Bupendra Shah, PhD, MS

Research

Areas of interest include the design and execution of research studies in the areas of student pharmacist teaching & learning and training needs. Dr. Shah is a social, behavioral, and administrative science pharmacy researcher with a focus on using sociological research methods (surveys, focus groups, interviews, etc.) that are applied to pharmacy education, regulatory science, and health services research. The goal of Dr. Shah’s research is to identify and meet the training and learning needs of healthcare providers such that they can engage in meaningful communication with their patients and provide tailored patient-centered care that can lead to improved patient outcomes. Over the past decade, he has initiated and collaborated with colleagues to design and conduct research studies in the areas of patient and pharmacist perspectives on the pharmacist role, patient-pharmacist communication, and pharmacist services.