OXFORD, Miss. – Walter G. Chambliss, director of technology management at the University of Mississippi, has been elected president-elect of the American Pharmacists Association Academy of Pharmaceutical Research and Science. He will be installed during the organization’s annual meeting in April.
Also a professor of pharmaceutics and research professor in the National Center for Natural Products Research, Chambliss joined the university in 1999 as associate director of NCNPR and was named to his current position in 2004. He received his bachelor’s in pharmacy, master’s in pharmaceutics and doctorate in pharmaceutics from UM. He worked for 17 years in research and development in the pharmaceutical industry at G.D. Searle, Bristol-Myers and Schering-Plough, where he was vice president of research and development.
He served on the International Steering Committee for the second through fourth editions of the APhA Handbook of Pharmaceutical Excipients and is the author of a number of scientific publications and book chapters in the field of pharmaceutical research. He also serves on the board of directors of several nonprofit organizations.
“I am excited about the opportunity to serve in a leadership capacity at APhA-APRS,” Chambliss said. “I have practiced pharmacy for over 30 years in hospitals, retail pharmacies, the pharmaceutical industry and academia, and I have enjoyed every aspect of my professional career. Although the practice of pharmacy continues to evolve to address patient needs, we must never lose sight of the scientific foundation of the profession. APhA-APRS is the scientific arm of APhA, and I look forward to working with other leaders of the profession to ensure that the scientific issues critical to the practice of pharmacy are identified and addressed.”
The goal of APhA-APRS is to foster learning and achievement in the pharmaceutical sciences and to stimulate the development and application of outcomes research related to pharmaceutical products and services. Academy members are a source of authoritative information on key scientific issues. The academy provides a mechanism for experts in all areas of the pharmaceutical sciences to influence APhA’s policymaking process.
To learn more about pharmacy education and research at UM, go to http://www.pharmacy.olemiss.