Joshua Niznik, Pharm.D., Ph.D.

Joshua Niznik, PharmD, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Division of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. He is also an assistant professor in the Division of Geriatric Medicine at the UNC School of Medicine.

Niznik is a geriatric health services researcher with clinical training in the pharmaceutical sciences. His research interests are focused on evaluating the quality of medications in older adults to improve the safety of medication use in this population. He has developed expertise in pharmacoepidemiology, with skills in observational and quasi-experimental study designs, large database analyses, statistical approaches to minimize confounding, responsible conduct of research, scientific writing and grantsmanship.

His work also focuses on evaluating the impact of deprescribing or discontinuing chronic medications that may no longer have value in nursing home residents with severe dementia as a means for evaluating the quality of prescribing in this population.

Niznik received his PhD, PharmD, and BS from the University of Pittsburgh in 2019, 2015 and 2013,  respectively.

Publications

Awards and Honors

• The American Geriatrics Society Scientist-in Training Research Award, 2018
• American Geriatrics Society Best Paper Award, Health Services & Policy Research, 2018
• UPMC Aging Institute Best Postdoctoral Clinical Research Award, 2018