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Casey Tak, PhD, MPH

Academic Information

Departments College of Pharmacy , Assistant Professor - Pharmacotherapy

Academic Office Information

casey.tak@hsc.utah.edu

801-585-5203

Research Interests

  • Women’s health, examining treatment access among pregnant and postpartum individuals who use substances, and access to contraception
  • Integration of pharmacists into clinical teams and the resulting patient and economic outcomes

Casey Tak, Ph.D., MPH, is an assistant professor in the Department of Pharmacotherapy at the University of Utah College of Pharmacy.  His research is primarily focused on women’s health, examining treatment access among pregnant and postpartum individuals who use substances, and access to contraception.  He is also interested in the integration of pharmacists into clinical teams and the resulting patient and economic outcomes.

COURSES TAUGHT

  • PHARM 7352 Principles of Project Development, Coursemaster
  • PHARM 6240 Drug Literature Evaluation I, Lecturer

SERVICE

University

  • Academic Senate

RELATED LINKS

FAR Webpage

College of Pharmacy

Education History

Graduate Training Westminster College
 MPH
Doctoral Training University of Utah
 PhD

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Johnson AR, Tak CR, Mundorff M, Plumb J, Crouch BI. Unintentional Pediatric Poisoning Exposures in an Emergency Department: A Comparison of Poison Control Center Referrals and Caregiver Self-Referred Visits. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2021 Dec 1;37(12):e1397-e1401. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000002059. PubMed PMID: 32149986.

  2. Castle ME, Tak CR. Self-reported vs RUCA rural-urban classification among North Carolina pharmacists. Pharm Pract (Granada). 2021 Jul-Sep;19(3):2406. doi: 10.18549/PharmPract.2021.3.2406. Epub 2021 Aug 21. PubMed PMID: 34522240; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8412893.

  3. Liu I, Colmenares E, Tak C, Vest MH, Clark H, Oertel M, Pappas A. Development and validation of a predictive model to predict and manage drug shortages. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2021 Jul 9;78(14):1309-1316. doi: 10.1093/ajhp/zxab152. PubMed PMID: 33821926; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8271205.

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