The College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences consists of four different centers that each have their respective programs. The four different centers are: the Drug Information Center, the Pharmaceutical Education & Research Center, Science Education Outreach, and the Wellness Institute. The Drug Information Center was established in 1987 with a grant from GlaxoSmithKline. The director of the DIC is PharmD Connie Lee Barnes and the associate director is PharmD Valerie B. Clinard. The DIC provides experiential training for student pharmacists and a service to health care professionals. The DIC has many purposes to the CPHS like:
To serve the health professions community by answering drug-related questions
To provide a learning center for student pharmacists in drug information skills
To aid in the promotion of CPHS by offering drug information services throughout the state
To promote the profession of pharmacy
The DIC also provides services that are free of charge. These services consist of:
Provision of drug information and supporting documentation to questions posed by health care practitioners
Provision of consultative services in the areas of adverse drug-reaction reporting, formulary management and education seminars
Participation in pharmacy-related research
The Pharmaceutical Education & Research Center is a part of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Campbell University’s College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences. PERC is housed within the College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences’ Pharmacy Research Facility, and is equipped with the same technology and equipment currently utilized in the pharmaceutical industry. In addition to being an extension of the Department’s education and research mission, the Center offers a wide variety of services to other universities, pharmacies, pharma & bio-pharma industries, and government agencies. The Science Education Outreach is mainly for middle school and high school students. This program exposes these students to various career options in science. Another effort of this program is to help better middle school and high school teachers to improve their teaching methods. This program runs workshops and clinics so that the teachers will learn how to better teach their students. The Wellness Institute program helps middle school students better learn about their health and habits and how they can make better choices to be healthier. This program also helps with consumer education, health care professionals, and the diabetes care project.
Student Organizations
There are many student organizations in the College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences. These organizations all help better students in the area of their education and provides these students with an opportunity after they graduate from college. These organizations are:
Campbell University College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences offers one of the premier pre-pharmacy programs in the United States as well as a bachelor's and master's degrees in pharmaceutical sciences and clinical research.
