Professor & Vice Chair
Howard University, College of Pharmacy
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Dr. Bisrat Hailemeskel is a full-time faculty member at the rank of a Full Professor & Vice-Chair in the College of Pharmacy, Howard University. He received his B.Pharm and MSc Degrees from Addis Ababa University, and Pharm.D from the University of Toledo, Ohio. He served as a clinical pharmacist at various institutions before joining Howard in 1997. He then received his tenureship in 2003 and full professorship in 2018.
Dr. Hailemeskel was the recipient of 2007 -2008 Fulbright Scholarship as teacher/research fellow, a distinguished Award from the US Department of States, to teach and conduct research in Africa. As a principal Investigator, he has also received over a million dollars grant for the “Howard-Addis Ababa University Twinning Partnership” project to promote pharmaceutical care education in Ethiopia through a grant from the American International Health Alliance and the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). In 2019/2020, he also received over $200,000 grants from RPC REMS via the Food & Drug Administration to hold educational program for pharmacy professionals.
Dr. Hailemeskel awarded to become a Fulbright Visiting Professor by the US State Department since 2014. In 2010, he was also received the “Outstanding Faculty” Award from Howard University Alumni Association.
Dr. Hailemeskel has over 50 research papers published in peer reviewed journals. He has also over 100 invited presentations, abstracts, and posters presentations at major local, national, and international scientific professional associations. Dr. Hailemeskel served as a secretary and executive Committee member of the Ethiopian North America Health Professionals Association (ENAHPA) from 2005-2008. He was the founder and past president of the Ethiopian Pharmacists Association in North America. He also appointed 2003-2005 Research Fellow by the Center for Minority Health Services Research (CMHSR), funded by AHRQ. Recently, he received of Achievement Pharmacy Faculty Award from the EPPAD.