Jason Varin, PharmD
Director, Alumni Relations, College of Pharmacy
Contact Info
Director, Alumni Relations, College of Pharmacy
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Care & Health Systems
Pharmacist Ambassador, Center for Leading Healthcare Change
PharmD, University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy, 2006
BS, University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy, 1992
Certificate, Early Career Teaching
Mentoring Excellence Training Academy
Immunization Delivery for Pharmacists
Diabetes Patient Management
Asthma Patient Management
APhA Community Pharmacy Management
Comprehensive Pharmaceutical Care
Summary
Jason Varin R.Ph., PharmD is an assistant professor at the University of Minnesota College Of Pharmacy which is also where he received his BS,Pharmacy and Doctor of Pharmacy degrees. Dr. Varin practiced as a community pharmacist for over 22 years during which time he participated in pharmaceutical care research, implemented clinical pharmacy care, immunization, and disease management programs. He also developed a pharmacist preceptor training and development program and served as preceptor and mentor to scores of student pharmacists.
Expertise
Community Pharmacy management and pharmacist provided clinical services and the impact they have on personal and public health have been my primary foci as a practicing healthcare provider. My engagement outside of practice has been largely dedicated to my personal “Mission Statement” that I drafted as a student in 1991; ““I work to promote mutually beneficial relationships between pharmacy practice, academia and professional associations to garner unified stewardship and effective change in the profession of pharmacy”.
Dr. Varin has provided testimony, interviews, and presentations on a wide range of topics including, Legislative Advocacy, Vaccine Process, Community Pharmacy Management, Opioid Use Disorder and treatment, Scope of Practice, Emergency Use Authorization Policy, Ketamine Use in Drug Enforcement; Staff Recruitment-Training-Professional Development, and How to Maintain Family Harmony during Holiday Gatherings.
Professional Associations
Minnesota Pharmacists Association- Past President University of Minnesota Alumni Association/Pharmacy Alumni Society- Past President, Life Member American Pharmacists Association- Past President of Minnesota ASP Chapter, Delegate American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Minnesota Society of Health-System Pharmacists Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy Metropolitan Professional Pharmacists Society
Research
Publications
"Off-label Prescribing: an increasingly common practice ”
Varin JA, CLHC SLFs*, Leppik I,
Minnesota Physician, May 15 (2017) Volume XXXI ,Issue 2, Cover Story;
https://issuu.com/mppub/docs/05_mn_physician_may_2017
"Board of Advisors’ influence in a highly ranked College of Pharmacy”
Fierke KK, Speedie MK, Anderson LJ, Varin JA
Currents in Pharmacy Teaching & Learning, July–August, (2015) Volume 7, Issue 4, Pages 513–518;
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cptl.2015.04.020
“Marketing the Community Pharmacist”
Mueller, Robert M., & Varin, Jason A.,
Minnesota Pharmacist, January – February (2013), 27-29.
Teaching
Teaching Areas
PHAR 6700 - Becoming a Pharmacist;
PHAR 6716 - Applied Pharmaceutical Care;
PHAR 6494 - Portugal: A Study in Comparison of Healthcare Delivery (Lisbon);
PHAR 7213 – Germany: Healthcare Policy Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (Berlin);
FIPCC - Foundations of Interprofessional Communication and Collaboration (1Health)