Assistant Professor
Downers Grove, IL
Dr. N. Jim Rhodes, PharmD, MSc, BCPS AQ-Infectious Diseases completed his Doctor of Pharmacy degree at the University of Florida and a Master of Science in Clinical Investigations at Northwestern University. He also completed four years of post-graduate training including a pharmacy practice residency, a specialty infectious diseases residency, and a two-year fellowship in Infectious Diseases Pharmacotherapy focusing on clinical outcomes and pharmacometrics. Dr. Rhodes is currently an Assistant Professor at Midwestern University where he serves as a clinical and didactic instructor in infectious diseases therapeutics and clinical pharmacokinetics. In 2018, he joined the Midwestern University Pharmacometrics Center of Excellence. He is engaged in clinical-translational research at Midwestern University and Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he practices clinically in acute-care infectious diseases and antimicrobial stewardship. He actively participates in infectious diseases organizations, publication peer-reviews, extramural funding reviews, and continuing education content for clinical pharmacy specialties.
Title
Assistant Professor
Campus
Downers Grove, IL
College
Chicago College of Pharmacy
Department
Pharmacy Practice
Program
Pharmacy
Representative courses lecturing in:
PPRAD 1663: Pharmacotherapeutics IV (Spring)
PHARD 1671: Evidence Based Pharmacy Practice (Fall)
PPRAD 1301: Introduction to Research Elective (rolling)
Dr. Rhodes’s interests include anti-infective pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, clinical outcomes, and predictive modeling. His research is primarily focused on clarifying the antimicrobial-exposure-response profiles in clinical and translational models. His research program also seeks to evaluate how contemporary antimicrobial utilization influences resistance and clinical outcomes. He is actively involved in mentoring post-doctoral PharmD residents and fellows. For more information about the Infectious Diseases Pharmacotherapy Fellowship, see the following link.
Selected publications from over 50 peer reviewed manuscripts:
Complete List of Published Work in My Bibliography:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/browse/collection/41924048/?sort=date&direction=ascending
Organizations, Committees, and Service
American Society of Health system Pharmacists (ASHP) (July 2011 – Present)
Midyear Educational Steering Committee (Sept 2016 – Dec 2018)
Core Therapeutics Module Faculty (Nov 2014 – Dec 2018)
Infectious Diseases Pharmacy Specialty Review Faculty (Oct 2017 – Dec 2018)
American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) (July 2012 – Present)
American Society for Microbiology (ASM) (August 2013 – Present)
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) (August 2018 – Present)
Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists (SIDP) (Sept 2012 – Present)
Research Committee (Sept 2014 – October 2018)
Recognitions Committee (October 2018 – Present)
SIDP Young Investigator Award 2019: Awarded October 1, 2019 in recognition of research accomplishments of young investigators who show research promise in infectious diseases.
MWU CCP New Preceptor Excellence Award 2018-2019: Awarded May 22, 2019 in recognition of excellence in precepting Midwestern University CCP students on rotation.
Publons Sentinels of Science Award. September 2016. For excellence in peer review of scientific literature in the areas of pharmacology, toxicology, and pharmaceutics.
