Administration - Academic

David is a member of the Maine Bar and is also a Certified Public Accountant. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Politics and Government from the University of Hartford, as well as Law degrees from the University of Oxford and University of Maine School of Law. He serves Husson in a variety of capacities from accreditation to student advising.

Husson University is fortunate to have many talented and dedicated people who are passionate about the University’s mission. I am grateful to be able to facilitate their initiatives and foster a community intent on transforming the lives of its students.

Associate Provost Jonathan Henry started his career at Husson University in September 2012. Jonathan began his career in Enrollment Management almost by accident. After serving as a volunteer student tour guide at the University of Vermont, he was offered the job of Admissions Recruiter upon graduating in 1985. Fast forward to 2012, and Jon -- as he prefers to be called -- has worked for 27 years in college/university admission and enrollment management in Vermont and Maine. Most recently, he was Dean and Vice President of Enrollment Management at the University of Maine at Augusta from 2007-2012. Jon earned his B.A. in Political Science from UVM in 1985, and his M.Ed. in Higher Education Administration from UVM in 1992. He and his wife Sara, a learning disabilities specialist, live in the village of Hampden and raised two sons who are both enrolled in college in the Portland area. He enjoys biking in the summer, and doing home improvement projects around their 145-year old house.

The Husson Pharmacy program was approved by the Maine Department of Education in June, 2007. Dr. Rodney Larson was appointed the Founding Dean of the Husson School of Pharmacy in August, 2007. Dr. Larson is overseeing the accreditation process through the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy and is also instituting the search for faculty. As faculty appointments are announced, they will be posted on this site.

Rod earned a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy degree from Ferris State University in 1988. Soon after, he entered graduate school at the University of Florida, and then transferred to the University of Minnesota. He earned a Ph.D. in Social and Behavioral Pharmacy with an emphasis on Ethics at the latter in 1994. Upon graduation, Rod accepted a faculty position a the Idaho State University College of Pharmacy where he taught such courses as Introduction to Pharmacy, Case Studies, Quality Assurance, and Pharmacotherapeutics. In 1997, he was awarded the Rufus A. Lyman award for co-authoring the most outstanding article published in the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education that year. In 2000, he took a position as Assistant Dean of Admissions and Student Academic Affairs at the Ferris State University College of Pharmacy, where he held this position until arriving at Husson College in 2007. Rod served as Vice President and President of his local recreational soccer club in Michigan, is an amateur photographer, and enjoys hiking, camping and kayaking.

My philosophies regarding the provision of patient care and student education run parallel. I feel that patients and their needs ought to be the primary focus of everyone working within the healthcare system. For example, pharmacists should place meeting their patients' drug-related needs as their foremost responsibility within their practice. Likewise, students and their educational needs should be at the center of everything a college does. With this focus on student needs, a strong and meaningful educational experience can be delivered that will prepare graduates for a lifetime of contribution to their chosen profession/career and society in general.

Gail received a BA and MS in Biometrics from the University of Minnesota and a PhD from the University of North Carolina. After graduation she spent three years working at Quintiles, Inc., a contract research organization that helps biotechnology companies and pharmaceutical companies get their newly designed drugs approved by the Federal Drug Administration (FDA). She spent a year at West Virginia University, Department of Statistics, then three years at the Duke Clinical Research Institute teaching and consulting and then six years at the University of North Carolina in the Department of Biostatistics. In 2005, Gail joined the faculty at Husson. In addition to teaching, she serves as a consultant for students and faculty at Husson who need help designing, conducting and/or analyzing their research projects. Gail is married with four children, and loves to water ski, swim, hike and play soccer.

I encourage students to be active learners. Ask questions in class, come by and visit me in my office, and/or discuss class materials with other students. Find examples of what you are learning in the classroom, outside of the classroom. To succeed in college, learning must take place inside and outside the classroom.

Gail Tudor

Gail has been consulting with health professionals for over 20 years. Her expertise is in clinical trials, categorical data analysis and online instruction. She currently consults with medical professionals and faculty from the University of New England, University of Maine, University of North Carolina and Eastern Maine Medical Center on a regular basis. Gail has successfully collaborated with 12 different principal investigators on 15 grants over the last 20 years. As a public health professional she is particularly interested in research that concentrates on affordable ways to get a large amount of individuals to change their behavior in a positive way. Studying the relationship between providers and patients is an effective way to do this as patients with chronic disease visit their health care provider regularly and the provider can use these visits to educate their patients.

Sample of Refereed articles (published)

* Sleath, BL, Carpenter, DM, Slota C, Williams, DM, Tudor, G, Yeatts, K, , Davis, S and
Ayala GX (2012). Communication during pediatric asthma visits and self-reported asthma
medication adherence, Pediatrics, In print.

* Sleath B, Ayala GX, Williams D, Davis S, Yeatts K , Tudor G, Washington D, and
Gillete C (2011). Caregiver rating of provider participatory decision-making style and caregiver
and child satisfaction with pediatric asthma visits. Patient Education and Counseling. Vol. 85,
Issue 2, pp 286-289.

* Murphy, L, Helmick, CG, Schwartz, T, Renner, JB, Tudor G, Koch G, Dragomir A,
Kalsbeek WD, Luta G, Jordan JM (2010). One in four people may develop symptomatic hip
osteoarthritis in their lifetime. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. Vol 18 (11), pp. 1372-1379.

* Sleath B, Ayala GX, Davis S, Williams D, Tudor G, Yeatts K, Washington D, Gillete
C (2010). Child- and caregiver-reported problems and concerns in using asthma medications. J
Asthma. 47(6): 633-8.

* Beard AJ, Sleath B, Blalock SJ, Roth M, Weinberger M, Tudor G, and Chewning B.
(2010). Predictors of rheumatoid arthritis Patient-physician communication about medication
costs during visits to rheumatologists. Arthritic Care and Research, Vol. 62. No. 5, pp 632-639.

* Sleath, BL, Krishnadas, R, Cho, M., Robin, AL, Mehta, R., Covert, D., Tudor, G.
(2009) Patient-reported barriers to glaucoma medication access, use, and adherence in southern
India Indian J Ophthalmol: 57:69-74

* Sleath B, Chewning B, Devellis B, Weinberger M, Devellis R, Tudor G and Beard A.
(2008). Communication about depression during rheumatoid arthritis patient visits. Arthritis
Care & Research. Vol 59, Issue 2, pp 186-191

* Nusbaum MRH, Frasier PY, Rojas F, Trotter K, and Tudor G. (2008). Sexual
Orientation and Sexual Health Care Needs: A Comparison of Women Beneficiaries in Outpatient
Military Health Care Settings. Journal of Homosexuality, 54(3): 259–276.

* Tudor, GE. (2006). Teaching Introductory Statistics Online – Satisfying the Students.
Journal of Statistics Education Volume 14, Number 3, www.amstat.org/publications/jse/v14n3/
tudor.html.

* Potthoff, RF, Tudor, GE, Pieper, KS, and Hasselblad, V. (2006). Is it safe to assume
MAR for missing data in medical studies? Statistics in Medical Research. Vol. 15: 213-214

* Tudor GE and Koch GG (2000). Statistical methods for crossover designs in bioenvironmental
and public health studies. Handbook of Statistics, Vol. 18: Bio-Environmental and Public Health
Statistics, pp. 571-614.