Shirley, Weeda, Haney receive 2020-2021 Teacher of the Year Awards

David Shirley, Erin Weeda, and Jason Haney were each named 2020-2021 Teacher of the Year for the MUSC College of Pharmacy, announced today in a virtual ceremony. They were chosen by students in the first three years of the curriculum, each representing a class. The Overall Teacher of the Year was David Shirley.

The P1 class (Class of 2024) honored Shirley, the P2 class (Class of 2023) honored Weeda, and the P3 class (Class of 2022) honored Haney.

The fourth-year class – which is a year of experiential education rotating with preceptors at their sites – selects a Preceptor of the Year in a separate ceremony.

“This ceremony resonates a lot with us,” said Philip D. Hall, dean of the MUSC College of Pharmacy. “It recognizes faculty members who have found a special connection with a class. That kind of connection lies at the heart of our education mission, and it is a recognition that means a lot to our faculty. All three recipients are outstanding teachers well-deserving of the honor.”

Dr. David Shirley has been an active member of the South Carolina Pharmacy Association for more than 20 years. After graduating from MUSC in 2002, he practiced independent community pharmacy in Charleston for 14 years specializing in compounding pharmacy. The first seven years he spent practicing at Prescription Center Inc. and then from 2009 until 2015 he was the pharmacist in charge and compounding pharmacist at Plantation Pharmacy at Wappoo Road. His teaching roles at the College of Pharmacy include Pharmacy Calculations, Compounding and Pharmaceutics Lab, Community Pharmacy Lab, Self Care Therapeutics, and Pharmacy Law and Ethics.

Dr. Erin Weeda earned her Pharm.D. at the University of New Mexico College of Pharmacy. After graduating in 2014, she served a post-graduate year one residency at Memorial Hermann – Texas Medical Center in Houston and then as Health Economics and Outcomes Research Fellow at the University of Connecticut and Hartford Hospital. She also served as an adjunct assistant professor at the University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy. A board-certified pharmacotherapy specialist, she has more than 60 peer-reviewed publications. She joined the MUSC College of Pharmacy in 2017.

Dr. Jason Haney completed his undergraduate education at Wofford College and served as an active duty officer in the United States Army Medical Service Corps upon graduation.  Following his military service, Dr. Haney earned his Pharm.D. degree and completed pharmacy residency training in pharmacy practice and critical care pharmacy at MUSC in Charleston, South Carolina.  He joined the MUSC College of Pharmacy in 2010 and is currently an associate professor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Outcomes Sciences.