The Skaggs School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences

Charles E. Daniels

Dr. Charles Daniels is Professor of Clinical Pharmacy and Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs in the UCSD Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. He is also Pharmacist-In-Chief for UCSD Healthcare. He is responsible for clinical training programs for the SSPPS, and also for clinical and distribution operations of pharmacy services at the UCSD Medical Center.

Before joining UCSD Dr. Daniels was Chief of the Pharmacy Department at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, where he was responsible for comprehensive pharmaceutical services, new drug development support programs, and pharmacy-based research programs.

Dr. Daniels received a BS in pharmacy from the University of Arizona and completed a residency in hospital pharmacy at the NIH Clinical Center. He earned an MS and a PhD in Social and Administrative Pharmacy at the University of Minnesota where he was a fellow of the American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education.

Dr. Daniels was a member of the faculty at the University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy in Minneapolis for 15 years and served as the major professor or research adviser for more than 25 graduate students. He also served as the Director of Graduate Studies in hospital pharmacy and precepted more than 50 pharmacy residents. In addition, Dr. Daniels held various pharmacy management positions at the University of Minnesota Hospital and Clinic.

A Fellow of the American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists, Dr. Daniels has authored or co-authored more than 40 journal articles and book chapters. His research interests include pharmacoeconomics, health-related outcomes research, and safe-medication use. In 1999 he was honored as one of the 50 most influential pharmacists in the United States by American Druggist magazine.

Areas of Interest or Specialty

Medication Errors; Outcomes and Pharmacoeconomics

Selected References

Koecheler, JA, Abramowitz, PW, Swim S, Daniels, CE. Indicators for the Selection of Ambulatory Patients Who Warrant Pharmacist Monitoring. Am J Hosp Pharm. 1989; 46:729-32.

Daniels, C.E. Pharmacoeconomics. Pharmacology for the Primary Care Provider, Edmunds and Mayhew Editors. St. Louis, MO. Mosby, Inc., 2000.

Goldspiel BR, DeChristoforo R, Daniels CE. A continuous-improvement approach for reducing the number of chemotherapy-related medication errors. Am J Health-Syst Pharm. 2000; 57(Suppl 4):S4-9.

Daniels CE. Hospitals and Health Care Institutions. Pharmacy and the U.S. Health Care System. Smith, Wertheimer, Fincham Editors, Third Edition. Binghamton NY, Pharmaceutical Products Press, Inc. 2005.

Daniels, C.E. Quality Assessment of Drug Therapy. Principles of Clinical Pharmacology, Atkinson, Daniels, et al Editors. San Diego, CA. Academic Press, Second edition, 2006.

List of Publications in Pub Med