Quovadis Epps

Quovadis Janeene Epps

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
EMAIL
PHONE
904-346-5033
OFFICE
Pharmacy-Undergrad Educ Improv

 

Office Hours

Northeast Florida Pharmacy Practice Center Building 4800. Suite 200
By appointment

Current Semester Schedule

PHA 4036 301 Population Based Care I Th. __ 1:00 p.m. - 2:40 p.m.
PHA 4036 3C1 Population Based Care I Th.__ 12:00 p.m. - 1:40 p.m.


About Me


Dr. Quovadis Epps is an Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Institute of Public Health (CoPPS, IPH). Dr. Epps serves as the Residency Program Director for the Walgreens Pharmacy and FAMU CoPPS, IPH PGY1 Community Residency Program. With more than 15 years of exclusive health-system pharmacy experience prior to joining the FAMU faculty, she serves as a General Medicine Preceptor at the Northeast Pharmacy Practice Center where she assists learners in transiting information learned in didactic courses to clinical practice in the hospital setting. Dr. Epps has helped to development and implement several residency programs for the University and helped train the residents. She currently is the course coordinator for the Population Based Care I Course which focuses on population health management and those factors which impacts ones health.


Areas of Interest


  • Anticoagulation

  • Infectious Disease

  • Population Health

  • Post Graduate Training

Education


 
  • Doctor of Pharmacy
    Florida A&M University 2000
  • M.S. Health-System Pharmacy Administration
    The Ohio State University 2005
  • Specialty Residency in Health-System Pharmacy Administration
    Nationwide Children's Hospital (Formerly Children's Hospital) 2005
  • Pharmacy Practice Residency
    UF Health Shands (Formerly Shands Jacksonville) 2003

Work History


  • Assistant Professor, Pharmacy Practice, Residency Program Director - April 2015 - Present
    Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL
  • Clinical Pharmacist – January 2008 – April 2015
    St. Vincent’s Medical Center Southside, Jacksonville, FL
  • Therapeutic Drug Specialist, Residency Coordinator - September 2005- January 2018
    Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL
  • Staff Pharmacist - June 2000 – June 2023
    Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL. 

Academic Accomplishments


Publications

  • Epps Quovadis J, Epps Kevin L, Young David C, Zobell Jeffery T. State of the art in cystic
    fibrosis pharmacology optimization of antimicrobials in the treatment of cystic fibrosis
    pulmonary exacerbations: III. Executive summary. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2021 Jul;56(7):1825-
    1837. Doi: 10.1002/ppul.25353. Epub 2021 Mar 15. PMID: 33656280.

  • Epps Quovadis J, Epps Kevin L, Zobell Jeffery T, Young David C. Optimization of
    antimicrobials in the treatment of cystic fibrosis pulmonary exacerbations: II. Therapies for
    allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2020 Dec;55(12):3541-3572. Doi:
    10.1002/ppul.25080. Epub 2020 Sep 29. PMID: 32946194.

  • Epps Quovadis J, Epps Kevin L, Young David C, Zobell Jeffery T. State of the art in cystic
    fibrosis pharmacology-Optimization of antimicrobials in the treatment of cystic fibrosis pulmonary exacerbations: I. Anti-methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) antibiotics. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2020 Jan;55(1):33-57. Doi: 10.1002/ppul.24537. Epub 2019 Oct 14. PMID: 31609097.

  • Barr Drakeria, Epps Quovadis J. Direct oral anticoagulants: a review of common medication errors. J Thromb Thrombolysis. 2019 Jan;47(1):146-154. Doi: 10.1007/s11239-018-1752-9. PMID: 30298305.CoPPS, IPH Pharmacy Resident Collaboration.

  • Epps Kevin L, Epps Quovadis J, Mourad H, Reger EB, Libertin CR. Is Annual Cumulative
    Susceptibility Test Data Enough to Guide Empirical Therapy for Pseudomonas aeruginosa
    Pneumonia? Am J Clin Microbiol Antimicrob. 2018; 1(6): 1026.

Letters

  • Epps Quovadis J, Epps Kevin L, Zobell Jeffery T. Optimization of antipseudomonal antibiotics
    for cystic fibrosis pulmonary exacerbations: II. Cephalosporins and penicillins latest update.
    Pediatr Pulmonol. 2021 Jun;56(6):1784-1788. Doi: 10.1002/ppul.25282. Epub 2021 Feb 1.
    PMID: 33524241.

Awards


  • Teacher of the Year 2020-2021
  • Decanal Commendation for Pharmacists Interventions 2019-2020
  • Teacher of the Year 2017-2018

Courses Taught At FAMU


  • PHA 4036 Population Based Care I
  • PHA 5694 APPE General Medicine
  • PHA 5917L Clinical Seminar and Research Methods Lab I
  • PHA 5918L Clinical Seminar and Research Methods Lab II
  • PHA 5919L Clinical Seminar and Research Methods Lab III