Jan Kavookjian joined the professional and graduate faculties of the Harrison School of Pharmacy in 2006 after four years as faculty with the West Virginia University School of Pharmacy. She received her MBA (1989) and PhD (2001) from Auburn, was named an Auburn University top 10 doctoral candidate, and held an AFPE/USP graduate research fellowship. She has taught courses in patient communication and pharmacy management, and graduate courses in behavior theories and intervention research, advanced research methods, and systematic literature review. Research Area: Behavior Sciences and Outcomes Research in Chronic Disease Management Recent Completed Studies: Psycho/social factors among type 2 diabetes patients (quality of life, stage of change for self-care behaviors, depression, exercise rationale) and their relation to clinical indicators (A1C, obesity) and health care utilization (ED visits, hospital stays). Training pharmacists to use motivational interviewing for academic detailing encounters with physicians to influence prescribing of generic and formulary brand medications. Retrospective Medicaid claims data analysis of the impact of oral diabetes medications and insulin on cardiovascular outcomes and costs. Direction of several graduate student dissertation and thesis research projects; serving as co-author on several directed papers with them. Recent Publications: Kavookjian J, Elswick B, Whetsel T. A systematic review of evidence and gaps in the literature for physical activity behavior interventions in diabetes patients. Diabetes Educator, 2007 (Nov/Dec). 33(6):962-988. Sundaram M, Kavookjian J, Patrick JH, Madhavan SS, Miller LA & Scott V. Quality of Life, Health Status, and Clinical Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes Patients. Quality of Life Research 2007.16(2):165-177. Mody R, Kalsekar I, Kavookjian J, Iyer S, Rajagopalan R, Pawar V. Economic impact of cardiovascular co-morbidity in patients with Type 2 diabetes. Diabetes and Complications 2007. 21(2): 75-83. Kavookjian J, Berger B, Grimley D, Villaume W, Anderson H, Barker K. Patient self-efficacy and decision-making: Strategies for diet intervention. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy. 2005. 1(3): 389-407. Kavookjian J. Facilitating Behavior Change. In A Wertheimer, Smith M, & Rickles N, (Eds). Social and Behavioral Aspects of Pharmaceutical Care, Second Edition. Haworth Press, in press. Kavookjian J. Communicating with patients who have literacy limitations. In B Berger, Communication Skills for Pharmacists: Building Relationships, Improving Patient Care, Third Edition, American Pharmacists Association, in press. Khanna R, Kavookjian J, Scott V, Kamal K, Miller L, Neal W. Using the Theory of Reasoned Action to determine physicians’ intention to measure body mass index in overweight children and adolescents. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy 2008. In Press. Recent Presentations/Trainings: Dr. Kavookjian is frequently invited to speak on health behavior topics, particularly motivational interviewing (MI), and was invited back for three years to deliver a featured half-day MI training workshop at the American Pharmacists Association Foundation Advanced Practice Institute for Diabetes. Jan is a co-founder and co-facilitator of the Auburn University Motivational Interviewing Training Institute (www.cmsa.org/aumiti).

Other presentations/trainings: American Society of Consultant Pharmacists annual meeting American Association of Diabetes Educators annual meeting Lombardi Cancer Center, NCI Research Collaborative Holzer Healthcare System American Medical Group Association Research Collaborative East Alabama Medical Center Physician’s Conference Texas Pharmacists Association, West Virginia Pharmacists Association UT Memphis College of Pharmacy, Midwestern University College of Pharmacy Deaconess Billings Medical Clinic NIDDK Grant Providers West Virginia Colorectal Cancer Initiative American Pharmacists Association annual meeting American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy annual meeting