Clinical Sciences - Pharmacy

Rebecca Dunn, Pharm.D., BCPS

Title: Clinical Associate Professor
Department: Clinical Sciences - Pharmacy
Building: WTB 237
Email: rdunn@uttyler.edu
Phone: 903.566.6101

Degrees

Postdoctoral Training

• PGY2 Internal Medicine Residency
  ASHP Accredited
  The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center College of Pharmacy/ OU Medical Center
  Oklahoma City, OK
  2009-2009
  

• PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency
  ASHP Accredited
  The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center College of Pharmacy/ OU Medical Center
  Oklahoma City, OK
  2008-2009

Biography

Dr. Rebecca Dunn is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Clinical Sciences at Ben and Maytee Fisch College of Pharmacy at The University of Texas at Tyler. Dr. Dunn received her Doctor of Pharmacy from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Pharmacy. Following graduation, she completed a PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency and a PGY2 Internal Medicine Pharmacy Residency at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center College of Pharmacy/OU Medical Center. Before joining Fisch College of Pharmacy, she served on faculty at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center College of Pharmacy for 4 years. In addition, Dr. Dunn is a Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist.

Dr. Dunn is responsible for teaching students the classroom and lab, and serves as an experiential preceptor. Primary teaching interests include renal and gastrointestinal pharmacotherapy and pain management principles. Dr. Dunn’s research interests include various practice-based research initiatives, inpatient antimicrobial stewardship and safe medication use in the inpatient setting.

Dr. Dunn specializes as a clinical pharmacist in inpatient internal medicine. In this role, she works collaboratively with physicians and other health care providers to optimize medication therapy for patients by performing medication reviews, consultations and provision of drug information. Strong emphasis is placed on developing patient specific therapeutic plans and working with the medical team to optimize therapeutic goals.