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Currently working on my Ph.D. in Health Care Genetics. I plan to create a training module to prepare medical students for productive interactions with patients wielding direct to consumer genetic testing (DTC-GT) results. By giving the students relevant communication points pertinent to DTC-GT situations and compounding on knowledge and competencies learned in previous years, family physicians trained at VCOM will be able to work with genetically informed patients to make better medical management decisions.

Dr. Foushee received her Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of South Carolina. Following graduation, she completed two years of postgraduate residency training, initially in pharmacy practice and subsequently in critical care pharmacy. Upon completion of her training, she joined the Presbyterian College School of Pharmacy where she served on faculty in the Department of Pharmacy Practice for 9 academic years before joining the VCOM-Carolinas Faculty. She is board certified in Pharmacotherapy and in Critical Care Pharmacy.

Education

Dr. Foushee’s research interests are related to two primary areas: 1) the scholarship of teaching and learning and 2) patient outcomes related to pharmacotherapy. She is passionate about interprofessional education (IPE) and the delivery of healthcare in a team-based fashion. Incorporating IPE into undergraduate medical education and assessing outcomes are areas of strong interest. Her particular clinical expertise is related to appropriate medication management in critically ill adult patients. She is also an advocate for ensuring access to medications for underserved populations. She has experience with survey research, chart reviews and retrospective cohort studies, and has provided clinical supervision of bench-to-bedside collaborative research regarding medication compatibility. She brings a collaborative spirit to projects, and feels strongly that interprofessional representation within research improves quality, just as it does to patient care.

My research include: First 1000 days of life and impact of nutrition and other epigenetic factors, growth acceleration and deacceleration and connection to inflammation and chronic disease; Role/value of anthropometrics in cost effective clinical decision making; nutrition and immunity, diet and lifestyles impact on chronic disease and longevity across the lifespan. Additionally, in my work with students – my research areas with them current impact dietary choices of medical students, evaluating quality of glycemic control, and impact of MNT in free clinics. And the impact of nutrition education in undergraduate medical learning (Food in Medicine).

Diseases of particular interest weight abnormalities, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, autoimmune, cancers, (disease where inflammation plays a role).

My research capabilities include looking at population cohorts, working with others (multidisciplinary research), diet analysis, clinical and population studies assessing lifestyle and diet and longevity (via review of clinical data, dietary recalls, and validated dietary evaluation tools.