Adjunct Professor
Areas of Interest: Global Health, toxicology, neuropharmacology, drug abuse, novel teaching methods and student programming
Office:WEGPHR 310
Phone:(585) 899-3730
Melinda Lull
Certifications:

Apple Teacher

Education:

Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Virginia Commonwealth University
Ph.D., Penn State College of Medicine
B.A., St. John Fisher University

Teaching

Dr. Lull has participated in multiple service trips with SJFC, including recent trips to Peru, Mexico and Tanzania.  While serving, she focuses on health education and healthcare improvement projects.

Dr. Lull has participated in multiple service trips with SJFC, including recent trips to Peru, Mexico and Tanzania. While serving, she focuses on health education and healthcare improvement projects.

Core Courses:

  • PHAR 3144 – Systems Pharmacology I
  • PHAR 4144 – Systems Pharmacology III
  • PHAR 4244 – Systems Pharmacology IV

Elective Courses:

  • PHAR 5507 – Toxins and Poisons
  • PHAR 5534 – Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Medicine

Research

Dr. Lull’s training was primarily in the areas of neuropharmacology and neurotoxicology.  Since becoming a faculty member at the Wegmans School of Pharmacy, Dr. Lull has pursued her interests in three main subject areas:

  • In partnership with the service organization Global Volunteers, Dr. Lull travels with students on service trips around the world and conducts research related to the impacts of health education, resources, and healthcare access on the health of individuals in developing countries.
  • Building upon her experience with drug abuse and toxicology, Dr. Lull works to improve understanding of the relationship between drug levels and behavioral effects as well as promote public awareness of drug effects.
  • Lull is currently active in the scholarship of teaching and learning by assessing and publishing on innovating teaching methods, methods for assessment of student learning and the development of co-curricular programs.

Recent Publications

Papers

  • Impact of the first year of the Reaching Children’s Potential Demonstration Program in Ukwega Ward, Tanzania: A cohort study, Int J Child Heath Hum Dev, 2022. Co-authored with C Dudla, C Kern, D Bell.
  • Introduction to leadership development using the “Five Practices” framework in a co-curricular pharmacy student-development program, Curr Pharm Teach Learn, 2021; Co-authored with S Wase.
  • Final year student pharmacist’s attitudes and perceptions towards pharmacogenomics education and their readiness to adopt it in their practice, Am J Health-Syst Pharm, 2019. Co-authored with S Coriolan, N Arikawe, A Moscati, L Zhou, S Dym, S Donmez, A Garba, S Falbaum, Z Loewy, M Saad, J Shtaynberg, A Obeng.
  • Stability of extemporaneously prepared sodium benzoate oral solution, Int J Pharm Compd, 2018. Co-authored with J Atkins, A Decker, D Hutchinson.

Posters

  • Assessing the effectiveness of hypertension treatment regiments in a rural Tanzanian Clinic,   American Society of Health Systems Pharmacy Midyear Clinical Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, December 2022. Co-authored with MB Dang, AB LeFever.
  • Impact of Reaching Children’s Potential program on improving health outcomes in rural villages in Tanzania, American Society of Health Systems Pharmacy Midyear Clinical Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, December 2022. Co-authored with A Zukic, JM Snyder.
  • Impact of the Reaching Children’s Potential Demonstration Program on childhood growth in Ukwega Ward, Tanzania during pilot year 2017-2018, American Society of Health Systems Pharmacy Midyear Clinical Meeting, Virtual, December 2020. Co-authored with CS Dudla.
  • Diagnosis and treatment of hypertension in a rural Tanzanian clinic, American Society of Health Systems Pharmacy Midyear Clinical Meeting, Virtual, December 2020. Co-authored with AB Lefever.
  • Patterns of antibiotic use in a rural Tanzanian clinic, American Society of Health Systems Pharmacy Midyear Clinical Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, December 2019. Co-authored with DM Cohan.
  • The incidence of stunting in the Iringa Region of Tanzania: a descriptive report, American Society of Health Systems Pharmacy Midyear Clinical Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, December 2019. Co-authored with CL Kuder.
  • Use, safety and efficacy of ethnomedicine in the Iringa Region of Tanzania (Phase 1),  American Society of Health Systems Pharmacy Midyear Clinical Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, December 2019. Co-authored with G Magliocchetti.

Oral Presentations

  • The Reaching Children’s Potential (RCP) demonstration project in Ukwega, Tanzania, Unite for Sight 17thAnnual Global Health and Innovation Conference, New Haven, Connecticut, April 2020.  Co-authored with CS Dudla, R Curran.
  • LGBT curricular coverage and student services in health professions programs, Gay and Lesbian Medical Association 33rd Annual Conference, Portland, Oregon, September 2015. Co-authored with JL Mathews, KL Hillenburg, MR Inglehart, P Habil, A Sachdeo, R Quintanar.

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