Dr. Roth is an Associate Professor in the Division of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and a Research Assistant Professor in the Division of Geriatric Medicine in the School of Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has served as co-investigator on numerous aging research projects, with particular attention to optimizing medication use in older adults with chronic diseases. Dr. Roth is the principal investigator on a National Institute on Aging Research and Career Development Award (NIH K23) to evaluate the quality of medication use in older adults and develop and test the effectiveness of a medication management program within a primary care outpatient practice in reducing medication-related problems and acute health services utilization in older adults.

Prior to embarking on a research career, Dr. Roth practiced as a clinical pharmacist for over 10 years, providing patient care in both the inpatient and outpatient setting. Currently, Dr. Roth co-coordinates a leadership development elective for professional students. In addition, she provides mentoring and guidance to several students interested in a careers in geriatric pharmacy practice, ambulatory care pharmacy practice, and health services research. She serves as a research advisor and mentor for the UNC PGY2 specialty resident in Geriatrics and serves as a research advisor and mentor to graduate students in the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. Dr. Roth received her PharmD and completed a clinical pharmacy residency at the St. Louis College of Pharmacy and completed a Master of Health Sciences in Clinical Research at Duke University School of Medicine.

Dr. Roth also serves as Director of the Office of Strategic Planning and Assessment at UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. The office is responsible for overseeing strategic planning, assessment, and continuous quality improvements efforts for the School. For more information, visit http://pharmacy.unc.edu/ospa.

Dr. Roth was honored in 2006 with the Gordon H. DeFriese Career Development in Aging Research Award from the Institute on Aging at the University of North Carolina and in 2007 with the Junior Faculty Development award from the UNC Provost's Office. In 2008, she completed a three-year elected term as Secretary of the Board of Regents of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) and is a fellow of ACCP. Dr. Roth currently serves as Treasurer on the Research Institute Board of Trustees of ACCP and serves as a member of the Pharmacy Workgroup for AHRQ's Effective Healthcare Program. She is a member of Academy Health and the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy.

Research Interests

Dr. Roth's research focuses on providing individualized medication assessment and planning to medically complex older adults and evaluating the impact of such an intervention on health outcomes. Specifically, she is investigating the effectiveness of a medication therapy management program embedded within a physician-based, primary care outpatient practice in reducing medication-related problems and acute health services utilization in medically complex older adults. Her research goals are to conduct a randomized, controlled clinical trial to evaluate the effectiveness of this intervention compared to usual outpatient medical care in reducing acute health services utilization, medication-related problems, and nonadherence in older adults. As part of this work, her research team seeks to elucidate the role of the clinical pharmacist as an integral member of the patient-centered medical home team and evaluate the cost-effectiveness of this intervention.