Advisor:

  • Betty Chewning
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Deepthi Jacob, PharmD, MS

Teaching Assistant
Graduate Student

  • Pharm-D Thesis: Assessment of Adverse drug reactions, drug-drug Interactions, and medication adherence outcomes among elderly HIV seropositive patients in comparison with young HIV seropositive patients undergoing highly active antiretroviral therapy. Under the guidance of Dr. R Rajesh.

  • Other research during PharmD: Retrospective Study on Clostridium difficile infections and Antimicrobial Induced Diarrhea in a Tertiary Care University Hospital. Under the guidance of Professor John Prashanth.

  • MS Thesis: Assessing Antibiotic Prescribing and Process workflow in assisted living facilities. Under the guidance of Dr. James H Ford II and Dr. Michel Chui.

  • Student Research Associate with Crnich Research Group, Department of Infectious diseases, UW-Madison: Contributed to collaborative, multi-institutional research, including data collection from nursing home medical records and entry into REDCap for an OHSU study aimed at optimizing antibiotic prescribing at discharge to long-term care facilities. Conducted qualitative coding and analysis in NVivo for a mixed-methods study examining factors influencing empiric antibiotic initiation for urinary tract infections in nursing home residents.

Deepthi graduated with a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, India, in 2019.

She moved to the USA in 2020, to pursue a master's and PhD in Health Services Research in Pharmacy. She defended her MS thesis in Dec of 2022.

Deepthi is currently a PhD candidate in Health Services Research in Pharmacy being advised by Dr. Betty Chewning.

Teaching experiences
As a graduate student, I have been a teaching assistant in the following courses:

For PharmD students: 

  • Pharmacy 608: Safety and Quality in the Medication Use System
  • Pharmacy 414: Social and Behavioral aspects of Pharmacy Practice
  • S&A Pharmacy 652: Pharmacist Communication: Educational and Behavioral Interventions
  • Pharmacy 674: Cannabinoids in Science and Society

For Psychoactive Pharmaceutical Investigation, MS and Capstone students:

  • Pharmacy 674: Cannabinoids in Science and Society
Highlighted Publications:
  • Jacob, D., Liao, C. Y., Crnich, C. J., Ford, J. H. (2022). Antibiotic De-escalation Opportunities for Residents in Assisted Living Facilities. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2022.02.023

  • Deepthi Jacob, Betty Chewning, James H. Ford (2025). Understanding and mapping the antibiotic prescribing and administration process in assisted living facilities. Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcsop.2025.100572.

Poster:

  • Jolles, S., Crnich, C.J., Taylor, L., Jump, R., Bej, T.A., Kowal, C., Hicks, O., Wilson, B., Langenstroer, M.C., Jacob, D. (2025). P-1649. Nursing Home Clinician Rationales Underlying Antibiotic Decision-Making for Suspected Urinary Tract Infection. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, Vol 12, Issue Supplement_1. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofae631.1815.