Atayee

Dr. Rabia Atayee, Pharm.D., BCPS, APh, FAAHPM

Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
Associate Dean for Admissions and Outreach 
Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Rabia Atayee, Pharm.D., BCPS, APh, FAAHPM

Pronouns: She|Her|Hers

Email
ratayee@health.ucsd.edu
Phone
(858) 822-3549
Support

Human Resources

Lydia Heidt (formerly Napa)
lnapa@health.ucsd.edu
858-822-7861

Reimbursements

Nan Pace
npace@health.ucsd.edu
(858) 822-7807

Fund Management

Research Summary

Dr. Atayee's primary research focuses on pain management, palliative care, pharmacy education, and compassionate communication in healthcare. She has developed multiple collaborations with researchers at both regional and national levels.

Academic Achievements

Education: Completion of pre-pharmacy requirements (1999) UC San Diego; Pharm.D. (2003) UC San Francisco; ASHP Accredited Acute Care Residency (2004) UC San Diego Medical Center; Board Certification in Pharmacotherapy Specialty (BCPS). (2008, recertification 2015). UC San Diego Health: Sanford Compassionate Communication Academy Fellowship (2023)

Awards and Honors:

American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) Visionaries in Hospice and Palliative Care (2024). Society of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacists (SPPCP), Renee Holder Literature Award (2023). Journals of Clinical Pathways “Top 5” publication for 2022 (2023)

UC San Diego Palliative Care Values in Action Award (2022). Fellow of the Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (2022). Society of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacists (SPPCP), Renee Holder Literature Award (2020); Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS) Oncology Pharmacy Specialty Council (2019-2024); American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) Alternative Dean Delegate, (2019-2021); UC San Diego Campus-Wide Distinguished Teaching Award for Academic Senate Members (2018); National Coalition for Hospice and Palliative Care, National Consensus Project invited stakeholder (2017) American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) Alternate Dean Delegate, (2016-2018); President, Society of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacists (SPPCP) (2017-2018); Pharmacist representative for the National Coalition for Hospice and Palliative Care (2018-2020) Membership Chair, Society of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacists (SPPCP) (2016-2017); President-elect, Society of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacists (SPPCP) (2016-2017) Member of Pharmacology Special Interest Group American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM), (2014-Current) UC San Diego Skaggs School of Pharmacy Teacher of the Year Award (Class of 2017), (2014) American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) Teacher of the Year Award, (2013) American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) Walmart Scholar Mentor (2013); Member of American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) PRN, (2009-Current) Selected for the National Center for Leadership in Academic Medicine (NCLAM), (2009) Awarded for Marquis Who's Who in America, (2009).

Leadership Experience: First pharmacist at UC San Diego Health to obtain a DEA license for prescribing independently (2007); Served as co-chair of the comprehensive exam committee and a member of the academic oversight committee and the committee on educational policy in the UC San Diego Health Sciences Campus; Elected as president-elect and president for the Society of Palliative Care Pharmacists (2015); Appointed as Associate Dean of Admissions and Outreach at UC San Diego Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (2016); American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) Alternate Dean Delegate, 2016-2018 & Dean Delegate 2019-2021; selected for Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS) Oncology Pharmacy Specialty Council (2019-2022).  Litigation consultant expert witness for the U.S. Department of Justice and served as an expert witness for San Diego County District Attorney’s Office 2020-Current. 

Teaching
  • Chair of Pain and Palliative Care elective (SPPS269)
  • Lecturer of Pharmacy Practice (SPPS 201).
  • Lecturer for Therapeutics (SPPS 212A) & Advanced Professional Practice (SPPS 213)
Key Contributions
  • Established role of palliative care pharmacist.
  • Effective use of pain and palliative care medications in hematology and oncology patients.
  • Clinical research for the use of medications for pain and symptom management.
  • Development and expansion of pain and palliative care clerkships for pharmacy students.
  • Established monitoring and counseling guidelines for pharmacists for oral chemotherapy.
  • Established Pharmacy Universal Mentorship Program (PUMP) and various other activities for pre-pharmacy and current pharmacy students.
  • Integrating compassionate communication in pharmacy education.
Selected Publications

 

Potential Collaborative Programs
  • Pain management
  • Safe and Effective Medication Therapy
  • Serving communities with health disparities
  • Palliative care
  • Promoting the roles of advanced practice pharmacists
  • Pharmacy Education
  • Compassionate Communication