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• Faculty
• Donna Berardo
• David Brushwood
• Jessica DeLeon
• Abraham G. Hartzema
• Teresa Kauf
• Carole Kimberlin
• Earlene Lipowski
• Sooyeon Kwon
• L. Douglas Ried
• Richard Segal
• Almut Winterstein
• Emeritus Faculty
• Richard Angorn
• Charles Hepler
• Michael Schwartz
• Affiliate Faculty
• David Angaran
• Barbara Brice
• Judy Davis
• T.J. Grainger-Rousseau
• Robert E. Kamm
• Everett Kelly
• Robert Kilroy
• Frederick Lippman
• Susan Maue
• Lynda McKenzie
• Mary Kay Owens
• Peter M. Pevonka
• James Powers
• Katheryne Richardson
• Wayne Russell
• Michael Stamitoles
• Lowell T. Sterler
• Jodi Sullivan
• Art E. Wharton
• Debbie Wilson
• Jianwei Xuan
• Post Doctorate
• Sonya Snedecor
• Staff
• Shirley Johnson
• Martin Meder
• Kathryn St. Croix

Carole A. Kimberlin, PhD

Professor
Graduate Coordinator

• B.S. Secondary Education. University of Nebraska
• M.S. Educational Psychology. University of Nebraska
• Ph.D. Counseling Psychology. University of Nebraska

Dr. Kimberlin's research interests include patient decisions on medication use and the effects of pharmacist-patient relationship and communication variables on patient health attitudes and behaviors. She was recently the Principal Investigator on a project funded by the National Cancer Institute which interviewed cancer patients, family caregivers, pharmacists, physicians, and nurses on barriers to effective communication regarding pain management.

Selected Publications:

• Tindall, WN, Beardsley, RS and Kimberlin, CL. Communication Skills in Pharmacy Practice 4th edition, Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2003
  
• Kimberlin CL, Assa M, Rubin D, Zaenger P. Questions elderly patients have about on-going therapy: A pilot study to assist in communication with physicians. Pharmacy World & Science, 2001; 23: 237-241.
  
• Bastardo YM, Kimberlin CL. Relationship between quality of life and social support in HIV-infected persons in Venezuela. AIDS Care, 2000; 12: 673-684
  
• Kimberlin CL, Pendergast, JF, Berardo, DH and McKenzie, LC. Issues related to using a short-form Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression instrument in written questionnaires. Psychological Reports, 1998;83:411-421.