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Executive Committee
Dr. Sean Vasaitis, Dean of the School of Pharmacy and Health Professions
Phone: (410) 651-7664
Office: Suite1105, 1119 SPHP Bldg
Email: tsvasaitis@umes.edu
Dr. Timothy Gladwell, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Assessment and Associate Professor
Phone: (410) 651-8097
Office: Suite 1105, Room 1111 SPHP Bldg
E-mail: tdgladwell@umes.edu
Dr. S. Victor Hsia, Chair for Pharmaceutical Sciences and Professor
Phone: (410) 651-8491
Office: 3174 SPHP Bldg
E-mail: vhsia@umes.edu
Dr. Miriam Purnell, Chair for Pharmacy Practice and Administration and Professor
Program Director, PBC Rural Health Disparities and Social Inequities
Phone: (410) 621-3777
Office: 2113 SPHP Bldg
E-mail: mcpurnell@umes.edu
Dr. Lana Sherr, Assistant Dean for Professional Affairs and Associate Professor
Phone: (410) 621-2288
Office: Suite 1105, Room 1113 SPHP Bldg
E-mail: lsherr@umes.edu
Dr. Fred Tejada, Interim Assistant Dean for Student Affairs and Associate Professor
Phone: (410) 621-2123
Office: Suite 1105, Room 1117 SPHP Bldg
E-mail: frtejada@umes.edu
Dr. Kawanda Williams, Assistant Dean for Experiential Education and Assistant Professor
Phone: (410) 651-6120
Office: Suite 1221, Room 1219 SPHP Bldg
E-mail: kmwilliams3@umes.edu
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Dr. S. Victor Hsia, Chair for Pharmaceutical Sciences and Professor
Phone: (410) 651-8491
Office: Suite 3118, Room 3174 SPHP Bldg
E-mail: vhsia@umes.edu
Dr. Jiabing Fan, Assistant Professor
Phone: (410) 621-2077
Office: Suite 3118, Room 3128 SPHP Bldg
E-mail: jfan@umes.edu
Dr. Muhammad Delwar Hussain, Professor
Phone: 410-621-2928
Office: Suite 3118, Room 3166 SPHP Bldg
Email: mdhussain@umes.edu
Dr. Patrice L. Jackson-Ayotunde, Professor
Phone: (410) 621-3044
Office: Suite 3118, Room 3122 SPHP Bldg
E-mail: pljackson@umes.edu
Dr. Madan K. Kharel, Associate Professor
Phone: (410) 621-2230
Office: Suite 3118, Room 3148 SPHP Bldg
E-mail: mkkharel@umes.edu
Dr. Miguel Martin-Caraballo, Professor
Phone: (410) 651-6526
Office: Suite 3118, Room 3164 SPHP Bldg
E-mail: mmartin@umes.edu
Dr. Anjan Nan, Associate Professor
Phone: (410) 651-8190
Office: Suite 3118, Room 3160 SPHP Bldg
E-mail: anan@umes.edu
Dr. Jocelyn Reader, Assistant Professor
Phone: (410) 621-3130
Office: Suite 3118, Room 3162 SPHP Bldg
E-mail: jreader@umes.edu
Dr. Mark A. Simmons, Professor
Phone: (410) 621-2028
Office: Suite 3118, Room 3150 SPHP Bldg
E-mail: masimmons1@umes.edu
Dr. Fred R. Tejada, Interim Assistant Dean for Student Affairs and Associate Professor
Phone: (410) 621-2123
Office: Suite 1105, Room 1117 SPHP Bldg
E-mail: frtejada@umes.edu
Dr. T. Sean Vasaitis, Dean for the School of Pharmacy and Health Professions
Phone: (410) 651-7664
Office: Suite 1105, Room 1119 SPHP Bldg
E-mail: tsvasaitis@umes.edu
Dr. Bi-Dar (Peter) Wang, Professor
Phone: (410) 621-2240
Office: Suite 3118, Room 3154 SPHP Bldg
E-mail: bwang@umes.edu
Pharmacy Practice and Administration
Dr. Miriam C. Purnell, Chair for Pharmacy Practice and Administration and Professor
Program Director, PBC Rural Health Disparities and Social Inequities
Phone: (410) 621-3777
Office: 2113 SPHP Bldg
E-mail: mcpurnell@umes.edu
Dr. Rondall Allen, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Phone: (410) 651-6502
Office: Suite 3111 JT Williams Hall
Email: reallen@umes.edu
Dr. Lauren Antal, Assistant Professor
