Holly Divine - Pharm.D., CGP, CDE

Dr. Holly Divine is Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science. She currently is serving as a clinical pharmacist and is the co-founder of the PharmacistCARE program, which received the 2005 APhA Pinnacle Award. In addition, she is residency director of the Community Pharmacy Residency Program with PharmacistCARE, Kroger Pharmacy, and American Pharmacy Services Corporation. As part of PharmacistCARE, Dr. Divine coordinates a diabetes education and management program for UK employees, retirees, and dependents and has recently helped launch a cardiovascular program. She earned her B.S. and Pharm.D. degrees from the UK College of Pharmacy and is a certified geriatric pharmacist and a certified diabetes educator.

Selected Honors

• APhA Foundation Pinnacle Award, PharmacistCARE Program (2005)
• University of Kentucky Commonwealth Collaborative, PharmacistCARE (2005)
• Kentucky Pharmacist Association Innovative Pharmacy Practice Award (2004)
• Department of Pharmacy Practice & Science Faculty Achievement Award (2004)
• Kentucky Pharmacist Association Innovative Pharmacy Practice Award (2004)
• Bluegrass Pharmacist Association Pharmacist of the Year (2004)
• Rho Chi Alumni Honor Roll (2003)
• Kentucky Pharmacist Association Pharmacy Promotion Award (2003)
• Phi Lambda Sigma Honorary Faculty Member (2003)

Selected Publications/Presentations

• UK College of Pharmacy Convocation, Lexington, KY “Pharmacist/Physician Collaboration” March 2008
• American Pharmacists Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA “Documenting MTM and Patient Care Activities” March 2008
• American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Midyear Clinical Meeting, Las Vegas, NV “Prepping for Certification: Tales from the Frontlines” Panelist December 2007
• Kentucky Society of Health-System Pharmacists Fall Meeting, Lexington, KY “The Impact of Pharmacist/Physician Collaboration.” November 2007
• Kentucky Pharmacists Association/Kentucky Society of Health-System Pharmacists Joint Meeting, Louisville, KY “Clinical Practice Guidelines Update: Diabetes” June 2007
• Nicholas A, Divine H, Nowak-Rapp M, Roberts KB. A University and College of Pharmacy Collaboration to Control Health Plan Prescription Drug Costs. JAPhA, Submitted January 2006, accepted with minor revisions May 2006.
• Nicholas AS, Divine H. Chapter 77: Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus and Ketoacidosis. "Emergency Room Honeymoon." In: Schwinghammer TL, editor. Pharmacotherapy Casebook: A Patient Centered Approach. Sixth Edition, 2005.
• American Pharmacists Association Self-Care Institute, Boston, MA "PharmacistCARE" June 2005
• University HealthSystem Consortium, Boston, MA, "Pharmacist Innovation in the Ambulatory Arena-Employee Wellness and Health Promotion: PharmacistCARE." June 2005
• APhA Advanced Practice Institute: Metabolic Syndrome, Lake Bluff, IL, "PharmacistCARE." May 2005
• American College of Clinical Pharmacy International Meeting, Paris, France Nicholas A, Divine H "A Novel Approach to Pharmacy Practice: University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy REACH Program." April 2004
• Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, "Impacting Diabetes in the Workplace: A New Model of Pharmacy Practice." April 2004
• American Pharmacist Association Annual Meeting Exhibitor's Theater, Seattle, WA, "Insulin Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Achieving Big Results with Easy-to-Use Regimens." April 2004
• American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Annual Meeting Exhibitor's Theater, New Orleans, LA, "Insulin Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Achieving Big Results with Easy-to-Use Regimens." April 2003

Selected Grants

• APhA Foundation. Incentive Grant for Practitioner Innovation in Pharmaceutical Care. Community Pharmacists' Impact on Hypertension Management: An MTM Model PI: Marie Parker (resident); Co-Investigator: Holly Divine. $1000. 2006
• University of Kentucky Commonwealth Collaborative. PharmacistCARE: Diabetes Education & Management Program PI: Holly Divine. $10,000. 2006
• ASHP Foundation. Fostering Young Investigators Pharmacy Resident Health Services Research Grant. Clinical Inertia: Time to intervention of critical A1C values in two primary care models for patients with Type 2 Diabetes: PharmacistCARE vs. Usual Care PI: Felix Yam (resident); Co-investigator: Holly Divine. $5000. 2005.