Dr. Fugh-Berman directs PharmedOut, a research and education project that promotes rational prescribing practices. She researches physician-industry relationships, and how industry marketing techniques interact with the culture of medicine. Dr. Fugh-Berman teaches physicians, other health care providers, graduate and medical students about evidence-based prescribing.
Additionally, she teaches about the risks and benefits of botanical medicines, dietary supplements, and other alternative therapies, and she directs the Urban Herbs project, an ecologic gardening project with various demonstration gardens on the GUMC campus.
Dr. Fugh-Berman’s current research focuses on the rational use of both conventional and complementary therapies, and the influence that pharmaceutical companies have on the prescribing habits of physicians.
Academic Appointment(s)
- Primary
- Professor, Pharmacology & Physiology
- Director, PharmedOut