JANET P. ENGLE, Pharm. D., Ph.D. (Hon), FAPhA, FCCP, FNAP
Biography
Janet P. Engle is Professor and Head of the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Education at University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy. She is Past President of the American Pharmacists Association (APhA), the National Professional Society of Pharmacists with over 60,000 members. She served on the APhA Board of Trustees for 10 years and served as the President of the APhA Academy of Pharmacy Practice and Management as well as on numerous APhA committees. She serves as a voting member of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Nonprescription Drug Advisory Committee which advises FDA on OTC medication issues. Dr. Engle was elected as a Distinguished Practitioner in the National Academies of Practice in Pharmacy which only includes 150 pharmacists world-wide.
Dr. Engle received her BS in Pharmacy from Rutgers University and a Pharm.D. from the University of Illinois.
She completed a specialized residency in Ambulatory Care and Emergency Medicine at University of Illinois and served as Chief Resident. She received an honorary Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Khon Kaen University in Thailand. Dr. Engle has also been named a Fellow of the APhA Academy of Pharmacy Practice and Management and a Fellow of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy. She also has received the APhA Distinguished Achievement Award for Clinical/Pharmacotherapeutic Practice.
Dr. Engle is very active in international pharmacy. She is the Immediate Past Chair of the International Commission for the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education and serves on the Commission. Dr. Engle is also serving a second 3 year term as overseas expert and member of the Post Graduate Allied Health Institute Board at Singapore General Hospital. Dr. Engle worked with National Taiwan University and was a guest professor at Harbin Medical University in China where she has taught topics in ambulatory pharmacy practice and pharmacy education. She worked with the Pharmacy Council of Thailand and many faculties of pharmacy in Thailand and served as a consultant to the Western Pacific Region of the World Health Organization in Manila.
Dr. Engle is an internationally recognized expert on the topics of nonprescription medicines, pharmacy education, ambulatory care pharmacy practice and leadership. She has given over 100 presentations and published more than 60 papers on these topics both in the US and abroad. Dr. Engle has received several teaching awards including the Teaching Recognition Award from the University of Illinois at Chicago for excellence in teaching.
Dr. Engle has served as a medical expert on a number of pharmacy and medical issues, appearing on "The Oprah Winfrey Show," " Dr. Oz", "World News Tonight", and many other TV newscasts and has participated in interviews with the Washington Post, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, USA Today, LA Times, Cosmopolitan, Readers Digest and Prevention Magazine among many others.
Besides her current practice in academia, Dr. Engle has also practiced in community, hospital, pharmacy directed ambulatory clinic and long term care settings.
