Teaching & Academic Contribution
- PharmD Courses:
- Social and Economic Aspects of Healthcare, Economics of Pharmacy Practice
- Graduate & Residency Training:
- Advisor, Global health research for pharmacy and medical students
Research Focus & Practice
Dr. Tina Tran’s research focuses on three primary areas: (1) implementation of innovative community-based interventions through addressing social determinants of health; (2) development of resilient and integrated health delivery systems for communicable and non-communicable disease management through health systems strengthening; and (3) development of novel medication delivery systems to improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
Through transdisciplinary collaboration and research, Dr. Tran’s long-term goal is to create sustainable care delivery strategies that address both the physical and social well-being of vulnerable populations globally and in the United States. Currently, she serves as the Principal Investigator on an NIH/NHLBI-funded randomized controlled trial (INTEGRATE-RX: Integrating Clinical Pharmacists in HIV care to Mitigate Last-Mile Challenges and Reduce Cardiovascular Disease Burden) which aims to evaluate the clinical and cost-effectiveness of a pharmacist-led intervention to prevent and manage cardiovascular disease in people living with HIV in western Kenya.
Dr. Tran received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of California San Francisco School of Pharmacy in 2014. She completed clinical pharmacy practice residencies at the University of Pittsburgh and Purdue University. Between 2017-2018, she was an NIH Fogarty International Fellow with the Vanderbilt-Emory-Cornell-Duke (VECD) Consortium and was based at the Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH) in Eldoret, Kenya.
Collaboration Interests & Opportunities:
Dr. Tran is open to collaborations involving transdisciplinary research, reciprocal innovation, global health, health disparities, healthcare professional student mentorship
Key Interests: integrated HIV and cardiovascular disease management, health services and outcomes research, health disparities, implementation science, reciprocal innovation
Select Publications
- Tran DN, Ching J, Kafu C, Wachira J, Koros H, Venkataramani M, Said J, Pastakia SD, Galárraga O, Genberg BL. Interruptions to HIV Care Delivery During Pandemics and Natural Disasters: A Qualitative Study of Challenges and Opportunities From Frontline Healthcare Providers in Western Kenya. J Int Assoc Provid AIDS Care. 2023 Jan-Dec;22:23259582231152041
- Tran DN, Kangogo K, Amisi JA, Kamadi J, Karwa R, Kiragu B, Laktabai J, Manji IN, Njuguna B, Szkwarko D, Qian K, Vedanthan R, Pastakia SD. Community-based medication delivery program for antihypertensive medications improves adherence and reduces blood pressure. PLoS One. 2022;17(9):e0273655.
- Kiplagat J, Tran DN, Barber T, Njuguna B, Vedanthan R, Triant VA, Pastakia SD. How health systems can adapt to a population ageing with HIV and comorbid disease. Lancet HIV. 2022 Apr;9(4):e281-e292.
- Tran DN, Manji I, Njuguna B, Kamano J, Laktabai J, Tonui E, Vedanthan R, Pastakia S. Solving the problem of access to cardiovascular medicines: revolving fund pharmacy models in rural western Kenya. BMJ Glob Health. 2020 Nov;5(11).
- Tran DN, Njuguna B, Mercer T, Manji I, Fischer L, Lieberman M, Pastakia SD. Ensuring Patient-Centered Access to Cardiovascular Disease Medicines in Low-Income and Middle-Income Countries Through Health-System Strengthening. Cardiol Clin. 2017 Feb;35(1):125-134
Leadership & Service Experience
- Co-Chair, Pharmaceutical Care Research Working Group – AMPATH Consortium
- Associate Editor, Clinical Medicine
- Founding Member, Advancing Health Equity in Philadelphia