ASAHP Fellows
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Ronald H. Winters, Ph.D., FASAHP Professor & Dean |
Ron Winters, a member of ASAHP since 1977, is a recipient of the ASAHP Outstanding Member Award, the President’s Award, and the Legacy of Excellence Award in addition to being named a Fellow of the Association. For the past 12 years he has directed the ASAHP Institutional Profile Survey and published its annual report for the Association. He has been a member of both the Southern and Midwest Associations of Allied Health Deans at Academic Health Centers since 1982, serving in several positions including chairman of each group.
Ron is a native of Los Angeles, California and earned a B.A. in biology from California State University-Northridge. His Ph.D. in pharmacology is from Oregon State University. He was employed by a pharmaceutical company in California, and in his subsequent academic positions has taught undergraduate and graduate pharmacology for allied health, medical, pharmacy, and dental students, receiving several awards.
Ron has conducted research on pharmacokinetics, especially drug biotransformation, the mechanisms of general anesthesia, and the action of drugs on the human umbilical circulation, as well as collaborating on studies of the mechanisms of protein folding. His work has been published in Nature, the Journal of theFederation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS Letters), and other journals.
In administration, he served as assistant dean of the School of Pharmacy at Oregon State University, associate dean of the College of Health Professions at Wichita State University, and since 1982 as professor and dean of the College of Health Related Professions at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock. During his tenure, the college has grown more than three-fold in enrollment and expanded to include nine different degree and certificate levels in 17 allied health professions, with students in 25 states. During the course of his academic career, Ron served on more than 50 university, community, and state boards, commissions, and committees, chairing many of them. He currently holds faculty appointments in the College of Health Related Professions, the College of Medicine, and the College of Pharmacy at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. He also provided expert testimony on pharmacology in a number of criminal trials.
In addition to his professional activities, Ron is interested in classical music, foreign languages, astrobiology, and antique automobiles. He is married to the former Marsha M. Holbrooke, a pediatric hospital pharmacist. They have two grown children. He will retire from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in February of 2011.