Cedarville Pharmacy Experts

Cedarville's School of Pharmacy runs a six-year PharmD track instead of the traditional eight, making it one of the most affordable private pharmacy programs in the country, and its graduates are matching into residencies at Johns Hopkins, Cleveland Clinic, and Nationwide Children's. Built on a biblical foundation that treats patient care as ministry, the school trains pharmacists for the frontline of public health, infectious disease, chronic illness, everyday medicine cabinets, and the drug science behind all of it. Explore experts ready to speak to how medicine actually reaches patients.

Faculty who train pharmacists and practice alongside them, available for interviews and background briefings.

Jeffrey Bates, PharmD, CGP, FMPA

Dean, School of Pharmacy; Professor of Pharmacy Practice

Dr. Bates leads the school and is a Certified Geriatric Pharmacist. Before Cedarville, he founded a pharmacy care clinic at Ferris State University, and his research looks at medication safety for older adults. He speaks to where pharmacy is headed and what patients need from the pharmacist across from them.

Expertise: geriatric pharmacy, medication safety, pharmacy education, patient care. View Full Profile.

Zach Jenkins, PharmD, BCPS

Professor of Pharmacy Practice; Director of Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences

Dr. Jenkins spent a decade as an infectious disease clinical specialist with Premier Health and advised community leaders and policymakers during COVID-19, earning the Ohio College of Clinical Pharmacy's 2021 Pharmacist of the Year. He speaks to antibiotic resistance, hospital infection control, and how pharmacists get pandemic-ready.

Expertise: infectious disease, antimicrobial stewardship, pandemic response. View Full Profile.

Shannon Yarosz, PharmD, MS, MCR

Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice

Dr. Yarosz's work centers on children's medication needs, from rescue medications for seizures to asthma delivery devices. She brings pediatric and community pharmacy experience and teaches students to practice with faith and compassion.

Expertise: pediatric pharmacy, epilepsy and seizure management, clinical research. View Full Profile.

Elisha Injeti, PhD

Chair of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Dr. Injeti explains how drugs act in the body and why dosing matters. He teaches neuropharmacology and cardiovascular pharmacology and holds a certificate in biomedical and clinical ethics.

Expertise: pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, neuropharmacology, biomedical ethics. View Full Profile.

*Our experts are available for interviews, background briefings, and breaking news commentary.

From the community pharmacy counter to the research lab, where Cedarville's pharmacy experts focus their work.

Pharmacy is a trust profession. Cedarville builds its curriculum on a biblical worldview, with medical ethics, patient dignity, and the sanctity of life woven through the coursework, and sends every student on a cross-cultural mission experience in year three. Faculty can speak to what it looks like to practice with compassion, and how that shapes the way pharmacists talk with patients.

Experts

Dr. Jeffrey Bates, PharmD: On leading a pharmacy school built around faith and service.

Dr. Emily Laswell, PharmD: On empathy, spirituality in healthcare, and holistic patient care.

Dr. Shannon Yarosz, PharmD: On bringing a biblical perspective to pharmacy practice.

Drug-resistant infections are climbing, and pharmacists sit at the center of how antibiotics get prescribed and used. Cedarville's infectious disease expertise comes from real hospital practice, including pandemic-era consultation with community leaders and policymakers, and from teaching the next generation how to protect the drugs we already have.

Experts

Dr. Zach Jenkins, PharmD: On antimicrobial stewardship, COVID-19 lessons, and hospital infection control.

Most people meet their pharmacist long before they meet a specialist. Cedarville faculty run community-based training programs and can speak to managing diabetes, asthma, and COPD, helping patients quit smoking, keeping older adults safe on multiple medications, and treating children with conditions like epilepsy.

Experts

Dr. Andrew Straw, PharmD: On chronic disease management, asthma, COPD, and smoking cessation.

Dr. Jeffrey Bates, PharmD: On geriatric medication safety and self-care.

Dr. Thad Franz, PharmD: On community pharmacy, medication therapy management, and transitions of care.

Dr. Shannon Yarosz, PharmD: On pediatric epilepsy and seizure rescue medications.

Cedarville's Center for Pharmacy Innovation backs faculty and students who tackle healthcare problems like rising costs and the opioid epidemic. The school's research reaches from natural product discovery for anticancer agents to independent systematic reviews of popular supplements, including SAMe and glucosamine chondroitin, supported through a partnership with Nutramax.

Experts

Dr. Denise Jean-Louis, PhD: On natural product drug discovery and anticancer research.

Dr. Melissa Beck, PhD: On drug safety, toxicology, and effects during pregnancy and development.

Dr. Elisha Injeti, PhD: On how drugs work in the body.

Commentary and coverage from Cedarville's pharmacy faculty.