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PORTLAND, Maine

UNE College of Pharmacy promotes George P. Allen to chair of the Department of Pharmacy Practice

The University of New England College of Pharmacy is pleased to announce that George P. Allen, Pharm.D., has assumed the role of chair of the Department of Pharmacy Practice. Allen joined the College as an associate professor in 2010. He was appointed vice chair of the Department in 2012, and interim chair on January 1, 2014.

A native of Rhode Island, Allen received a B.S. in molecular, cellular, and developmental biology from the University of New Hampshire, and earned his Doctor of Pharmacy from the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Sciences. Allen completed a pharmacy practice residency at the University of Washington and Harborview Medical Centers in Seattle, Washington, and a fellowship in infectious diseases pharmacotherapy at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan.

Before joining UNE in 2010, Allen served as a member of the faculty at the Oregon State University College of Pharmacy in Portland, Oregon. His teaching responsibilities included didactic instruction pertaining to the pharmacology of antimicrobials and management of infectious diseases. Allen performs laboratory-based studies of antimicrobial resistance, and his professional service activities have included leadership roles within the Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists.

In addition to his leadership within the Department of Pharmacy Practice, Allen has served as a member of UNE’s College of Pharmacy Executive Committee, the University Faculty Assembly Executive Committee, and the College of Pharmacy faculty vice chair and chair. Allen was one of 30 faculty members nationwide who was selected to complete the 2014– 2015 American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Academic Leadership Fellows Program.

About the University of New England

The University of New England is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of flexible, accredited online degrees. In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. The state’s top provider of health professionals, we are home to Maine’s only medical college, Maine’s only dental college, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care degree programs, as well as nationally recognized programs for marine science degrees, natural and social sciences degrees, arts and humanities degrees, and business degrees.