Jack J. Chen (陳宏傑)
Jack J. Chen, PharmD is a Taiwanese American clinical pharmacist and researcher, double board-certified in Pharmacotherapy and Geriatric Pharmacy Practice. He is a Full Professor and Founding Chair of the Department of Pharmacy Practice at Marshall B. Ketchum University College of Pharmacy.
Identity Snapshot
- English: Jack J. Chen
- Chinese: 陳宏傑
- Born: South Bend, Indiana
- Raised: Southern California
- Education: BA Animal Physiology, UC San Diego (1989); BS Pharmacy, MCPHS (1993); PharmD, University of Utah (1995)
- Specialty: Clinical neurology, neurology pharmacotherapy, movement disorders
- Current role: Full Professor, Founding Chair, Dept of Pharmacy Practice, Marshall B. Ketchum University COP
- Geography: Southern California
- Credentials: FCPhA, FASCP, FCCP
- Family: Married with twin daughters
Education and Training
- BA Animal Physiology, UC San Diego (1989)
- BS Pharmacy, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (1993)
- PharmD, University of Utah (1995)
- Specialty Pharmacy Residency (Internal Medicine), Rush University Medical Center, Chicago (1996)
- Clinical Neurology Preceptorship, Movement Disorders Center, Loma Linda University (2003–2005)
Career
Huntington Memorial Hospital (1996–2000)
Clinical pharmacist at Huntington Memorial Hospital, Pasadena, CA.
Western University of Health Sciences (2000–2005)
Assistant Professor at the Western University of Health Sciences School of Pharmacy, where he developed and taught the PharmD neurology therapeutics courses and served as Director of Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences and faculty advisor to the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Academy of Student Pharmacists.
Loma Linda University (2005–2014)
Associate Professor at Loma Linda University (LLU) School of Pharmacy, where he was instrumental in developing and teaching the PharmD neurology therapeutics course. He also served as the Director of Scholarly Activities to foster a departmental culture of scholarship. In 2013, he received an award as LLU School of Pharmacy Teacher of the Year. At LLU, Dr. Chen also established, obtained funding, and co-directed an interprofessional, clinical neurology movement disorders preceptorship program within the Department of Neurology.
Marshall B. Ketchum University (2014–present)
Full Professor and Founding Chair for the Department of Pharmacy Practice at the Marshall B. Ketchum University College of Pharmacy.
Research and Publications
Dr. Chen maintains a sustained record of scholarship in the field of Neurology Pharmacotherapy with an emphasis in Movement Disorders. He is an author on 160 peer-reviewed manuscripts, book chapters, and abstracts.
His research focus includes:
- Neurology pharmacotherapy
- Movement disorders
- Clinical neurology
- Geriatric pharmacy practice
Awards and Honors
- ASHP Drug Therapy Research Award (1999) — American Society of Health-System Pharmacist
- CPNP Original Research Award (2014, 2017) — College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists
- Drug Topics Hospital Pharmacist of the Year (2000)
- CPhA Distinguished Young Pharmacist of the Year (2002)
- SGVSHP Pharmacist of the Year (2002)
- LLU School of Pharmacy Teacher of the Year (2013)
- Fellow of the CPhA (FCPhA)
- Fellow of the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (FASCP)
- Fellow of the ACCP (FCCP)
Professional Service
- American Academy of Neurology (AAN) delegate to the United States Pharmacopeial Convention
- Founding member of the AAN Neurologic Therapies Workgroup
- Committee chair within national and state professional organizations including:
- American Colleges of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) Central Nervous System Practice and Research Network (2012-2013)
- American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy New Pharmacy Faculty Research Awards Program Review Team (2010)
- California Pharmacist Association (CPhA) Educational Foundation Advisory Committee (2000–2002)
- California Society of Health-System Pharmacist Seminar Poster Session (1999–2005)
- Member-at-Large for the APhA Academy of Pharmacy Practice and Management Hospital & Institutional Practice Section (2000–2002)
- Served as committee chair within professional organizations including the San Gabriel Valley Society of Health-System Pharmacists (SGVSHP; 2002–2003), the Southeast Los Angeles Pharmacists Association (2001–2005), and the Southern California College of Clinical Pharmacy (2004–2006)
Role in the Community
Dr. Chen’s community footprint runs through TAHS and the TAH Foundation Who’s Who corpus rather than movement organizing. His 2017 TAHS Publication self-profile (Part 2) is the primary biographical source on this page, with the editor’s note rating self-profiles (Martha VanDriel, 陳宏傑, 黃愷怡, 吳瑞椿) as higher factual reliability for personal details — see |2017 TAHS Publication.
Corpus records naming him:
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217. Dr. Jack J. Chen 陳宏傑教授 — 2019-01-10 (TAH Who’s Who profile)
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642. Dr. Jack J. Chen 陳宏傑教授 — 2015-09-29 (same profile, earlier capture)
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2182. Jack Chen — 2019-05-04 (name-form record; same person as 217/642)
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生活 — 2015-09-23 (his 1997 Life/生活 magazine article on Parkinson’s disease, an early public-facing piece on his neurology pharmacotherapy work)
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HOLD: Marshall B. Ketchum University start date — this page says 2014–present; the sibling page Dr. Jack J. Chen records Professor and Department Chair from 2015. Never auto-merged. Supporting evidence (2026-10-12 pass): the 2017 TAHS Publication 編按 (editor’s note, priority-A self-profile apparatus) states explicitly 「2014 年，Dr. Chen 被 The Marshall B. Ketchum University 的药學院聘為正教授，並主持一個講座」 — corroborates the 2014 date on this page; sibling page’s 2015 remains unreconciled pending steward review.
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Note: records 2019 and 272. Jack Chen name a different Jack Chen — the Harvard/Law engineer-entrepreneur organizer of Tandem Team Sea to See, documented at Jack Chen. Not attributed to this page.
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Father: |Jeff Chen 陳哲夫 (1937–1995), per the sibling Who’s Who page.
- Corpus link (2026-10-13 pass): 陳哲夫 appears as a 顧問 of the 「台美公民協會」籌備委員會 in the 1985-04-15 台灣公論報 list preserved at Our Journeys 186 — a movement-side record for the father; no record names Jack J. Chen himself in that 1985 list. His father’s own memoir profile is 343. 陳哲夫遙控式經營 獨到成功令人懷念 and 629. Jeff Chen 陳哲夫.
Source Notes and Confidence
- Content priority A: 2017 TAHS Publication (self-profile + editor’s note), Part 2, ~82 lines
- Content priority A: Contains detailed biographical narrative including education, career, research, and awards
- Hub: |2017 TAHS Publication
- Note: The full text includes detailed biographical information including family background, education, and professional career.