Patient Communication For Pharmacy

Min Liu, Ph.D. in Communication, MPH, Associate Professor, Department of Applied Communication Studies. Research and teaching interests include health communication, patient-provider communication, and culturally diverse health needs and behaviors. Recent publications are in communication and pedagogy journals such as Communication Teacher, Communication Education, Applied Communication Research, as well as Journal of Interprofessional Care and Journal of the American Pharmacists Association. Lakesha M. Butler, PharmD, BCPS is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice. She earned a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Mercer University College of Pharmacy in 2005. Research and teaching interests include cultural competency among healthcare professionals, health literacy, decreasing health disparities among minorities and underserved populations, in addition to incorporating innovative and active learning strategies in the pharmacy classroom. She is a clinical pharmacist at a free health clinic in St. Louis, Missouri providing medication therapy management to uninsured patients. She has numerous scholarly publications and national/regional presentations within the field of pharmacy.