- Professor
- Office: 244F
- Phone: 401.874.2734
- Email: alhume@uri.edu
- Office Location: Avedisian Hall, 7 Greenhouse Road, Kingston, RI 02881
Biography
Dr. Hume’s teaching and scholarship includes primary care, integrative medicine, geriatrics, and interprofessional education/practice. She has been a faculty member in the Rhode Island Geriatric Education Center (RIGEC) funded by the U.S. Bureau of Health Professions since 1996. Dr. Hume is co-leader of the RIGEC / Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP) interdisciplinary student team training program in Pawtucket and W. Warwick. 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, nursing, and pharmacy journals. She is an Associate Editor of the APhA Handbook of Nonprescription Drug Therapy. Dr. Hume is active in the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) and in other professional organizations. She is a past Chair of Ambulatory Care Practice and Research Network of ACCP.
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
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.