University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Academic Post-Doctoral Fellowship

This two-year Academic Fellowship is designed to prepare PharmD graduates for a career in academic pharmacy. The program offers personalized training and mentorship to help the Fellow build expertise in teaching, research, and clinical practice. The Fellow will participate in scholarly activities, including the design and execution of one or more teaching and learning research projects. Under the guidance of experienced, nationally recognized faculty, the Fellow will develop pedagogical skills, refine teaching methods, and gain valuable insights into curriculum development and academic leadership. Additionally, the Fellow will provide clinical services within the UCHealth system, based on their area of interest. By the end of the fellowship, the Fellow will be well-prepared for a career in academia.

Select Fellowship Activities

Teaching (25%): development and delivery of classroom learning sessions and facilitation of skill-based activity sessions and case discussions in a hybrid learning environment in the PharmD program.
Scholarship (30%): completion of one or more teaching and learning scholarship projects, culminating in a poster and/or podium presentation at a national and/or local meeting, and manuscript submission for publication.
Clinical Practice (25%): primary or specialty care at an outpatient practice within the UCHealth System or internal medicine inpatient practice at the University of Colorado Hospital, dependent on experience and interests.
Service (10%): participation in Curriculum Committee and/or Assessment Committee and targeted education-related service activities for the School.
Professional Development (10%): completion of certificate programs related to teaching and learning and scholarship of teaching and learning.

Current Fellow

Madison Ricco, PharmD

Email: madison.ricco@cuanschutz.edu

Dr. Madison Ricco is a 2022 PharmD graduate from our Skaggs School of Pharmacy and current Post-Doctoral Academic Fellow. After graduating in 2022, she spent a year doing full-time basic science research on alternative dosing pathways (i.e., oral) of traditional intravenous chemotherapy in Dr. Tom Anchordoquy’s lab. She is passionate about the involvement of clinical pharmacists in traditional basic science laboratory projects given the pharmacist's training as drug experts and focus on patient care to guide these preclinical projects towards successful implementation into clinic. As of July 2023, she is the university’s first Academic Fellow with a focus on educational research, curriculum harmonization, and teaching.

Program Director

Jennifer M. Trujillo, PharmD, BCPS, FCCP, CDCES, BC-ADM

Associate Dean for Education
Professor, Department of Clinical Pharmacy

Email: jennifer.trujillo@cuanschutz.edu
Phone: 303-724-2624

Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

CU Anschutz

Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Building

12850 East Montview Boulevard

Aurora, CO 80045

303-724-2882

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Academic Post-Doctoral Fellowship

Program Director

Jennifer M. Trujillo, PharmD, BCPS, FCCP, CDCES, BC-ADM

Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences