Titles

Professor of Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research

Vice Chair for Collaborative Services

Director, Mental Health Program

School Affiliation

School of Pharmacy

Specialties

• Mental Health

About

706-1768 rlove@rx.umaryland.edu

Dr. Love was the 2015-16 president of the College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists (CPNP), chair of the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) Expert Panel on Drug Allergy and Intolerance, and is a member of the USP Expert Committee for Health Care Quality Standards. He oversees pharmacy services for the Maryland Department of Health’s Behavioral Health Administration, directs the state’s Clozapine Authorization and Monitoring Program, and is the principal investigator for the Peer Review Program for Mental Health Drugs for the Maryland Medicaid Pharmacy Program. He serves as co-principal investigator of a National Institutes of Health-funded R01 grant titled “Biomarker and Safety Study of Clozapine in Benign Ethnic Neutropenia.” Dr. Love has an extensive research and service record in psychiatric pharmacotherapy with numerous publications and presentations. As principal or co-principal investigator, he is the recipient of over $80 million in grants and contracts. His past professional service includes chair of the Mental Health Workgroup for the Pharmacy Quality Alliance; membership on the Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties, Specialty Council on Psychiatric Pharmacy Practice; commissioner of the Maryland Board of Pharmacy; member of the Depression/Behavioral Health Technical Advisory Panel, National Quality Forum; and chair of the Ethics Special Interest Group, American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. Dr. Love is a board-certified psychiatric pharmacist, fellow of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, and Distinguished Practitioner and Fellow of the National Academies of Practice. He is a recipient of the W. Arthur Purdum Award, the highest recognition of the Maryland Society of Health-System Pharmacists; the Elan Award for Innovative Pharmacy Practice; the Alma Troccoli Award for Excellence in Advocating for the Mental Health Needs of Young Children and Families; and CPNP’s Judith Saklad Award.

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This information was last updated May 17, 2023.