Spokane faculty named distinguished young pharmacist

Brian Gates, clinical assistant professor of pharmacotherapy at Washington State University Spokane, recently was awarded the Pharmacist Mutual Distinguished Young Pharmacist of the Year Award at the 2003 Tri-State Pharmacy Convention.

The award is presented to an exemplary pharmacist who has made outstanding contributions in community service and been in practice less than 10 years.

Gates received a doctorate in pharmacy from WSU in 1999 and completed three years of postgraduate training in geriatrics with WSU before joining the faculty. He serves as a consultant pharmacist for the Visiting Nurses Association, a rotation site for WSU’’s fourth-year pharmacy students. Gates is also a contributing editor for the journal Advances in Pharmacy and provides talks on medication safety for senior citizen groups.

He was the lead investigator in a recent study examining links between use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and congestive heart failure, showing that use of NSAIDs can contribute to first-time hospitalization for the condition. He conducted the research as part of his post-doctoral fellowship funded by the American College of Clinical Pharmacy, Merck-American College of Clinical Pharmacy Outcomes and Economics Fellowship.

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