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}Jayne E. Pawasauskas, PharmD, BCPS, has joined the PACE-RI board of directors.
Dr. Pawasauskas is a clinical professor at the University of Rhode Island in the College of Pharmacy, where she serves as chair of the college assessment committee and the accreditation executive committee. She also serves on the faculty senate learning outcomes oversight committee.
Dr. Pawasauskas is a pharmacy clinical consultant at Baxter Palliative Care, an Institutional Review Board member at Kent Hospital, and is a consultant on a research grant at the University of Massachusetts School of Medicine.
As a board-certified pharmacotherapy specialist, Pawasauskas has previously served as chair of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy’s Pain & Palliative Case Practice & Research Network, and is a member of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy and the Society of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacists.
Dr. Pawasauskas is a writer and researcher whose work has been published in numerous technical and industry publications. She is a graduate of the College of Pharmacy at the University of Rhode Island and currently resides in East Greenwich.
PACE-RI, pace-ri.org, is a non-profit health plan for adults 55 and older who have chronic or complex health needs and wish to remain living at home. Founded in 2005, PACE-RI provides both insurance and medical care, as well as a range of health and social services that include adult day care, transportation, and meals at sites in East Providence, Woonsocket, Westerly and Newport. Taking a comprehensive approach to well-being, PACE-RI keeps medically complex participants out of nursing homes an average of four additional years as compared to their counterparts living independently without the supports provided by PACE-RI.
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