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Dr. Brookie M. Best

M.A.S. 2007

Current Position:

Assistant Professor
Schools of Pharmacy and Medicine
UC San Diego

“I believe the MAS degree has been tremendously helpful in my career thus far."

Please describe your work:
I have teaching responsibilities in our pharmacy school and my research program in pediatric clinical pharmacology is based out of the Pediatrics Department in the School of Medicine. In the school of pharmacy, I am the Chair of the Student Research Project Committee. All of our student pharmacists have to complete a research project in order to graduate. As many of these projects are unfunded, I am constantly drawing upon my study design, epidemiology, health services and particularly biostatistics coursework from the MAS program to mentor these health professional students.

Have you received any recent grants?
Much of my research is funded by NIH as part of Clinical Trials groups (IMPAACT, PPRU, CHARTER, CIT2).

What do you like to do in your free time?

I love to read novels, snowboard and play games with my husband and our two sons.

Education:

2007    M.A.S., Clinical Research, UC San Diego

2006    Certificate: Summer Institute in Maternal-Fetal Pharmacology
           NIH/Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Denver, CO

2003    Certificate, Clinical Research
           Enhancement through Supplemental Training, UC San Diego

1999    Doctor of Pharmacy, UC San Francisco, School of Pharmacy
1994    B.S., Chemistry/Chemical Education, UC San Diego

Recent Honors and Awards:

2008    Presentation Merit Award for Innovative Practice, American

           Pharmacists Association 2008 Annual Meeting & Exposition poster

           presentation

2007    Role Model in Underserved Medicine & Attending Pharmacist

           Project Award, UCSD Student-Run Free Clinic Project
2006    7th Annual "Forty Under 40" Honoree, San Diego Metroploitan

           Uptown Examiner & Daily Business Report

Some Recent Publications:

1. Kanegaye JT, Wilder MS, Molkara D, Frazer J, Pancheri J, Tremoulet A, Watson VE, Best BM, Burns JC. Recognition of a Kawasaki disease shock syndrome. Pediatrics 2009 May;123(5):e783-e789.
2. Wang S, Best BM, Burns JC. Periungual desquamation in patients with Kawasaki disease. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2009;28:538-9.
3. Rosenquist A, Best BM, Miller TA, Gilmer TP, Hirsch JD. Medication therapy management services in community pharmacy: a pilot program in HIV specialty pharmacies. J Eval Clin Prac 2009 (In Press)
4. Koopmans PP, Ellis R, Best BM, Letendre S. Should antiretroviral therapy for HIV infection be tailored for intracerebral penetration? Netherlands Journal of Medicine 2009 (In Press)
5. Aweeka FT, Stek A, Best BM, Hu C, Holland D, Hermes A, Burchett SK, Read J, Mirochnick M, Capparelli EV and IMPAACT P1026s Team. Lopinavir protein-binding in HIV-infected pregnant women. HIV Medicine 2009 (In Press)
6. Morello CM, Singh RF, Chen KJ, Best BM. Enhancing an introductory pharmacy practice experience at free medical clinics. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice 2009 (In Press)

Professional Organization Membership:
American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP)
American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP)
American Pharmacists Association (APhA)
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP)
California Society of Health-System Pharmacists (CSHP)
UCSD Center for AIDS Research (CFAR)
San Diego Pharmacist Resource and Research Network
UCSD Clinical and Translational Research Institute (CTRI)

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