- 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
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. JAMDA 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.
Liu SH, Yuan Y, Baek J, Nunes A, Pawasauskas J, Hume AL, Lapane KL. Relative risks of delirium for initiating serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors versus NSAIDs as intensification of pharmacologic management for pain in nursing home residents without cancer. JAGS 2023.
Lawal O, Aronow H, Shobayo F, Hume AL, Taveira T, Matson K, Zhang Y, Wen X. Comparative effectiveness and safety of direct oral anticoagulants and warfarin in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation and chronic liver disease: A nationwide cohort study. Circulation 2023.
Lawal O, Meador K, Hume AL, Wen X. Utilization patterns of antiseizure medications in women of childbearing age: a retrospective cohort study. Neurology 2023.
Mbrah AK, Nunes A, Hume AL, Zhao D, Jesdale WM, Bova C, Lapane KL. Prevalence and treatment of neuropathic pain diagnoses among US nursing home residents. Pain 2022; 163:1370-1377.
Zhao D, Baek J, Hume AL, et al. Geographic variation in the use of gabapentinoids and opioids for pain in a commercially insured adult population in the United States. J Pain Res 2022;15:443-454.
Hume AL, Osundolire S, Mbrah AK, Nunes A, Lapane KL. Antihyperglycemic drug use in long-stay nursing home residents with diabetes. Jour Nursing Home Res 2022;8:10-19.
Dionne A, Sittard L, Cohen L, Feret B, Hume AL. Incorporating a learning unit on vaccine hesitancy into a first year Doctor of Pharmacy immunization course. Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning 2022; 14:7.