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Columns::April 21, 2003

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Regents Award for Research in Undergraduate Education

At the May meeting of the board, the regents of the University System of Georgia will present their 2003 Award for Research in Undergraduate Education at Research Universities to Marie Chisholm of UGA’s College of Pharmacy. This award is designed to honor the commitment to student-focused research about effective teaching.

Marie Chisholm
Associate Professor of Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy

The vote was unanimous when Marie Chisholm was selected as the faculty recipient of the 2003 Regents Award for Research in

Marie Chisholm

Undergraduate Education at research universities. Since joining the UGA College of Pharmacy faculty in 1994, she has established a national reputation as a scholar and an educator, committed to the practice of teaching and the depth of student learning.
She was recipient of the University System of Georgia’s Regents Award for Excellence in Teaching in 1999, UGA’s Richard B. Russell Undergraduate Teaching Award in 1998, the Rufus A. Lyman Award for the Most Outstanding Publication in the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education in 1996, and the Georgia Society of Health-System Pharmacists Award of Excellence for a poster presentation in 1995. She also received Honorable Mention for the Teaching Innovations Award from the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy in 1997.
A firm believer in the “active learner” philosophy of education, Chisholm has developed several innovative courses for the pharmacy curriculum, such as one that uses actual patients in the classroom. This course introduces students to patient care situations. At the same time it promotes and enhances their communication skills, and helps them realize their potential for active intervention in patient care. Chisholm is also considered an innovator in computer-assisted learning, having designed a program to facilitate the study of peptic ulcer disease-state management.
“Dedicated” is the word most often used to describe her by her colleagues and her students. “There are not many academics who can sustain the level of energy and interest in topics that she does,” says Joseph DiPiro, head of the department of clinical and administrative pharmacy. “She has a passion for teaching and motivating students to learn as much as they can from her.”
Her research program also supports her dedication and innovation. In the past five years she has generated more than $2 million in funding from the Carlos and Marguerite Mason Trust. Her initial focus was on optimizing renal-transplant medication outcomes and compliance through pharmacist intervention. In 1999 she developed the Medication Access Program at the Medical College of Georgia to facilitate access to free or discounted medications for solid organ transplant patients residing in Georgia. The first program of its kind in the state and in the country, MAP expanded in 2002 to include transplant patients at Emory University.

--Sheila Roberson
roberson@rx.uga.edu

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