Steve Arendt's entire professional career has been in pharmaceutical care delivery in acute care setting and pharmacy administration/management.

The Executive Assistant to the Dean provides daily administrative support to the Dean in the development and implementation of policies, organizational development, project management, financial analysis, and budget compliance.  Other responsibilities include supporting the Dean in public relations and community outreach.

The Coordinator for Experiential Education assists the Director for Experiential Education in the development and maintenance of the Advanced and Introductory Experiential program in the School of Pharmacy.

Dr. Buhler has a specialization in neuropharmacology. Interest areas include the neuroscience of pain modulation and mental illness. Current laboratory research focuses on neuronal circuits involved in the modulation of pain. Dr. Buhler welcomes undergraduate and pharmacy students in her lab.

The Assistant Dean for Experiential Education (ADEE) is responsible for the oversight of experiential education at the School, including site placements, preceptor development, and management of student issues and preceptor concerns.

Dr. Cleven's areas of interest include pharmacy practice, women’s health, obesity, student and preceptor development.

Leslie L. Devaud's primary interest is in the neurobiological basis for alcohol dependence and withdrawal with a focus on brain and behavioral sex differences in response to alcohol.

Fawzy A. Elbarbry's research involves minimizing toxicity and drug interactions of xenobiotics by better understanding their effect on drug metabolizing enzymes.

Sarah Jane Faro is an assistant professor in the School of Pharmacy who specializes in Pediatrics, Hematology/Oncology, Palliative Care, Parenteral Nutrition Support, Acute Care Pharmacy, Clinical Pharmacogenetics, continuing professional development (CPD) and interprofessional education.

The Assistant Dean for Student Affairs (ADSA) is responsible for the oversight of student affairs (co-curricular student activities, student issues, student senate and student organizations) within the school. Additionally, the ADSA manages the admissions process, student matriculation, faculty guidance regarding service and student advising.

Jeff Fortner's research interests include pharmaceutical compounding, patient-centered care in the community setting, and pharmacist provided clinical services.

Since graduating from pharmacy school, Ryan Gibbard has worked in a variety of acute care settings including critical care, hematology/oncology, adult internal medicine, and pharmacy informatics.

The Administrative Assistant manages School of Pharmacy sponsored events and general communications with program, and provides varying administrative support to students, faculty (including adjuncts), and administration including office operations and admissions.

The Coordinator for Program Operations (CPO) reports to the Executive Assistant to the Dean and will assist in the operations of the various offices within the Pacific University School of Pharmacy.

Kristine B. Marcus is interested in drug information/drug policy, women's health, general medicine and general surgery, infectious diseases, pharmacy law and ethics, and more.

Michael Millard's interest areas include patient safety, pharmacy care for the indigent, pharmacy law and ethics, pharmacy workforce analysis and public policy.

The Assistant to the ADPP and Faculty provides administrative support to the School of Pharmacy’s Assistant Dean for Pharmacy Practice and pharmacy faculty.

Deepa Avasarala Rao is pursuing research of biocompatible and biodegradable polymers as drug delivery systems for cancer therapies.

The Research Lab Manager provides research support and lab management for the students, faculty, and administrators including equipment maintenance, research technique training, collaborative operations, safety adherence, policy and procedure management, and equipment inventory.

Henry Saedi-Kwon is an alumnus of the Pacific University School of Pharmacy and is excited to return to serve as the Academic and Ambulatory Care Fellow. Henry will work with the clinical pharmacy team at Mountain View Medical Center and with various professors at school. Henry is passionate about improving patient care and health outcomes through empowering patients and developing meaningful patient-physician relationships. 

Danielle Small is the current Academic and Ambulatory Care Fellow. She is a recent alumnus of Pacific University School of Pharmacy. She excited for the opportunity to grow as an educator and clinical pharmacist. She will divide her time between teaching and working at Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center.

Joe serves as a postdoctoral fellow in the Rao lab at the Pacific University, School of Pharmacy in Hillsboro, OR. Joe recently managed operations at SUSS Technology, a privately held Las Vegas, NV firm with goals of manufacturing and marketing botanical dietary supplement products. During his time in industry, Joe has developed expertise in bringing novel botanical formulations to market, most notably developing and implementing Quality Systems for compliance with federal and state laws. Joe is passionate about teaching and learning in Pharmacy, and most recently taught pharmaceutics as an Adjunct Professor at Pacific University, School of Pharmacy in Hillsboro, OR and at Keck Graduate Institute, School of Pharmacy in Claremont, CA.

The Research Assistant supports the daily operations of the pharmaceutical science laboratory by training students and other researchers, performing research techniques, and general laboratory maintenance.

Jon received his Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry from the Portland State University in 2010. Since then, he has worked at different research labs and gained a series of valuable skills in biochemistry, microscopy, immunology, tissue/cell culture, and laboratory animal models.

The Coordinator for Academics & Assessment assists faculty and staff in providing training and assistance in curricular technologies and supports the office of Assistant Dean for Academics and Assessment to maintain effective curricular and assessment endeavors.

Since her first year in pharmacy school at UC San Diego, Sharon Wu knew that she wanted to teach. She served as a teaching assistant for the UCSD Human Anatomy Lab in her second year, and for Pharmacy Law & Ethics in her third year. During her PGY-1 pharmacy residency at UW Medicine, she assisted with the University of Washington School of Pharmacy’s Applied Therapeutics skills laboratory, and precepted APPE students on rotations. Now, she is pursuing her PGY-2 pharmacy residency in Ambulatory Care & Academia here at Pacific University.