Rick G. Schnellmann, PhD

Leadership for the Center

Rick G. Schnellmann, PhD, Director, Center for Medication Safety and Professor and Chair, South Carolina College of Pharmacy, MUSC Campus, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Ronald O. Nickel, PharmD

Sandra S. Garner, PharmD

Marlea Givens Wellein, PharmD

Center for Medication Safety

• Ronald O. Nickel, PharmD, Outreach Coordinator, Center for Medication Safety, and Associate Professor, South Carolina College of Pharmacy, MUSC Campus, Department of Pharmacy and Clinical Sciences
• Sandra S. Garner, PharmD, Associate Professor, South Carolina College of Pharmacy, MUSC Campus, Department of Pharmacy and Clinical Sciences
• Marlea Givens Wellein, PharmD, Assistant Professor, South Carolina College of Pharmacy, MUSC Campus, Department of Pharmacy and Clinical Sciences

Patrick Mauldin, PhD

Richard Schulz, PhD

Pharmacoepidemiologic and Pharmacoeconomic Research Unit

• Patrick D. Mauldin, PhD, Associate Professor, South Carolina College of Pharmacy, MUSC Campus, Department of Pharmacy and Clinical Sciences
• Richard Schulz PhD, Professor, South Carolina College of Pharmacy, USC Campus, Department of Pharmaceutical and Health Outcomes Sciences

C. Lindsay DeVane, PharmD

John Markowitz, PharmD

Pharmacogenomics Research Unit

• C. Lindsay DeVane, PharmD, Professor, MUSC Institute of Psychiatry
• John Markowitz, PharmD, Associate Professor, South Carolina College of Pharmacy, MUSC Campus, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Our Partners

The Center for Medication Safety is working strategically to develop partnerships throughout the state of South Carolina. While we are currently in a pilot phase of the program, we envision a wide reaching network of partners. Our current partners include:

• MUSC Colleges of: Graduate Studies, Health Professions, Medicine and Nursing
• SC Center of Economic Excellence 
• MUSC Hospital Pharmacy Services & Drug Information Center
• University of South Carolina Colleges of: Medicine and Public Health
• Palmetto Poison Control Center
• Palmetto Health Richland
• SC Area Health Education Centers (SCAHEC)
• Spartanburg Regional Healthcare
• Greenville Hospital
• Clemson University
• Veterans Administration Hospital