Jameshia A Below, PharmD
Assistant Professor, School of Clinical Sciences- Monroe Campus

Education

PharmD

2018, Doctor of Pharmacy
University of Louisiana Monroe College of Pharmacy

BS

2015, Pharmaceutical Science
University of Louisiana Monroe College of Pharmacy

Biographical Sketch

Jameshia Andrea Below, PharmD is an Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice at the University of Louisiana at Monroe College of Pharmacy. She completed her Bachelor of Science in Pharmaceutical Science degree at the University of Louisiana at Monroe. She received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from University of Louisiana at Monroe College of Pharmacy. She went on to complete a PGY1 Pharmacy Residency at Slidell Memorial Hospital and a PGY2 Oncology Pharmacy Residency at Memorial Regional Hospital/ Memorial Cancer Institute. As a faculty member, she practices at the Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport – Monroe Medical Center as a Clinical Oncology Pharmacy Specialist where she collaborates with hematology/oncology physicians and nurses to develop supportive care plans for cancer patients and counsel patients on chemotherapy regimens, supportive care medications, and others. The clinics that she are involved in include breast cancer, malignant hematology and gastrointestinal. Jameshia is currently a member of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy, Hematology Oncology Pharmacist Association, Louisiana Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Minority Women Pharmacists Association and the National Pharmaceutical Association. She also serves on the Faculty Development Committee and Pharmacy Practice Experience Committee and as Advisor to the National Compounding Oncology Dispensing Association and Co-Advisor to the Student National Pharmaceutical Association at the University of Louisiana at Monroe College of Pharmacy.

Licensure & Certification

Pharmacist License, Florida Board of Pharmacy. (Present)

Pharmacist License, Louisiana Board of Pharmacy. (Present)

Pharmacy-based Point-of-Care Test & Treat National Certificate, National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations. (April 2022 - Present)

Teaching Certificate for Pharmacists, American Society of Hospital Pharmacies/ University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy. (June 13 2019 - Present)

The Pharmacist & Patient-Centered Diabetes Care, American Pharmacists Association. (November 2018 - Present)

Basic Life Support, American Heart Association. (January 21 2021 - January 2023)

Recent Publications

Below, J., Khan, A., Brahim, A., Raez, L., Izquierdo, P. (2023). Evaluation of Outcomes in Patients Who Received Bevacizumab for the Treatment of Brain Radionecrosis (pp. 72-76). Monroe: Journal of Hematology Oncology Pharmacy.

Horace, A., Below, J. Pharmacotherapy Principles and Practice Study Guide Case 044 Sleep Disorders. Chicago, New York: Mc Graw Hill Medical.

Below, J., Horace, A. (2022). Targeted Therapy Allows Patients to Live With CML (pp. 27-30). Pharmacy Times Oncology Edition.

Below, J., Madison, T. (2020). Xerava (eravacycline) injection approved antibiotic for the treatment of complicated intra-abdominal infections (pp. 10-11). Monroe: The Louisiana Society of Health-System Pharmacists Newsletter.

Brahim, A., Below, J., Segovia, D. (2020). Leadership Strategy during Challenging Circumstances (pp. 12-14). Hematology Oncology Pharmacy Association Newsletter.

Research Grants

Below, J. (Principal), "Faculty Research Seed (FRS) Grant 2022" (Funded), Sponsored By University of LA Monroe College of Pharmacy, The University of Louisiana at Monroe, $4,385. (May 2022 - Present).

Horace, A. (Principal), Below, J. (Supporting), Garza, O. (Co-Principal), Hill, S. (Co-Principal), Anderson, S. (Supporting), "University of Louisiana at Monroe Harm Reduction Education and Referral for Opioid Overdose Reversal (ULM H.E.R.O.) Program" (Awarded, Not Yet Funded), Sponsored By Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, External to The University of Louisiana at Monroe, $2,475,408.00. (October 2022 - October 2026).

Awards & Honors

May 2024 Class of 2025 Excellence in Teaching Team Award.

July 2023 2023 Health-System Practitioner Award.

May 2023 2023 Distinguished New Practitioner.

May 2023 Class of 2024 Excellence in Teaching Team Award.

Courses Taught

PHRD 5022THERAPEUTICS VI, 1 course(s)

PHRD 5026INFORMATICS MED SAFETY, 3 course(s)

PHRD 5047THERAPEUTICS VIII, 3 course(s)

PHRD 5049INTEGRATED LAB SEQUENCE VI, 9 course(s)

PHRD 5061WOMEN'S HEALTH AND PHARMACIST, 1 course(s)

PHRD 6004ADV AMBULATORY CARE PHAR PRACT, 5 course(s)

PHRD 6008ADV SPECIALTY PHAR PRACT EX, 3 course(s)

PHRD 6010ADV PHAR PRACT ELECTIVE EX, 1 course(s)

PHRD 6012ADV PHAR ELECTIVE EXPERIENCE, 1 course(s)

Jameshia A Below, PharmD Assistant Professor, School of Clinical Sciences- Monroe Campus