Phone: (410) 621-2121
Office: 2105 SPHP Bldg
E-mail: lnantal@umes.edu
Dr. Omar Attarabeen, RPh, PhD, Associate Professor
Phone: (410) 651-8372
Office: 2121 SPHP Bldg
Email: ofattarabeen@umes.edu
Dr. Matthew Balish, Lab Practice Coordinator and Assistant Professor
Phone: (410) 651-6801
Office: 2119 SPHP Bldg
E-mail: mdbalish@umes.edu
Dr. Yen H. Dang, Director of Global Health and Professor
Phone: (410) 651-8169
Office: 2246 SPHP Bldg
E-mail: ydang@umes.edu
Dr. Richard A. DeBenedetto, Associate Professor
Phone: (410) 621-2250
Office: 2256 SPHP Bldg
E-mail: radebenedetto@umes.edu
Dr. Dana R. Fasanella, Associate Professor
Phone: (410) 621-3085
Office: 2252 SPHP Bldg
E-mail: drfasanella@umes.edu
Dr. Timothy D. Gladwell, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Assessment and Associate Professor
Phone: (410) 651-8097
Office: Suite 1105, Room 1111 SPHP Bldg
E-mail: tdgladwell@umes.edu
Dr. Decola Johnson, Assistant Professor
Phone: 410-621-2802
Office: Suite 1203, Room 1213 SPHP Bldg
Email: dljohnson2@umes.edu
Dr. John Jordan, Associate Professor
Phone: (410) 651-7054
Office: 2262 SPHP Bldg
E-mail: jtjordan@umes.edu
Dr. Gwendolyn Knowles, Assistant Professor
Phone: (410) 651-7295
Office: 2103 SPHP Bldg
E-mail: gmknowles@umes.edu
Dr. Michael Miller, Assistant Professor
Phone: (410) 651-6683
Office: 2060 SPHP Bldg
E-mail: mtmiller@umes.edu
Dr. Marie-Therese Oyalowo, Director of Drug Information and Professor
Phone: (410) 621-3045
Office: 2250 SPHP Bldg
E-mail: moyalowo@umes.edu
Mr. Gregory Shaeffer, Assistant Professor
Phone: (410) 651-6355
Office: 2123 SPHP Bldg
E-mail: gkshaeffer@umes.edu
Dr. Lana Sherr, Assistant Dean for Professional Affairs and Associate Professor
Phone: (410) 621-3130
Office: Suite 1105, Room 1113 SPHP Bldg
E-mail: lsaad@umes.edu
Dr. Hoai-An Truong, Director of Public Health and Professor
Phone: (410) 651-8975
Office: 2248 SPHP Bldg
E-mail: htruong@umes.edu
Dr. Kawanda Williams, Assistant Dean for Experiential Education and Assistant Professor
Phone: (410) 651-6120
Office: Suite 1221, Room 1219 SPHP Bldg
E-mail: kmwilliams3@umes.edu
Professional Staff
Mrs. Helen Branch, Information Technology Specialist
Phone: (410) 651-6998
Office: 1233 SPHP Bldg
E-mail: hbranch@umes.edu
Ms. Lakeisa Brown, Recruitment Coordinator
Phone: (410) 621-2280
Office: Suite 1203, Room 1209 SPHP Bldg
E-mail: lbrown1@umes.edu
Mrs. Diana Calcagno, Experiential Education Coordinator
Phone: (410) 651-7478
Office: Suite 1221, Room 1217 SPHP Bldg
E-mail: dlcalcagno@umes.edu
Mrs. Pamela Douglas-Oliver, Administrative Assistant, Office of the Dean
Phone: (410) 651-8327
Office: Suite 1105, Room 1109 SPHP Bldg
E-mail: pldouglas@umes.edu
Dr. Ishraga S. Elsayed, Laboratory Coordinator
Phone: (410) 621-2240
Office: Suite 3118, Room SPHP Bldg
E-mail: iselsayed@umes.edu
Dr. Lynn Lang, Director of Assessment
Phone: (410) 621-2060
Office: Suite 1105, Room 1115 SPHP Bldg
E-mail: llang@umes.edu
Mrs. Sharon R. Neal-Horsey, Admissions and Program Pathway Specialist
Phone: (410) 621- 2292
Office: Suite 1203, Room 1113 SPHP Bldg
E-mail: snhorsey@umes.edu
Ms. Pamela Polk, Administrative Assistant, Pharmacy Practice and Administration
Phone: (410) 651-7782
Office: 2112 SPHP Bldg
E-mail: papolk@umes.edu
Mrs. Verne Shaw-Johnson, Administrative Assistant, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Phone: (410) 651-8496
Office: Suite 3118 SPHP Bldg
E-mail: vshawjohnson@umes.edu
