Patrick J. Bryant, Pharm.D., FSCIP

Patrick J. Bryant, Pharm.D. is Director of the Drug Information Center and Clinical Professor at University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Pharmacy. Prior to his academic career, he spent 15 years in clinical research, licensing and development, and competitive intelligence within the pharmaceutical industry.

Dr. Bryant led the conceptualization, design, development, and implementation of a 5 credit hour course teaching the use of a novel 5-step evidence-based medicine process to make clinical decisions. This course received honorable mention from the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) Innovations in Teaching Competition.

He led the development and implementation of the ASHP Accredited Specialty Drug Information Residency, Natural Product Information Fellowship, Competitive Technical Intelligence Fellowship, and Drug Information Fellowship programs. These programs have created over 15 post-docs practicing in retail, academic, private business, and industry positions to date.

Dr. Bryant has focused his scholarly activities in the drug information and competitive intelligence areas. He has made multiple presentations both nationally/internationally and published articles and book chapters on these subjects. In addition to his co-authorship of The Pharmacist’s Guide to Evidence-based Medicine Dr. Bryant is also the lead author of the chapter entitled, “Literature Evaluation II: Beyond the Basics” in Malone PM, Kier KL, Stanovich JE, eds. Drug Information: A Guide for Pharmacists, 4th ed., 2009.