Associate Professor
Unit: Health Outcomes Research and Policy
Auburn University
Harrison College of Pharmacy
4306f Walker Building
Auburn, AL 36849
Email: teetebs@auburn.edu
Phone: 334-844-5152
Benjamin Teeter, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Outcomes Research and Policy at the Harrison College of Pharmacy. Dr. Teeter is a researcher trained in social, behavioral, and administrative pharmacy with an emphasis on implementation science. He received training through the highly-competitive Training Institute for Dissemination and Implementation Research in Cancer (TIDIRC) hosted by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS).
His research program focuses on how best to implement evidence-based interventions across diverse clinical settings in rural communities. He hopes to translate his research findings into meaningful policy changes that have a positive impact on access to high-quality care for underserved populations.
Specifically, his projects have investigated:
UAMS Translational Research Institute (CTSA/NIH)
2025-2027
Improving Opioid Education and Naloxone Use in Rural Community Pharmacies
K12 Career Development Award
Role: Primary Mentor; PI: Breckling
Total project funding awarded: $260,000
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/NIH
2024-2026
State of Arkansas Subaward
Evaluating the Effectiveness and Cost-effectiveness of Medicaid Postpartum Coverage Extensions (MPE)
Role: Co-Investigator; PI: Harville, Southern Center for Maternal Health Equity
Total project funding awarded: $439,679
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences/NIH
2024-2026
Expanding Translational Research in Arkansas
Role: Co-Investigator; PI: James
Total project funding awarded: $31,700,000
Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Rural Research Award
2024-2026
Implementation of Pharmacy-embedded Community Health Workers to Improve HPV Vaccination in Rural Communities
Role: Principle Investigator
Total project funding awarded: $99,984
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities/NIH
2022-2025
Addressing COVID 19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Rural Community Pharmacies Reducing Disparities Through an Implementation Science Approach
Role: Co-Investigator; PI: Carpenter & Curran
Total project funding awarded: $1,393,137
National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH
2022-2025
Increasing Access to Opioid Use Disorder Treatment by Opening Pharmacy-based Medication Units of Opioid Treatment Programs
Role: Consultant; PI: Wu
Total project funding awarded: $99,984
UAMS Translational Research Institute (CTSA/NIH)
2021-2022
Evaluation of the Integration of Community Health Workers (CHWs) into Rural Community Pharmacies
Role: Co-Investigator; PI: Smith
Total project funding awarded: $44,083
Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)
2020-2024
Family Based Diabetes Self-Management Education Outcomes In Comparison to Standard Diabetes Self Care.
Role: Co-Investigator; PI: McElfish
Total project funding awarded: $4,067,662
PEW and Arkansas Department of Health
2021-2022
Evaluation of the Arkansas Medicaid Antibiotic Prescribing Program
Role: Co-Investigator; PI: Golden
Total project funding awarded: $140,000
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences/NIH
2019-2024
Expanding Translational Research in Arkansas
Role: Co-Investigator; PI: James
Total project funding awarded: $26,136,160
National Cancer Institute/NIH
2019-2022
Improving HPV Vaccination Using Implementation Strategies in Community Pharmacies
Role: PI
Total project funding awarded: $361,758
UAMS Translational Research Institute (CTSA/NIH)
2017-2018
Testing Implementation Strategies to Support Community Pharmacist-Initiated Prescription and Distribution of Naloxone to Reduce Overdose by Opioids
Role: PI
Total project funding awarded: $47,263
UAMS Translational Research Institute (CTSA/NIH)
2017-2018
Implementation of Family Model DSME in an Underserved Marshallese Population in a Clinical Setting
Role: Co-investigator; PI: McElfish
Total project funding awarded: $50,000
UAMS Medical Research Endowment
2016-2017
Vaccines for Children (VFC) and HPV Vaccine in Community Pharmacies
Role: PI
Total project funding awarded: $14,991
National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH
2015-2017
Prescribers, Pharmacists, & the Opioid Dilemma: a Multi-Site Qualitative Study
Role: Co-investigator; PI: Edlund
Total project funding awarded: $1,324,430
Shackley AG, Carpenter DM, Charton H, Teeter BS, Smith M, Hastings TJ, Hughes T, Curran GM (2025). Lessons learned in optimizing recruitment and data collection for a pharmacy-based implementation trial. Journal of the American Pharmacists Association. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.japh.2025.102972.
Smith MG, Breckling M, Williams A, Charton H, Curran GM, Teeter BS (2025). Evaluating The Implementation And Sustainment Potential Of A Pharmacy-Embedded Community Health Worker Model. Journal of the American Pharmacists Association. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.japh.2025.102959
Curran GM, Landes SJ, Massey-Swindle T, Teeter BS, Mosley CL, Naylor J, and James LP (2025). Translating implementation science principles and methods to front-line clinicians: The Implementation Science Scholars Program. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science 9:e147, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1017/cts.2025.10072
Swindle T, Baloh J, Landes SJ, Lovelady NN, Vincenzo JL, Hamilton AB, Zielinski M, Teeter BS, Gorvine MM, Curran GM (2023). Evidence-Based Quality Improvement (EBQI) in the pre-implementation phase: key steps and activities. Frontiers in Health Services. 3. https://doi.org/10.3389/frhs.2023.1155693
Curran G, Mosley C, Gamble A, Painter J, Ounpraseuth S, Brewer N, Teeter BS, Smith M, Halladay J, Hughes T, Shepherd JG, Hastings T, Simpson K, Carpenter D (2023). Addressing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in rural community pharmacies: a protocol for a stepped wedge randomized clinical trial. Implementation Sci 18,72. PMID: 38110979
Teeter BS, Jensen CR, Thomas JL, Martin BC, McElfish PA, Mosley CL, & Curran GM (2021). Perceptions of HPV vaccination and pharmacist-physician collaboration models to improve HPV vaccination rates. Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy, 2, 100014. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcsop.2021.100014. PMID: 35187525
Teeter BS, Thannisch MM, Martin BC, Zaller ND, Jones D, Mosley CL, & Curran GM (2021). Opioid overdose counseling and prescribing of naloxone in rural community pharmacies: A pilot study. Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy, 2, 100019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcsop.2021.100019. PMID: 35128518
Teeter BS, Thomas JL, Curran GM, Balamurugan A (2020). Classifying intervention modifications in the community pharmacy context: A demonstration study. Journal of the American Pharmacists Association : JAPhA, 60(6), e230–e235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.japh.2020.07.023
Stafford RA, Garrett LN, Bates KA, Diemer TB, Thomas JL, Smith MG, Teeter BS, Curran GM (2020). Development and implementation of a collaboration between a patient-centered medical home and community pharmacy. Journal of the American Pharmacists Association (2003). doi:10.1016/j.japh.2019.09.022
Teeter BS, Mosley C, Thomas JL, Martin BC, Jones D, Romero JR, Curran GM (2019). Improving HPV Vaccination Using Implementation Strategies in Community Pharmacies: Pilot Study Protocol. Res Social Adm Pharm. PMID: 31174950
Shoemaker SJ, Curran GM, Swan H, Teeter BS, Thomas J (2017). Application of the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research to community pharmacy: A framework for implementation research on pharmacy services. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, S1551-7411(17)30506-5. PMID: 2866816
Teeter BS, Westrick SC, Braxton-Lloyd K, Armenakis A & Fox BI (2014). Adoption of a biometric screening service in community pharmacies: a qualitative study. J Am Pharm Assoc. 54(3), 258-266. PMID: 24816352