- Professor Emeritus
- Email: alhume@uri.edu
Biography
Dr. Hume’s teaching and scholarship has included geriatrics, integrative medicine, and interprofessional education/practice. She continues to be a co-leader of the RIGEC / Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP) interdisciplinary student team training program in Pawtucket where she mentors P4 students in geriatric assessment twice a month. She received the URI College of Pharmacy Teacher of the Year award in 2010 and 2014. In 2021, Dr. Hume received the Elise M. Coletta, MD Geriatric Education Leadership Faculty Award from the Brown University Department of Family Medicine.
Dr. Hume has published extensively and is a reviewer for many primary care and pharmacy journals. She has been an Associate Editor of the APhA Handbook of Nonprescription Drug Therapy since 2010. Dr. Hume is active in the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) and is a past Chair of the Ambulatory Care Practice and Research Network.
Research
Interprofessional education/practice; Geriatric pharmacotherapy; Integrative medicine; Applying evidence-based guidelines in primary care.
Education
Pharm.D., Pharmacy, Medical College of Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth University
B.S., Pharmacy, University of Pittsburgh
Selected Publications
Jung H, Liu SH, Hume AL, Dosa D, Nunes A, Baek J, Lapane KL. The prevalence of central nervous system-active polypharmacy in US nursing homes. J Am Med Dir Assoc June 2026.
Nunes A, Yuan Y, Baek J, Pawasauskas J, Hume AL, Liu SH, Lapane KL Comparative safety of short-acting opioid escalation or long-acting opioid initiation in US. nursing home residents. JAGS 2025.
Lawal O, Aronow H, Shobayo F, Zhang Y, Hume AL, Taveira T, Matson K, Gold J, Wen X. Restarting oral anticoagulation in patients with atrial fibrillation after admission for a gastrointestinal bleeding event: Effectiveness and safety of direct oral anticoagulants compared to warfarin. Pharmacotherapy 2025; 45:638–653
Nunes AP, Yuan Y, Baek J, Pawasauskas J, Hume AL, Lapane KL. Effectiveness of short-acting opioid escalation vs initiation of a long-acting opioid in nursing home residents. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2024.
Lawal OD, Aronow HD, Hume AL, et al. Venous thromboembolism, chronic liver disease and anticoagulant choice: effectiveness and safety of direct oral anticoagulants versus warfarin. Res Pract Thromb Haemost. 2024.