Joseph Bonnarens
Associate Professor
College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences
PhD (Pharmacy Administration) University of Mississippi; MS (Pharmacy Administration) University of Mississippi; BS (General Science & Pharmacy) Oregon State University
Location: McWhorter 321
615-460-8126joseph.bonnarens@belmont.edu
Biography
Dr. Joseph Bonnarens joined the Belmont faculty in August 2020. Prior to Belmont, he has served as a faculty member, as well as holding other roles (such as administrator and community pharmacy residency director), at three colleges of pharmacy. He is a graduate of the University of Mississippi where he earned his MS and PhD in Pharmacy Administration. His dissertation entitled Examining the Relationships Within and Presence of the Service Profit Chain in Independent Community Pharmacy examined the use of the service profit chain model in determining the success of a service-oriented business model in an independent community pharmacy.
Prior to graduate school, Dr. Bonnarens earned a general science and pharmacy degree from Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon. He worked as a licensed pharmacist in a variety of settings: independent, chain and hospital pharmacies. He completed the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Executive Residency in Association Management and Leadership at ASHP headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland. He remained in the Washington, DC area and became the first Director of Student Affairs and Associate Director of Management Services for the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) in Alexandria, Virginia.
Dr. Bonnarens has been very involved in professional service, as a member, presenter and officer in a variety of state, national and international professional pharmacy associations. In 2011, he served as the National President for Phi Lambda Sigma: the Pharmacy Leadership Society. His research interests include pharmacy management issues, pharmacy work force issues, patient care service development, history of pharmacy and leadership development. He will be involved in teaching in the Management track at Belmont, as well as the pharmacy law course.
Pharmacy Law & Regulatory Issues
Leadership Development
Pharmacy Work Force Issues
Patient Care Service Development
History of Pharmacy
American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP)
American Pharmacists Association (APhA)
APhA Academy of Pharmaceutical Research and Science (APhA-APRS)
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP)
American Society of Pharmacy Law (ASPL)
Phi Lambda Sigma - The Pharmacy Leadership Society - National President
Rho Chi Pharmaceutical Honor Society
Brock, T., Bonnarens, J., Bukhari, N. and Foster, J. Leadership in Pharmacy; Section: Clinical Pharmacy professional standards and education. In: Encyclopedia of Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Pharmacy. Babar, Zaheer-Ud-Din, ed. MeÅ¡troviÄ, A., section ed. Oxford UK: Elsevier; 2019.
Bonnarens, J. Applications in Independent Community Pharmacy. In: Pharmacy Management. 4th ed. Desselle, S. & Zgarrick, D., ed. Chicago: McGraw-Hill; 2016.
Bonnarens, J., Lewis, L. Pharmacy Law Review, Office of Continuing Education, Belmont University College of Pharmacy, Nashville, Tennessee, April 18, 2023.
Bonnarens, J. Classroom Methodologies, Resident Teaching Certificate Program, Belmont University College of Pharmacy, Nashville, Tennessee, October 19, 2022.
Bonnarens, J. Professionalism: Our continuous journey, Co-Curricular P2 Professionalism Seminar, Belmont University College of Pharmacy, Nashville, Tennessee, September 23, 2022.
Bonnarens, J. Pharmacy Law Review, Office of Continuing Education, Belmont University College of Pharmacy, Nashville, Tennessee, March 22, 2022.
Bonnarens, J. Classroom Methodologies, Resident Teaching Certificate Program, Belmont University College of Pharmacy, Nashville, Tennessee, October 20, 2021.
Bonnarens, J. and Ham, A. Pharmacy Scientists in Research, PHM 6135: Dean's Hour, Belmont University College of Pharmacy, Nashville, Tennessee, October 13, 2021.
Bonnarens, J. Professionalism Basics, Co-Curricular P1 Professionalism Seminar, Belmont University College of Pharmacy, Nashville, Tennessee, February 23, 2021.
Bonnarens, J. Effective CV and Resume Writing Workshop, Pharmacy Student Forum Program, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Midyear Clinical Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, December 6, 2016.