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Karen M. Gunning, PharmD, BCPS

Academic Information

Departments Professor(Clinical) - Pharmacotherapy , Associate Dean of Community Engagement and Ombuds - College of Pharmacy , Adjunct Professor - Family & Preventive Medicine

Academic Office Information

Karen.Gunning@pharm.utah.edu

801-587-9553

Lab

Research Interests

  • Population health and continuous quality improvement for hypertension and diabetes
  • Medication safety in the ambulatory care setting - particularly in pain management, and diabetes
  • Scholarship of teaching and learning as it relates to family medicine residents and pharmacy students and residents
  • Women's and Men's Health, Care of Transgender Patients

Dr. Gunning received her Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Utah and completed a postgraduate residency in Family Medicine at the University of Washington. She is a Professor (Clinical) of Pharmacotherapy, Associate Dean of Community Engagement, Adjunct Professor of Family and Preventive Medicine, and clinical Pharmacist for the Family Medicine Residency Program at the University of Utah Health. She is also one of the Ombuds for University of Utah Health Sciences and is the Residency Program Director for the PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Residency at University of Utah Health

COURSES TAUGHT

  • PHARM 6251 Recitation (P2)
  • PHARM 6253 Integrated Pharmacotherapies II
  • PHARM 7551-001 Adv Topic Women Health
  • PHARM 7746-003 Amb Care- Family Practice
  • PCTH 5950-004 Special Problems
  • PCTH 7511-006 Ambu Care Clerkship
  • PCTH 7950-002 Independent Study

SERVICE

College

  • Co-Curricular Committee
  • Executive Committee
  • Mentoring Committee
  • UPEDs Student Group Advisor

Department

  • Maliheh Free Clinic Student Advisor
  • Chair, Adjunct Faculty Committee

Health Sciences

  • Women's Leadership Day Executive Planning Committee
  • Academy of Health Sciences Educators Executive Committee
  • Co-Chair, Academy of Health Sciences Educators Awards Committee
  • Health Sciences Educators Executive Committee
  • University of Utah Health Pharmacy Residency Advisory Committee Executive Committee
  • University Health Plans Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee
  • Academy of Health Sciences Educators- Fellow Application Reviewer
  • Academy of Health Sciences Educators- Mentor- Jo Rolls, PA-C
  • University of Utah Health Pharmacy Residency Advisory Committee

University

  • Academic Senate Faculty Standards Review Committee

National

  • Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, STFM Programming Committee and Pharmacotherapy Group member
  • Board of Pharmacy Specialties, Chair, Employer Advisory Committee
  • American Society of Health System Pharmacists, Advisory Group on Clinical Practice Advancement, Pharmacy Forecast Survey Panel, ASHP PGY2 Am Care Practitioner Surveyor, and ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting Abstract Reviewer
  • American College of Clinical Pharmacy, Women's Health PRN member, Women's Health PRN Awards Committee, Ambulatory Care PRN member

AWARDS AND HONORS

  • 2022 Faculty Preceptor of the Year, University of Utah College of Pharmacy
  • 2022 Phi Lambda Sigma Alpha Chi Faculty of the Year, University of Utah College of Pharmacy
  • 2021 Residency Preceptor of the Month, University of Utah Health
  • 2019 Top 10 Journal Articles Most Read by Pediatricians - Medscape - Lice and Scabies: Treatment update
  • 2019 Top Reviewers Group of 2019, Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
  • 2019 Editors Top Picks - The Pharmacists Role in Medication Safety - PSNET - AHRQ
  • 2019 Utah AHEC (Area Health Education Centers) Top 10 Preceptors of the Year
  • 2018 UU DFPM Family Medicine Residency Graduation Speaker
  • 2018 ASHP Practice Advancement Initiative Practice Spotlight
  • 2017 Walmart Scholar Award Resident Mentor
  • 2016 Distinguished Teaching Award University of Utah
  • 2016 Senior Class Distinguished Teacher Award University of Utah College of Pharmacy
  • 2015 Featured Clinician Member- ASHP Ambulatory Care Spotlight
  • 2014 AAMC Learning Health System Pioneer Research Team Award
  • 2014 UU DFPM Family Medicine Residency Graduation Speaker
  • 2014 Academy of Health Sciences Educator- Elected Fellow
  • 2013 University of Utah Medical Group Quality Improvement Scholar
  • 2013 Honorary Faculty Member Inductee- Phi Lambda Sigma Pharmacy Leadership Society
  • 2013 Elected to membership- Phi Lambda Sigma Alpha Chi Chapter
  • 2013 Distinguished Teaching Award University of Utah College of Pharmacy
  • 2013 Teacher of the Year Award (P4), University of Utah, College of Pharmacy
  • 2011 Paul Ambrose Scholar Award Student Mentor
  • 2011 AACP Wal-Mart Scholar Award
  • 2010 AACP Wal-Mart Scholar Award
  • 2009 Selected as Department of Pharmacotherapy Representative for University of Utah Health Science Center Annual Report: Women of Pharmacy - The Heart of Pharmacy
  • 2009 Distinguished Teaching Award, University of Utah College of Pharmacy
  • 2009 Teacher of the Year (P4), University of Utah College of Pharmacy
  • 2009 Paul Ambrose Scholar Award Student Mentor
  • 2008 Fellow- American College of Clinical Pharmacy (FCCP)
  • 2007 Pharmacist of the Year, Utah Society of Health System Pharmacists
  • 2003 Preceptor of the Year, University of Utah College of Pharmacy
  • 2000 Outstanding Specialist Teacher Award, University of Utah School of Medicine, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine Family Medicine Residency
  • 2000 Distinguished Teaching Award, University of Utah College of Pharmacy
  • 1999 Outstanding Specialist Teacher Award, University of Utah School of Medicine, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine Family Medicine Residency
  • 1997 Elizabeth Furhiman Gardner Prize for the Outstanding Woman in the Health Sciences University of Utah

RELATED LINKS

FAR Page

Ambulatory Care

College of Pharmacy

Education History

Residency University of Washington
 ASHP Accredited Specialty Residency in Family Medicine/Primary Care
University of Utah
 Doctor of Pharmacy
Undergraduate Oregon State University
 Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Palandri D, Raber H, Tak C, Bald E, Hastings K, Gunning K. Improving Patient Access to Primary Care Providers Using a Pharmacist-Physician Co-Visit Model. Innov Pharm. 2023;14(2). doi: 10.24926/iip.v14i2.5106. eCollection 2023. PubMed PMID: 38025169; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10653725.

  2. Gunning KM Chair, Zillich AJ Vice Chair, Ballou J, Danielson J, Devraj R, Dopp A, Fish H, Groves B, O'Neal KS, Pham K, Seo SW, Silvia RJ, Steinkopf M, Bradley-Baker LR. The Report of the 2021-2022 Professional Affairs Standing Committee: Resource Guide for the Integration of Clinical Pharmacy Faculty in Professional Practice Settings. Am J Pharm Educ. 2022 Dec;86(10):ajpe9447. doi: 10.5688/ajpe9447. PubMed PMID: 36572445; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10159405.

  3. Anderson S, Windscheffel J, Gunning K. Covid Media Misguidance: A Case Report Highlighting the Influence of Media on Patient Medication Decision Making. Innov Pharm. 2021;12(1). doi: 10.24926/iip.v12i1.3555. eCollection 2021. PubMed PMID: 34007686; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8102979.

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