CONTACT
- S. Skaggs Pharmacy Institute, Room 4956
- Phone: (801) 585-5203
- Fax: (801) 587-7923
- Email: joanita.lake@pharm.utah.edu
Profile
- Joanita Lake is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacotherapy within the University of Utah College of Pharmacy. She has a joint appointment as a researcher (WOC) at the Salt Lake City Veterans Affairs Center. She received her pharmacy degree from the University of Port Elizabeth, South Africa in 2000 and a Master’s degree in Evidence-based Healthcare from the University of Oxford, England in 2009. Her professional work as a pharmacist in many different settings such as pharmaceutical companies and managed-care arenas, across developed and developing countries has exposed her to a diverse set of healthcare approaches, regulatory requirements, and healthcare policies. Since 2012, she has served as a clinical pharmacist at the Drug Regimen Review Center (DRRC) that provides services to Medicaid. Her research interests lie primarily in the areas of evidence-based health care, systematic reviews, drug safety, pharmacoepidemiology, pharmacoeconomics, and health policy.
Education
- MSc EBHC, University of Oxford, England
- Postgraduate Diploma in Evidence-based Health Care (EBHC), University of Oxford, England
- Postgraduate Certificate in Evidence-based Health Care (EBHC), University of Oxford, England
- B.Pharm, University of Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Clinical Practice and Research Interests
- Drug utilization; drug safety; prescribing practices; medication misuse or abuse; substance abuse treatment
- Antibiotic stewardship
- Pharmacoeconomics research
- Medicaid and public health policy; managed care; medication management
- Infectious disease
- Cardiometabolic disorders
- Medication adherence and persistence
- Global health