Mark Young, PharmD, BCSCP

Associate Professor
Pharmaceutical Science
Phone: (231) 591-2248
Email: [email protected]

Education

PharmD, Ferris State University, Pharmacy

Biography

Dr. Mark Young graduated with his PharmD degree from the Ferris State College of Pharmacy in 2003. He spent 13 years in a variety of pharmacy practice settings including community pharmacy, home infusion, long term care, oncology, and hospital pharmacy before joining the faculty at Ferris State in 2015. He is a board-certified pharmacotherapy specialist and a board-certified sterile compounding pharmacist. His research interests include sterile compounding, electronic cigarettes and interprofessional care.
Mark is the Pharmacist-In-Charge of the Rowe Pharmacy Care Clinic on the campus of Ferris State. This pharmacy is grant-funded and provides free prescriptions for an indigent population. He also holds a collaborative practice agreement and cares for patients with diabetes, dyslipidemia, and hypertension.
Aside from pharmacy, Mark owns and operates The Winery at Young Farms, a small vineyard and winery in Central Michigan. He enjoys the challenge of making wine and extensively draws on his pharmacy background to bring a more scientific approach to the art of winemaking.

Publications and Intellectual Contributions

Journal Article
Kelsh, S., Young, M., Ottney, A. R., Sohn, M., Kelly, M. (2024). "Impact of tobacco education on pharmacy students' perceptions of electronic nicotine delivery systems." Currents in pharmacy teaching & learning. 16 (11). p. 102158.
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
Nybo, E., Kelly (Sahr), M., Young, M., Axford, K. L., Sohn, M., Lyons, M., Klepser, M. E. (2020). "Design of a large scale escape room for first-year pharmacy student orientation," Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning. 12 (11). pp. 1340-1347. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877129720302173
Journal Article
Salvati, L. A., Meny, L. M., de Voest, M. C., Bright, D. R., Vavra-Janes, K. L., Young, M., Kelsh, S., Kelly (Sahr), M., Wellman, G. S. (2020). "Assessing the Validity and Reliability of the Pharmacist Interprofessional Competencies Tool." American journal of pharmaceutical education. 84 (7). p. ajpe7668.
Journal Article
VanLangen, K. M., Elder, K., Young, M., Sohn, M. (2020). "Academic Electronic Health Records as a Vehicle to Augment the Assessment of Patient Care Skills in the Didactic Pharmacy Curriculum," Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning.
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
Salvati, L. A., Meny, L. M., deVoest, M., Bright, D. R., Vavra Janes, K. L., Young, M., Kelsh, S., Kelly (Sahr), M., Wellman, G. S. (2020). "Assessing the Validity and Reliability of the Pharmacist Interprofessional Competencies Tool (PICT)," American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education. Alexandria, Virginia: American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy.
Journal Article
Salvati, L. A., Bright, D. R., deVoest, M., Meny, L. M., VanLangen, K. M., Vavra Janes, K. L., Young, M. (2017). "An Approach for the Development and Implementation of an Assessment Tool for Interprofessional Education Learning Activities," INNOVATIONS in pharmacy. 8 (4). Minneapolis, Minnesota: University of Minnesota. http://pubs.lib.umn.edu/innovations/

Presentations

Podcast
Young, M., Other, "The Health Deli Season 4," (2024).
Podcast
Klepser, M. E. (Presenter), Pontefract, B. (Presenter), Young, M. (Presenter), "The Health Deli, Season 3," (2023).
Podcast
Klepser, M. E. (Presenter), Pontefract, B. (Presenter), Young, M. (Presenter), "The Health Deli, Season 2," (2022).
Poster
Owens, S. (Author), Holmquist, H. (Presenter), McDowell, B. (Author), Young, M. (Author), Kalaczinski, L. (Author), CHP Health Fair, "Stop Prediabetes," Ferris State University/College of Health Professions, FSU IRC, (April 5, 2022).
Podcast
Klepser, M. E., Pontefract, B. (Presenter), Young, M. (Presenter), "The Health Deli, Season 1," (2021).
Poster
Hinkley, S. (Author & Presenter), Salvati, L. A., Thompson, C. (Author & Presenter), Owens, S. (Author), Young, M. (Author), Midwest Interprofessional Practice, Education, and Research Center Annual Meeting, "Use of an Interprofessional Poverty Panel to Teach Empathy and Resource Availability in Rural Michigan to Students in the Health Professions," Midwest Interprofessional Practice, Education, and Research Center, Virtual, (September 23, 2021).
Poster
Owens, S. (Author & Presenter), McDowell, B. (Author), Young, M. (Author), Kalaczinski, L. (Author), CHP Health Fair, "Stop Prediabetes," Ferris State University/College of Health Profession, Virtual, (April 7, 2021).
Oral Presentation
Young, M. (Presenter), Ottney, A. R. (Presenter), Sahr, M. (Presenter), Michigan State University Emergency Medicine Conference, "Vaping: Myths, Truths and I What I Need to Know to Help My Patients," Michigan State College of Osteopathic Medicine, Troy, MI, (March 18, 2020).
Oral Presentation
Young, M. A. (Presenter), Great Lakes Health Connect Annual Symposium, "Integration of Health Information Exchanges into Pharmacy Practice: A Vertical Approach," Great Lakes Health Connect, Lansing, MI, (October 23, 2019).
Oral Presentation
Young, M., Ottney, A. R., Tom D Rowe Annual Pharmacy Lectures, "Vaping: Myths, Truths, and What to Tell Patients," University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, (October 4, 2019).

Mark Young, PharmD, BCSCP