare Executives, and Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention. Graduates from the undergraduate Health Administration (HA)
programs are poised to oversee the management and delivery of health services.
Healthcare Administration
Masters in Healthcare Administration (MHCA) at 糖心原创vlog provides
students with the knowledge and skills to manage as a health care professional. Students
learn how to manage in health care organizations, how to deal with personnel, and
how to interpret and comply with laws that affect healthcare providers, administrators
and organizations. Course work in organizational, information systems and financial
management are combined with human relations and health care issues to provide the
student with a comprehensive set of skills for advancing in the profession of health
care administration. The Program prepares individuals for leadership positions in
contemporary health care organizations and systems.
Pharmacy Administration
The Department鈥檚 Pharmacy Administration faculty jointly with faculty in the Department
of Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Health Sciences offer pharmacy administration and
management courses required in the College鈥檚 Doctor of Pharmacy Program (PharmD).
The department鈥檚 faculty also support the experiential program and practice sites
and collaborate to meet the educational needs of COPHS students via the Interdisciplinary
Health Professions Simulation Center at the College. Pharmacy Administration faculty
have led Interprofessional Education (IPE) initiatives at the College, including establishing
an interprofessional geriatrics education and training consortium to engage primary
care providers and the full spectrum of healthcare and community health professionals
in a highly targeted integrated geriatrics and primary care training model to improve
health outcomes for older adults.
The Department of Pharmaceutical and Environmental Health Sciences made up of 20 full-time
faculty members, one program coordinator, and several research personnel. The faculty
in the Department of Pharmaceutical and Environmental Health Sciences is national
recognized in teaching excellence and innovative research in pharmaceutical and environmental
health sciences to enhance the quality of life of the citizens of Texas and beyond.
The mission of Department of Pharmaceutical and Environmental Health Sciences is to
provide high quality education of pharmaceutical and environmental health sciences,
to advocate basic, translational, and clinical research in the field of drug discovery
and development, and to promote collaborations and partnership for career development
and community engagement. Goals and objectives of the department are (1) to provide
quality and effective delivery of course materials and to provide an innovative, productive
and receptive learning environment for pharmacy and environmental health science students,
as well as for the graduate students in pharmaceutical sciences; (2)to promote faculty
and student participation in scholarly activities including extramural grant application,
peer-reviewed publication, scientific presentations, and other collaborative research
activities in the advancement of pharmaceutical education and research; and (3) to
improve faculty participation in service activities. Overall, the department of pharmaceutical
and environmental health sciences is positioned to strengthen our faculty team capability
to provide the optimal teaching/learning services to our students, to be engaged in
advanced pharmaceutical and health science researches, and to participate in services.
The Department of Pharmaceutical and Environmental Health Sciences, along with the
Department of Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Health Sciences, offers courses leading
to the Doctor of Pharmacy Degree. The Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) is a six-year
program requiring a minimum of two years of study at the pre-professional (pre-pharmacy)
level and four years of study at the professional level. Courses offered through this
department include the following disciplines: biochemistry in human diseases, pharmaceutics,
pharmacokinetics, and integrated courses including pharmaceutical/medicinal chemistry,
pathophysiology, pharmacology, and principles of drug action.
The Department of Pharmaceutical and Environmental Health Sciences offers a B.S. in
Environmental Health. The Environmental Health Program provides graduates with the
technical and administrative skills to function in industry, governmental agencies,
consulting firms, and academia. Graduates are qualified to enter the workforce in
air and water quality control, solid and hazardous waste management, occupational
health and industrial hygiene, environmental toxicology and risk assessment, epidemiology,
and disease surveillance.
The Department of Pharmaceutical and Environmental Health Sciences also offers courses
leading to the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree and a contingent or default Master
of Science (M.S.) degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences. The graduate program was approved
by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board on July 15, 2004 and the first students
were accepted into the program in the fall semester 2004. The major focus of the department鈥檚
graduate program is to provide students with a strong focus and training to prepare
them for careers in academia, pharmaceutical industry, or FDA. These degree offerings
are intended to meet the high demand for professionals with broad-based training in
pharmaceutical sciences. Furthermore, the need for minorities to be trained in this
field is paramount since less than three percent of all minorities in the entire nation
are in this field.
Members of the faculty in the Department of Pharmaceutical and Environmental Health
Sciences are housed in Gray Hall with the Department Office located in Gray Hall Room
124. The department is the hosting department to receive $1.44 million/year RCMI grant
from NIMHD/NIH to continue building and develop 糖心原创vlog's faculty research capability
in the past five years. The department faculty, in collaboration with faculty from
University of Houston College of Pharmacy and the Gulf Coast Consortia, also leads
a CPRIT-funded core facility grant supporting preclinical PK/PD and dosage formulation
for anticancer drug development.
Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Health Sciences (PPCHS) department is comprised of 17 faculty members with programs leading to Baccalaureate in Science for Clinical Laboratory Science (CLS) and Respiratory Therapy (RT) respectively and Doctorate Pharmacy degrees. Pharmacy Practice faculty are engaged in instruction, practice site development and research. CLS and RT faculty are involved in instruction and practice site programming. The faculty prepare students to monitor the health and progress of patients in response to drug therapy, respiratory care and measure patient鈥檚 body fluids. The COPHS has state of the art laboratories including for CLS assay analysis and control, Prescription Practice dispensing with clean rooms for sterile intravenous medication preparations for Pharmacy, Ventilators with gas tanks for RT students respectively. Additionally, the COPHS has provided a state of the art simulation center that offers students an opportunity to engage in realistic inter- professional team based learning environment, promote critical thinking and problem solving skills necessary for collaborative team based patient care practice in the 21st century. Some of the research interests include cancer prevention and management, healthcare disparity, medication management services for the older adults, diabetes and Pharmacoeconomics. The faculty have received grant funding鈥檚 from private, local state and federal agencies enabling faculty to conduct research projects.