Faculty
Dr. Jessica M. Robinson, PharmD, is Assistant Professor at East Tennessee State University (ETSU) Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy. She earned her Doctor of Pharmacy degree at ETSU prior to pursuing post-graduate training at the University of North Carolina, where she completed the Community Pharmacy Practice Research Fellowship at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and the Interprofessional Geriatrics Fellowship at the Center for Aging and Health at the UNC School of Medicine. Robinson is the lead coach for the Greater Appalachian Transformation Effort, one of 20 teams across the United States selected to receive grant funding through the Community Pharmacy Foundation to administer the Flip the Pharmacy® initiative. In this role, she works closely with local community pharmacy networks and a team of coaches across East Tennessee, Virginia and Western North Carolina to oversee implementation of practice transformation training in more than 100 community pharmacies in South Central Appalachia. Dr. Robinson is the lead network facilitator for the Community Pharmacy Enhanced Services Network (CPESN®USA) in Tennessee, a clinically-integrated network of community pharmacies that provide enhanced pharmacy services across the state. She is also the president of the First District Pharmacists Association which sponsors continuing education and networking programming throughout Northeast Tennessee.
Dr. Robinson is co-investigator on a $500,000 grant from the Tennessee Department of Health titled "Enhancing Detection Through Coronavirus Response and Relief," which is shared across the ETSU Academic Health Sciences Center. The college is using this funding to advance point-of-care testing in the region.
At Gatton, she teaches topics relating to the expansion of community pharmacy clinical services. She is a preceptor for Gatton’s Practice Transformation APPE, as well as for the community pharmacy residency program. Her areas of interest include community pharmacy practice and management, rural health, and interprofessional geriatrics care.
Education, Degree, & Post Graduate Training
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- Doctor of Pharmacy, East Tennessee State University, 2017
- Community Pharmacy Practice Research Fellowship, University of North Carolina, 2019
- Interprofessional Geriatrics Fellowship, University of North Carolina, 2019
Selected Publications
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- Blalock SJ, Farley J, Ferreri SP, Renfro CP, Robinson JM, Boode NR, Busby-Whitehead J. Impact of STEADI-Rx: JA community pharmacy-based fall prevention intervention. [published online ahead of print, 2020 Apr 21]. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2020;10.1111/jgs.16459.
- Blalock SJ, Renfro CP, Robinson JM, Farley J, Busby-Whitehead J, Ferreri SP. Using the Drug Burden Index to Identify Older Adults at Highest Risk for Medication-Related Falls. BMC Geriatr. 2020;20(1):208.
- Renfro CP, Robinson JM, Turner K, Gaskins T, Ferreri SP. Care coordination and follow-up practices in the community pharmacy setting: A mixed methods study. J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). 2020;60(4):631-638.e2.
- Robinson JM, Renfro CP, Shockley SJ, Blalock SJ, Watkins AK, Ferreri SP. Training and Toolkit Resources to Support Implementation of a Community Pharmacy Fall Prevention Service. Pharmacy (Basel). 2019;7(3):113.
Organizational Involvement/Membership
AACP (American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy)
APhA (American Pharmacists Association)
NCPA (National Community Pharmacists Association)
TPA (Tennessee Pharmacists Association)
FDPA (First District Pharmacists Association)
Personal motto or favorite quote:
“You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” – Zig Zigler
“The most dangerous phrase in the language is we’ve always done it this way.” – Rear Admiral Grace Hopper
“A healthy attitude is contagious, but don’t wait to catch it from others. Be a carrier.” – Tom Stoppard