Associate Dean
UC Irvine School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Dr. Watanabe is a board-certified geriatrics pharmacist, health economist, and outcomes researcher. He is a Member of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) Forum on Drug, Discovery, Development, and Translation. He is appointed to the Committee on "Processes to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Drugs for Rare Diseases or Conditions in the US and the European Union" mandated by the US Congress. He was co-chair of the "Preparing the Future Workforce in Drug Research & Development" NASEM Committee. Dr. Watanabe's research on implications of non-optimized medication regimens has been cited in multiple successful state legislative efforts for pharmacist provider status. He received his BS from the University of Washington (UW), his PharmD from the University of Southern California, and his MS and PhD from the UW Comparative Health Outcomes, Policy, and Economics (CHOICE) Institute. He is a past National Academy of Medicine (NAM) Anniversary Fellow in Pharmacy sponsored by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy and the American College of Clinical Pharmacy. He was the first pharmacist Scholar in the NAM Emerging Leaders in Health and Medicine Program and serves as a Distinguished Fellow of the Get the Medications Right Institute. He serves on the journal editorial advisory board for The Senior Care Pharmacist.
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