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Megan G. Smith

Assistant Professor

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

faculty

Pharmaceutical Science, College of Pharmacy

10 h-index 51 pubs 474 cited

Research Areas

Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Health Policy Implementation Science Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Mental Health Research Topics Health disparities and outcomes SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Primary Care and Health Outcomes

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Megan G. Smith's research focuses on community pharmacy practice, particularly in rural settings. Her work investigates the implementation of patient care services, such as vaccine administration and mental health interventions, within these pharmacies. Dr. Smith has examined pharmacists' abilities and interest in administering COVID-19 vaccines and booster shots, as well as their perceptions of implementing mental health interventions for underserved populations. She is also involved in developing practice-based research networks to support rural community pharmacies, exemplified by the RURAL-CP initiative. Her research has explored practice transformation and the redefinition of advanced pharmacy practice experiences.

Dr. Smith's scholarship includes 51 publications with 474 citations and an h-index of 10. Her collaborations at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences include shared publications with Geoffrey Curran, Heidi Charton, Rachel Stafford, and Benjamin S. Teeter.

Metrics

  • h-index: 10
  • Publications: 51
  • Citations: 474

Selected Publications

  • Lessons learned in optimizing recruitment and data collection for a pharmacy-based implementation trial (2025) DOI
  • Evaluating the implementation and sustainment potential of a pharmacy-embedded community health worker model (2025) DOI
  • Implementing payer partnerships for patient care programs within clinically integrated networks of community pharmacies: A qualitative study (2025) DOI
  • Financial threats and opportunities experienced by rural community pharmacies (2025) DOI
  • An implementation science focused practice‐based research network for rural community pharmacies: RURAL‐CP (2024) DOI
  • Addressing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in rural community pharmacies: a protocol for a stepped wedge randomized clinical trial (2023) DOI
  • The Report of the 2022–2023 AACP Professional Affairs Standing Committee: Focused Integration of Community-Based Pharmacy Practice Within the AACP Transformation Center (2023) DOI
  • Using Instagram Stories to supplement a required self-care pharmacy course (2023) DOI
  • Expanding scope: Impact and preferred implementation strategies for statewide test and treat protocols (2023) DOI
  • Identification and Characterization of Workflow Models for Medication Therapy Management in Community Pharmacies (2023) DOI
  • The impact of pharmacy benefit managers on community pharmacy: A scoping review (2023) DOI
  • COVID-19 booster vaccination in rural community pharmacies (2022) DOI
  • Qualitative analysis of a community pharmacy practice transformation initiative (2022) DOI
  • Rural community pharmacists’ perceptions of implementing mental health interventions to reach underserved populations. (2022) DOI
  • Redefining ‘advanced’: Supporting and promoting practice change through community advanced pharmacy practice experiences (2022) DOI

Grants & Funding

  • Addressing COVID 19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Rural Community Pharmacies Reducing Disparities Through an Implementation Science Approach NIH Principal Investigator
  • Rural Research Alliance of Community Pharmacies (RURAL-CP) University of North Carolina Co-Investigator

Collaborators

Researchers in the database who share publications

Geoffrey Curran University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 3 shared publications Heidi Charton University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 2 shared publications Rachel Stafford University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 2 shared publications Benjamin S. Teeter University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 2 shared publications Jure Baloh University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 2 shared publications Meghan Breckling University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 1 shared publication Adrian Williams University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 1 shared publication Sara J. Landes University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 1 shared publication

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