Institute of Health Management
and Mass Destruction Defense


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Catherine White, PhD

Director of Pharmacy Education
cwhite@rx.uga.edu

College of Pharmacy
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602
706.542.5762 (voice)
706.542.5358 (fax)



Educational Background

1975.1980B.S., St. Louis College of Pharmacy, St. Louis, MO
1980-1985 Ph.D., Department of Pharmaceutics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, Major Professor: J.T. Slattery, Ph.D.
1986-1987 NIH Research Fellow, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS

Roles and Responsibilities

I will serve as Project Coordinator for the research tasks involving distribution of pharmaceuticals and healthcare extension. In addition, I will serve as educational coordinator over all University of Georgia educational activities for the Center. As such I will facilitate distance learning opportunities, establish joint degree/certificate programs, expand course offerings for undergraduate and graduate students and recruitment of minority students.

Area of Specialty

I have been the Director of Pharmacy Education for CMADD since 2002 and developed the first Pharmacy course and 5-week PharmD rotation for bioterrorism and mass casualty Disasters in the United States. This program has trained over 200 pharmacy students and served as a template for other Colleges of Pharmacy who want to expand their curriculum into this area. I am also a BDLS/ADLS certified instructor. I have worked extensively with the Georgia Department of Public Health and American Red Cross on planning for mass casualty management and distribution of the Strategic National Stockpile

Professional Affiliations

2002-date Director, CMADD Educational Program/College of Pharmacy
1997-date Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
1993-1997 Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
1987-1993 Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas

Selected Publications

Catherine A. White, The Role of the Pharmacist in Domestic Preparedness, presented to the 16th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists, Toronto, Canada, November 2002
Catherine A. White, Cham Dallas, Edward Rollor, Gloria Nichols-English, Educating Pharmacists as First Receivers in Disaster Preparedness/Bioterrorism , AACP Meeting, 2003