- Director, Accreditation and Assessment
- Office: 125B
- Phone: 401.874.5023
- Email: mlacroix1@uri.edu
- Office Location: 7 Greenhouse Lane Kingston, RI 02881
Biography
Dr. Lacroix leads the college’s assessment program for the undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs. The information gathered supports regional and national accreditation. He co-chairs the College Accreditation and Assessment Committees.
Dr. Lacroix came to URI after spending 8 years at the University of New England as an Assistant Professor (Internal Medicine) and founding member of the College of Pharmacy Faculty. He also spent 3 years at St. John’s University as an Assistant Clinical Professor in the College of Pharmacy and Health Professions.
Dr Lacroix is an active member of several professional organizations. He is a Past President of the Rhode Island Pharmacist Association. During his term the Asssociation was awarded the APhA Immunization Champion Award. He is an active member of the American Pharmacists Association where he was named a Fellow of the association in 2024. He is the advisor the URI chapter of Kappa Psi Pharmaceutical fraternity and has led the fraternities national leadership development program.
Education
Master of Science, Medical Education Leadership- University of New England 2015
ASHP Accredited PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency; Caritas St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Northeastern University 2005-2006
Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Rhode Island 2005
Selected Publications
Pittenger AL, Copeland DA, Lacroix MM, et al. Report of the 2016-17 Academic Affairs Standing
Committee: Entrustable Professional Activities Implementation Roadmap. Am J Pharm Educ.
2017;81(5):S4.
Haines ST, Pittenger AL, Stolte SK, et al. Core Entrustable Professional Activities for New Pharmacy
Graduates. Am J Pharm Educ. 2017;81(1):S2.
Lacroix MM, McCall III K, Fike D. The Keller personalized system of instruction in a pharmacy calculations
course: A randomized trial. Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning 6 (2014) 348–352