The University of Georgia College of Pharmacy Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy

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James W. Cooper, Jr., Ph.D., BCPS, FASHP
Emeritus Professor
Clinical Administrative Pharmacy
Contact Information
Phone:
Email: jcooper@rx.uga.edu
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Address: University of Georgia
College of Pharmacy
Athens, GA 30602
Biosketch
BS PharmacyUniversity of GeorgiaAthens, GA1968
PhD PharmacyUniversity of GeorgiaAthens, GA1972
Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Rhode IslandKingston, RI1972
Associate ProfessorUniversity of GeorgiaAthens, GA1978
ProfessorUniversity of GeorgiaAthens, GA1983
Honors and Awards
AFPE Scholarship, NSF Trainee, White House Conference on Aging Advisor ('81), Archambault Award(ASCP'82), ASHP Research and Education Foundation(REF) Award for Hospital Pharmacy Practice('78),ASHP REF Award for Sustained Contributions to the Literature of Hospital Pharmacy('90), Fulbright Lectureship (declined, '84),Brookdale Award in Gerontology Nomination by ASHP and ASCP('81&'82), four national ASCP paper awards, Creative Research('85) and McNeil Clinical Research Awards('87) at UGa. First Peter P. Lamy Memorial Lecture Presenter, ASCP, 1999, Pinnacle Award APhA and HCQA, 2000, USP Gerontology Expert Committee, 2000-20005, Teacher of The Year, UGa College of Pharmacy, 2001, Dedication of the Georgia Pharmacist Magazine for 2001, Appointed to CGP Credentialing and Exam Committee, 2002-2005. Honored with Member Profile in AThe Credential@ of CCGP Vol. 4, no. 4, 2001, Albert W. Jowdy Chair of Pharmacy Care, 2001-2003, Emeritus Professor of Pharmacy, 2003-passing. Part-time (0.49FTE) UGa Nov 2003-.
Area of Expertise
Geriatric Drug Therapy Efficacy,Toxicity, Pharmacoeconomics, Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacist Effect on Drug Related Problems and Disease Management in the Older Adult.

Research projects: 15 graduate students, 4 post-docs, one honors baccaluareate thesis and 72 undergraduate projects.

Currently: projects on fall, osteoporosis, pain management and NSAID interventions, Beer=s criteria revision and Canadian NET-MASTs project.

Presentations: Over 1,100 to 46 states.Visiting Professorships to U. of Florida, Tennessee, Samford U. and in Canada (2X), Spain (4X), England, Scotland and Korea.
Representative Publications
Over 600, please see my web site Consultant Press.