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Columns::August 26, 2002
Herty--Unplugged
Law school appoints three professors to endowed positions
Former Boston College dean appointed to Parham Chair
Inside scoop: New ad campaign reminds forest park visitors to respect others
Twenty new Foundation Fellows, seven Ramsey Scholars enter UGA
Reef grief: Common bacteria kills elkhorn coral off Florida Keys
Professor takes issue with media’s portrayal of race, class and gender
A tale of two centers
Kudos
Update: Private Giving
Coming and Going
Campus News
Clinical and administrative pharmacy faculty member is named first Jowdy Professor
By Sheila Roberson
roberson@rx.uga.edu
James W. Cooper has been chosen for the first Albert W. Jowdy Professorship in Pharmacy Care in the College of Pharmacy.
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Established in honor of professor emeritus Albert W. Jowdy, who passed away in September 2001, the professorship promotes excellence in pharmacy care through instruction and scholarship.
Cooper is a professor of clinical and administrative pharmacy and a member of the honors, graduate and gerontology faculties at UGA. He is also an assistant clinical professor at the Medical College of Georgia.
Jowdy was known for his keen interest in students, his outstanding teaching and his superb mentorship. His achievements, both as a student advocate and as a researcher in pharmacy care administration, are nationally known. The professorship recognizes a faculty member who has demonstrated a genuine interest in students, has an outstanding teaching record with a commitment to stimulate student curiosity, creativity and critical thinking, and has a distinguished scholarship or service record in pharmacy care.
“I am delighted with Dr. Cooper’s selection as he reflects the essence of this professorship,” says Svein Oie, dean of the college. “He is an outstanding clinician-scientist, recognized as a national authority in geriatrics through his pioneering research that has led to novel approaches in drug therapy for the elderly patient. He is further known for his tireless efforts to increase the awareness of the special pharmaceutical management needs of this group.
“Dr. Cooper also has the ability to inspire and stimulate students through his teaching, via his clerkships, his textbooks and practice books, or his personal interactions,” Oie also says. “Many of his former students have gone on to reach prominent positions in the area of eldercare.”
During his 33-year career Cooper has developed or taught 63 courses to more than 3,000 students. He has provided care to more than 6,000 nursing home patients and consulted with adult day care, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson support groups, and home and hospice care patients.
His research interests focus on geriatric drug therapy efficacy, toxicity, pharmacoeconomics, pharmcoepidemiology and pharmacist effect on drug-related problems and disease management in the older adult. He has current projects on safe medication use, falls, osteoporosis, pain management and NSAID interventions in older adults. He has received more than $1.4 million in research funding.
Cooper earned his bachelor’s degree in pharmacy and his Ph.D. in pharmaceutical sciences and clinical pharmacy at UGA and began his teaching career at the University of Rhode Island in 1972. In 1976 he returned to UGA and joined the pharmacy faculty. |
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