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Iowa has a reputation for being a leader in pharmacy practice through its innovation and expanded pharmacy services. It is because of active IPA members like Rob Nichols that this is possible.
Like many of us, Rob did not start college with the goal of becoming a pharmacist. He was entering his junior year at Wartburg College when he went on vacation to visit his aunt in Arizona. He was on track to complete a degree in business management when his aunt asked, “What do you plan to do with that business degree?” He didn’t have a good answer for her at the time, and that’s when she recommended exploring pharmacy. When he returned to Iowa, he had extensive conversations with his advisors and took the initiative to land a job at the local independent pharmacy, Meyer Pharmacy.
Rob graduated from the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy with his Doctor of Pharmacy in 2017. Upon graduation, he became the first University of Iowa College of Pharmacy Community-Based Pharmacy Resident at Greenwood Pharmacy and Compounding Center in Waterloo. He was subsequently hired at Greenwood after his residency and has been the site preceptor since.
According to Rob, the most rewarding part of his position at Greenwood is his ability to expand and optimize enhanced clinical services. Greenwood is a cutting-edge community pharmacy that provides many enhanced services to its patients. They have partnered with a family practice clinic to provide chronic care management planning services in the pharmacy. They have also partnered with Pathways Behavioral Services as a referral for HIV and Hepatitis C testing. Through collaborative practice agreements with clinics, they manage long-acting injectable birth control therapy and long-acting injectable antipsychotics. The pharmacists also go to provider’s offices to provide educational seminars on Medicare part D, specific drug class-related education, and insurance coverage education.
If you know Rob, you know he is heavily involved in the profession, but he also has a significant presence in his community and takes pride in his family. He is married to his beautiful bride, Bryndee, and they have two beautiful children, daughter Arie (4) and son Alijah (1). Rob’s current interests are listening to audiobooks, everything about being a dad, and playing volleyball around the Cedar Valley. Although he stays busy with his career and being a father of two, he still finds the time to participate in state and national pharmacy organizations. Rob is an active member of both IPA and NCPA and serves on the advisory board for Prescribe Wellness. Rob is also engaged at the public health level, acting as Vice-Chair of the Iowa Commission on Tobacco Use, Prevention, and Control. In 2019, he received the Iowa Immunization Champion award and was recently invited to the Decker-Temple Leadership Pharmacy Conference.
Advocacy at all levels is crucial to expand pharmacy services. Rob understands that change won’t happen unless IPA members are involved and part of that change. He advises members to not only get involved within the profession but also in their respective communities. He lives by his words and is very active in his community of Waterloo, Iowa.
Rob is on the Board of Directors for the Black Hawk County YMCA and North Star Community Services, and he serves as Board Chair for the Project Ready Community Outreach. He also participates in iJAG, promoting the pharmacy profession to middle school students; the Black Men Read program; and Donuts with Dad book readings at the Soul Book Nook bookstore. As of this year, Rob now serves on the Waterloo City Council At-Large.
Through his career and involvement in national, state and local organizations, Rob understands the importance of advocacy to advance the profession of pharmacy. He hopes that the future of pharmacy is one where the responsibility of acute and chronic drug therapy management more ubiquitously rests on the pharmacist across all practice settings.
Thank you, Rob, for your continued leadership and inspiration of student pharmacists, like myself. ■
Robert Nichols, PharmD, BCPS Pharmacist & Preceptor Greenwood Pharmacy
Written by: Alexis Clouse, UICOP Class of 2022
