Peter D HurdPeter D. Hurd is professor of Pharmacy Administration at the St. Louis College of Pharmacy, where he is the Director of the Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Liberal Arts and Assistant Dean of Assessment. He has also been Director of Graduate Sudies at the College. His Ph.D. is in social and administrative sciences from the College of Pharmacy at the University of Minnesota. He has a B.A. degree from Dartmouth College in psychology and an M.A. in social psychology from Duke University. Dr. Hurd's research interests include smoking prevention in adolescents, medication utilization of senior athletes, the practical application of management theory to health-related areas, educational strategies including learning styles and active learning, and psychosocial aspects of medication use. His teaching responsibilities include courses in health care systems, medical sociology, gerontology, and research methods. Public health has been one of the common threads in both his teaching and research. He has published 33 professional articles and nine book chapters, and he has presented numerous workshops on personal effectiveness. Read More Read Less