Dr. Winston maintains active research in medical education and clinical pharmacy. She studies professional identity formation in healthcare students and clinicians, particularly in those who have been historically excluded from medicine. She collaborates with an interdisciplinary team to study the influence of interprofessional education opportunities among healthcare students. Dr. Winston continues to provide her expertise in pulmonary drug delivery systems and has had the opportunity to work with colleagues in the Dental College of Georgia to explore pharmacogenomics in periodontal procedures.
EDUCATION & POST-DOCTORAL TRAINING
BS University of Toledo 08/2002 – 05/2006 Toledo, OH Major: Pharmaceutical Sciences Minor: Chemistry
MS University of Wisconsin-Madison 08/2007 – 08/2010 School of Pharmacy Madison, WI Major: Pharmaceutical Sciences
PharmD University of Wisconsin-Madison 08/2009 – 05/2012 School of Pharmacy Madison, WI
EdD Marshall University 08/2015 – 08/2020 College of Education and Professional Development Huntington, WV Emphasis: Curriculum and Instruction
ACADEMIC/ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS
Assistant Dean - MCG-Acad Affairs-Curriculum (2022 - present) Augusta University (AU) Medical College of Georgia Augusta, GA
Associate Professor (2022-present) Augusta University (AU) Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology Medical College of Georgia Augusta, GA
Assistant Professor (2017-2022) Augusta University (AU) Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology Medical College of Georgia Augusta, GA
Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor (2019-present) University of Georgia (UGA) Department of Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy College of Pharmacy Athens, GA
Directorships: Assistant Director of Pre-Clerkship Simulation and Co-Director of Case-Based Learning
HONORS
2021American Educational Research Association (AERA) Division I Outstanding Research Publication Award,AERA Annual Meeting (with Co-Awardees: T. Wyatt, T. Taylor, D. White)
2021Educator of the Year C/O 2023, Undergraduate Medical Education
2020Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) Research Paper Award,AMEE Annual Meeting (with Co-Awardees: T. Wyatt, D. Balmer, C. Chow, Z. Zaidi, J. Richards)
2018, 2019, 2020MCG Exemplary Teaching Award,Undergraduate Medical Education
CONTRIBUTIONS TO SCIENCE
Rockich-Winston, N., Taylor, T.R., Richards, J.A., White, D., & Wyatt, T.R. All patients are not treated as equal: Extending medicine’s social contract to Black/African American communities.Teach Learn Med. 2021
Wyatt, T.R. &Rockich-Winston, N. Antiracist work in uncharted waters.Clin Teach. 2021;00:1-3.
Wyatt, T.R.,Rockich-Winston, N., White, D., & Taylor, T.R. “Changing the narrative:” A study of professional identity formation in physicians considered underrepresented in medicine.Adv Health Sci Educ. 2021;26(1): 183-198.
Wyatt, T.R., Balmer, D.,Rockich-Winston, N., Chow, C.J., Richards, J., & Zaidi, Z. Whispers and shadows: A critical review of the professional identity literature with respect to minority physicians.Med Educ. 2020;55(2): 148-158.
*Vaizer, R., *Aslam, S., Pearson Jr., W.G., &Rockich-Winston, N. What Does It Mean To Be a Physician? Exploring Social Imaginaries of Medical Students.Int J Med Educ. 2020;11:76-80.
Jirau-Rosaly, W., Brown, S.P., Wood, E.A., &Rockich-Winston, N. Integrating an interprofessional geriatric active learning workshop into undergraduate medical curriculum. J Med Educ. Curric Dev. 2020;7:1-6.
Wyatt, T.R.,Rockich-Winston, N., Taylor, T.R., & White, D. What does context have to do with anything? The study of professional identify formation in physicians considered under-represented in medicine.Acad Med. 2020;95(10):1587-1593.
Kleinheksel, A.J.,Rockich-Winston, N., Tawfik, H., Wyatt, T.R. Demystifying content analysis: A qualitative method for pharmacy education.Am J Pharm Educ. 2020;84(1):7113.
Rockich-Winston, N. & Wyatt, T.R. The Case for Culturally Responsive Teaching in Pharmacy Curricula.Am J Pharm Educ. 2019;83(8):1653-1659.
Gillette, C.,Rockich-Winston, N., Kuhn, J.A., Flesher, S., & Shepherd, M. Inhaler technique in children with asthma: A systematic review.Acad Pediatr.2016;16(7):605-615.
