Rate My Professor Jagannath Muzumdar

Jagannath Muzumdar, Ph.D., is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Pharmacy Administration and Public Health in the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences at St. John's University. He earned his Ph.D. in Social and Administrative Pharmacy from the University of Minnesota in 2010, with a dissertation titled 'Use of Anthropomorphism in Direct-to-Consumer Advertising of Medications.' In his teaching role, Muzumdar delivers coursework in social and administrative pharmacy, utilizing principles and methods from pharmacy and allied disciplines to enhance student learning experiences.

Muzumdar's research specializations encompass understanding innovative methods for providing healthcare information to consumers and developing and evaluating novel teaching approaches for pharmacy students. He adapts theories from advertising for healthcare communication, health behavior models, marketing frameworks of consumer behavior, and educational psychology to inform his scholarship. His peer-reviewed publications include 'Effects of Anthropomorphic Images and Narration Styles in Promotional Messages for Generic Prescription Drugs' (Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 2012), 'Cultural Competence Knowledge and Confidence After Classroom Activities' (American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 2010), and 'Vaccine supply, demand, and policy: A primer' (Journal of the American Pharmacists Association, 2009). Recent works feature 'Digital Health Interventions by Clinical Pharmacists: A Systematic Review' (International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022), 'Information seeking during the COVID-19 pandemic: Application of the risk information seeking and processing model' (2023), 'Content Analysis of 2012-2019 FDA Warning Letters and Notices of Violations using the Economic, Clinical, and Humanistic Outcomes (ECHO) Model' (2021), 'Trends and Disparities in Quality of Diabetes Care in the US' (2019), and studies on patient-reported outcomes and comic books in pharmacy education such as 'Use of A Comic Book to Assist Student Learning of Dimensions of Patient-Centered Care' (2016). Muzumdar has contributed to university leadership through roles on the Strategic Priorities Review Team and involvement with the Rho Chi Honor Society, fostering extracurricular learning opportunities.