Faculty & Staff Details
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Name: | Molly Minze, Pharm.D. |
| Position: | Assistant Professor, Ambulatory Care Division, Abilene | |
| Email: | molly.minze@ttuhsc.edu | |
| Bio | Dr. Minze is an Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Pharmacy. She is involved with didactic, laboratory teaching, facilitating case based learning, and Ambulatory Care clerkships. She maintains a practice site in Ambulatory Care at the Dyess Air Force Base in Abilene, Texas. Dr. Minze teaches in Basecamp, IPP 1 and 2, Immunizations, Case Studies III, and Grand Rounds. Dr. Minze received her Bachelor of Science degree in Biomedical Science at Texas A&M University and Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Houston College of Pharmacy in 2005. She then completed a pharmacy practice (PGY1) residency at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center Memphis, Tennessee and PGY2 ambulatory care residency at Coastal AHEC and New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, North Carolina. |
Education:
Doctor of Pharmacy -
University of Houston College of Pharmacy, Houston, Texas, May 2005
Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Science -
Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, May 2001
Post Doctoral Training -
• PGY2 Ambulatory Care Residency in Primary Care, ASHP Accredited, Coastal AHEC/New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Wilmington, North Carolina, July 2006-June 2007
• PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency, ASHP Accredited, VAMC Memphis, Tennessee, July 2006-June 2007
Licensure
Registered Pharmacist, North Carolina, License #18521
Registered Pharmacist, Texas, License #43225
Pharmacy Preceptor, Texas, August 2007-present
Awards
• University of Houston College of Pharmacy Outstanding Young Alumnus, 2008
• Texas Pharmacy Association RxPert Leadership Conference, October 2007
• American Pharmacists Association Foundation Advanced Practice Institute: Diabetes, November 2006
• United States Public Health Service Excellence in Public Health Pharmacy Practice Award, May 2005
• Texas Pharmacy Association Student Innovative Project Award, Third Place, 2004
• Phi Lambda Sigma, Upsilon Chapter, 2004
Certifications
• American Heart Association BLS for Health care Providers – 2013
• ACPE Resident Training Course in Teaching and Precepting – 2005
• ACPE Immunizations Certification -- 2004
• ACPE Sterile Products, University of Houston College of Pharmacy – 2003
Publications:
Peer Reviewed Publications
Minze M, Dalal K, Irons B. Removing barriers to insulin use. J Fam Pract. 2011 Oct;60(10):577-80.
Book Chapters
1. Luedkte S, Minze M. Vaccinations. In: Kodak-Kimble MA, Young LY, editors. Applied therapeutics: the clinical use of drugs. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams, & Wilkins; 2012. 217-231.
2. Dow JF, Vermeulen LC, Albrecht LS, Bader KM, Canada TW, Cohen T, Ginsburg DB, Graham ME, Kuo GM, Pinon M, Nemire RE, Pandya DA, Purcell K, Snyder ME. Fundamentals of Experiential Teaching. In Preceptor’s Handbook for Pharmacists. Bethesda: American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists. 2009.
3. . Canaday BR, Graham ME, Labruzzo BA. Neuropathic pain. In Community Pharmacy Practice Case Studies. Washington DC: American Pharmacists Association. 2009.
Abstracts/Posters
1. Koffarnus RL, Graham ME, Klein MS. Achieving cholesterol goals with low-cost 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-COA) reductase inhibitors in an indigent diabetic population. (Poster) December 2009. Presented at the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Midyear Clinical Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada.
2. Quinones ME, Wigle P, Padiyara RS, Havrda D, Graham M, Harrigan N. The history and growth of the endocrine and metabolism PRN. (Poster) October 2009. Presented at the American College of Clinical Pharmacy Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California.
3. Cox C, Graham M, Johnson M, Klein M. Model for introductory pharmacy practice experiences (IPPEs). (Poster) July 2009. Presented at the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts.
4. Graham ME, Blair MB. Survey of pharmacist opinion and comfort level of current and future job functions. (Poster) October and December 2007. Presented at the American College of Clinical Pharmacy Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Midyear Clinical Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Invited Presentations
Local Presentations
1. Graham ME, Klein MS. ACPE Immunizations Training, Department of Continuing Education, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Pharmacy, Dallas, Texas, August 2009.
Delivered didactic and skills based curriculum to pharmacists obtaining immunization certification (8 hours of continuing education).
2. Graham ME, Klein MS. ACPE Immunizations Training, Department of Continuing Education, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Pharmacy, Lubbock, Texas, Sept 2009.
Delivered didactic and skills based curriculum to pharmacists obtaining immunization certification (8 hours of continuing education).
3. Klein MS, Minze MG. ACPE Immunizations Training, Department of Continuing Education, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Pharmacy, Abilene, Texas, May 2010.
Delivered didactic and skills based curriculum to pharmacists obtaining immunization certification. Didactic curriculum delivered via VCS to Amarillo, Lubbock, and Dallas campuses. (8 hours of continuing education).
4. Klein MS, Minze MG. ACPE Immunizations Training, Department of Continuing Education, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Pharmacy, Dallas and Lubbock, Texas, October 2010.
Delivered didactic and skills based curriculum to pharmacists obtaining immunization certification. Didactic curriculum delivered via Polycom to Lubbock, and presented live at the Dallas campus. (8 hours of continuing education).
5. Klein MS, Minze MG. ACPE Immunizations Training, Department of Continuing Education, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Pharmacy, Dallas and El Paso, Texas, November 2011.
Delivered didactic and skills based curriculum to pharmacists obtaining immunization certification. Didactic curriculum delivered via Polycom to Dallas, and presented live at the El Paso campus. (8 hours of continuing education).
6. Klein MS, Minze MG. ACPE Immunizations Training, Department of Continuing Education, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Pharmacy, Dallas and Amarillo, Texas, August 2012.
Delivered didactic and skills based curriculum to pharmacists obtaining immunization certification. Didactic curriculum delivered via Polycom to Amarillo, and presented live at the Dallas campus. (8 hours of continuing education).
Regional Presentations
1. Graham ME. New Practitioner Network, American Pharmacists Association, Academy of Student Pharmacists Midyear Regional Meeting, Houston, Texas, November 2007.
Presented information regarding the APhA New Practitioner Network to a group of approximately 300 students from the states of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas, Missouri, and Louisiana. Invited presentation as the New Practitioner Representative for the Specialized Pharmacy Practice Section of the Academy of Pharmacy Practice and Management in APhA.
Journal Referee
Annals of Pharmacotherapy, January 2012 – present
Journal of Family Practice, January 2012-- present