Rodney Larson, PhD., R.Ph.

Assistant Dean of Academics Affairs
Professor
Dean's Office
Phone: (231) 250-7675
Email: [email protected]

Education

PhD, University of Minnesota, Social and Behavioral Pharmacy, Ethics
BS, Ferris State University, Pharmacy

Biography

Dr. Larson earned his BS in Pharmacy from Ferris State University in 1988 and his Ph.D. in Social and Behavioral Pharmacy from the University of Minnesota in 1994. He spent the next six years as an Assistant Professor of Administrative Sciences at Idaho State University in Pocatello, Idaho. Two major accomplishments during this time were his being the founding Director of the Institute for the Advancement of Pharmaceutical Care and a co-recipient of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy's 1997 Rufus A. Lyman Award.

In 2000, Dr. Larson returned to Ferris State University as its Assistant Dean of Admissions and Student Academic Affairs. For the next seven years he was integrally involved in the transition from the BS to the all Pharm.D. program, a splitting of the program into three primary campus locations, a 25% increase in class size, a creation of a joint Pharm.D./MBA program, an expanded pre-Pharmacy and Pharmacy Honors program, and a more than tripling of the number of applicants for the professional program.

In 2007, Dr. Larson left Ferris to become the Founding Dean of the Husson College School of Pharmacy, located in Bangor, Maine. Here he laid the foundation for the school, hiring all the faculty and staff necessary to get a new program off the ground and working intimately with the accrediting agencies to ensure the program was successful. He led the program through full accreditation and five graduating classes before coming back to Ferris as the College of Pharmacy's first Assistant Dean of Academics and Practice in 2018.

Publications and Intellectual Contributions

Journal Article
Kelsh, S., Ottney, A. R., Young, M., Kelly (Sahr), M., Larson, R., Sohn, M. (2023). "Young Adults’ Electronic Cigarette Use and Perceptions of Risk," Tobacco Use Insights. 16 pp. 1-6. SAGE Publishing. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1179173X231161313
Journal Article
Sahr, M., Kelsh, S., Ottney, A., Young, M., Larson, R., Sohn, M. (2020). "Pharmacy Students’ Perceptions of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems as Compared to Those of Other Health Care Students," American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education. 84 (7). https://www.ajpe.org/content/84/7/ajpe7690
Journal Article
Wellman, G. S., Larson, R. (2002). "Using Web-Based Prescription Simulations as an Active Learning Tool in an Integrated Practice Skills Laboratory," American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education. 66 pp. 411-15. Arlington, VA: American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy.
Journal Article
Larson, R. (2000). "Patients' Willingness to Pay for Pharmaceutical Care," Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association. 40 (5). pp. 618-24. Washington DC: American Pharmaceutical Association. https://www.japha.org/article/S0003-0465(15)32935-9/abstract
Journal Article
Culbertson, V. L., Larson, R. A., Cady, P. S., Kale, M., Force, R. (1997). "A Conceptual Framework for Defining Pharmaceutical Diagnosis," American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education. 61 (1). pp. 12-18. Arlington, VA: American Association of Pharmaceutical Education.
Journal Article
Morley, P. C., Larson, R. A. (1992). "Ethics of Pharmaceutical Care," Minnesota Pharmacist. 10 pp. 11-14. Minneapolis, MN: Minnesota Pharmacist Association.
Journal Article
Lamsam, G. D., Larson, R. A. (1992). "National Health Insurance Debate," Minnesota Pharmacist. 10 pp. 9-10. Minneapolis, MN: Minnesota Pharmacist Association.

Presentations

Poster
Ding, Q. (Author & Presenter), Grazia, S. A. (Author), Steiner, T. L. (Author), Larson, R. A. (Author), Pharmacy Education 2023, "Assessing Medication Safety in PharmD Education in the United States," American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, Aurora, Colorado, (July 25, 2023).
Oral Presentation
Brennan, L. (Author & Presenter), Crittenden, J. (Author & Presenter), Larson, R. (Author & Presenter), Trombley, M. (Author & Presenter), O'Connell, D. (Author & Presenter), Maine Health Care Association Fall Health Care Conference & Expo, "Oral Health: A Team Sport," Maine Health Care Association, Rockport Maine, (October 19, 2022).
Oral Presentation
Larson, R. (Author & Presenter), Michigan Pharmacists Association Upper Peninsula Division Fall Seminar, "The Pulse of Pharmacy Education," Michigan Pharmacists Association Upper Peninsula Division, Marquette, MI, (September 26, 2020).
Poster
Sahr, M. (Author), Ottney, A. (Author & Presenter), Kelsh, S. (Author), Young, M. (Author), Larson, R. (Author), Muratovic, V. (Author), Sohn, M. (Author), American Pharmacists Association Annual Meeting, "Pharmacy Students’ Perceptions of Electronic Cigarettes Compared to Other Health Professional Students," American Pharmacists Association, Seattle, Washington, (March 23, 2019).
Oral Presentation
Beal, D. (Author & Presenter), DeHart, R. (Author & Presenter), Jungnickle, P. (Author & Presenter), Larson, R. (Author & Presenter), Admissions Workshop of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Annual Meeting, "PCAT Update," American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, Anaheim, CA, (July 23, 2016).
Oral Presentation
Larson, R. (Author & Presenter), Yingling, K. (Author & Presenter), West Virginia Department of Health & Human Resources Integrated Behavioral Health Conference: International Symposium on Safe Medicine Track, "Education and Best Practices in Medication Prescribing: The Role of Pharmacy Education in Stemming the Tide of Prescription Drug Additiction," West Virginia Department of Health & Human Resources, Charleston, WV, (September 17, 2013).
Oral Presentation
Larson, R. (Author & Presenter), Maine Pharmacy Association's 2020 Fall Convention, "Drug Take-Back Programs," Maine Pharmacy Association, Bangor, ME, (October 12, 2010).
Oral Presentation
Larson, R., 2009 International Symposium on Pharmaceuticals in the Environment, "Pharmacy Education and Research Opportunities for Maine's Safe Medicine Disposal Program," International Institute for Pharmaceutical Safety, Northpoint, ME, (October 20, 2009).
Poster
Wellman, G. S. (Author & Presenter), Larson, R. (Author & Presenter), American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Annual Meeting, "Implementation of an Integrated Lab in a Professional Pharmacy Curriculum," American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, Toronto, ON, (July 9, 2001).
Oral Presentation
Larson, R. (Author & Presenter), American Pharmaceutical Association Annual Meeting, "Patients' Willingness to Pay for Pharmaceutical Care," American Pharmaceutical Association, Washington, DC, (March 11, 2000).

Rodney Larson, PhD., R.Ph.