Terri L. Warholak, PhD, RPh
Dr. Warholak is an Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science at the University of Arizona, College of Pharmacy and serves as an investigator within the Center for Health Outcomes and PharmacoEconomic Research. She received her B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. from Purdue University.
From 1990 to 1997, Dr. Warholak served as a Commissioned Officer in the United States Public Health Service where her clinical pharmacy experience spans from inpatient to community practice and included 5 years in the Indian Health Service and an assignment at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). From 2001 to 2005, Dr. Warholak served on the faculty at Midwestern University Chicago College of Pharmacy where she was recognized in 2003 as winner of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Council of Faculties Innovations in Teaching Competition for her work titled "Application of Quality Assurance Principles: Reducing Medication Errors in 30 Pharmacy Practice Settings."
The Pharmacy Quality Alliance recently awarded Dr. Warholak and colleagues a grant to develop a national educational program for student pharmacists and pharmacists focused on quality measurement and improvement. Dr. Warholak's teaching and research interests include medication error reduction and bringing pharmaceutical care to underserved populations. As such, she has substantial experience collaborating with pharmacists. She has participated in studies evaluating the quality of patient care, techniques for reducing medication errors, and served as Lead Researcher on the AHRQ funded project entitled "Maximizing the Effectiveness of e-Prescribing between Physicians and Community Pharmacies."
Dr. Warholak has published over 25 papers, abstracts, and book chapters and has been invited to present on medication error reduction on the local, state, and national levels. Dr. Warholak is involved in electronic prescribing (e-prescribing) and health information technology projects on the state and national levels including the Arizona Medicaid Transformation Grant: Health Information Exchange and Health Record (HIeHR) Project and the EAzRx E-Prescribing Initiative for Arizona Health-e Connection. Dr. Warholak has served as co-chair of the Arizona Partnership for Implementing Patient Safety (APIPS) Electronic Prescribing Promotion and Implementation Committee.
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