Gireesh Gupchup
Gireesh V. Gupchup is a health services researcher, and educational administrator. He currently serves as Vice President for Academic Innovation, Planning and Partnerships for Southern Illinois University. He previously served as Dean and Professor of the SIUE School of Pharmacy. His area of research encompasses developing, and evaluating pharmacy and health care services in underserved populations.
Education
Gupchup received his Bachelor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Mumbai in 1988. He then went on to receive a Master of Science in Industrial Pharmacy and a Master of Science in Administrative Pharmacy from the University of Toledo in 1990 and 1993, respectively. He completed his PHD from Purdue University in 1996. He completed the Academic Leadership Fellows Program in 2006-07 at the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. He was inducted as a Fellow of the American Pharmacists Association in 2010.Career
Dr. Gupchup has been serving as Vice President for Academic Innovation, Planning and Partnerships for Southern Illinois University since June 2020. Prior to this, he was the Director for Community University Partnerships for Southern Illinois University Edwardsville from July 2018 until June 2020. Previously, Gupchup served as Dean of the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of PharmExamples of accomplishments under Gupchup's deanship include of the development of 15 affiliated residency programs, specializations in Education and Pediatrics within the PharmD degree, a PharmD/MBA concurrent degree, approval of a master's degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences, a Conditional Entry Program for high school graduates, creation of the opportunity for PharmD students and alumni to obtain online Certificates in Organizational Leadership and/or Health Information Systems from Saint Louis University School of Professional Studies, several interprofessional educational offerings with the Schools of Dental Medicine and Nursing, and collaborations with JSS University, India and the University of Los Andes, Venezuela. The school houses the only NIH designated Center of Excellence in Pain Education in the Midwest and received the first NIH R01 grant in the history of the university. Also, in 2011 the school became the first School/College of Pharmacy to receive the Council for Higher Education Accreditation Award for Outstanding Institutional Practices in Student Learning Outcomes.