Dr. Madeline Dintzner
- Education:
- College of the Holy Cross, Bachelor of Arts (Latin)
Syracuse University, Ph.D.
Biography
Dr. Dintzner joined CUSP on June 29, 2020 as associate dean of Assessment and Accreditation
and professor of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Dr. Dintzner received a BS
degree with honors in chemistry from Holy Cross College in 1992, a Ph.D. in organic
chemistry and natural products synthesis from Syracuse University in 1998, and completed
a post-doctoral fellowship at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, CA (1998-2000).
Dr. Dintzner’s first academic appointment was in the Department of Chemistry at DePaul
University in Chicago, where she earned tenure and was promoted to associate professor
in 2006, served as director of the Chemistry Graduate Program (2005-2011), and department
chair (2011-2012). In 2012, Dr. Dintzner joined the College of Pharmacy and Health
Sciences at Western New England University (Springfield, MA) as an associate professor
in the Department of Pharmaceutical and Administrative Sciences. There, she earned
tenure and was promoted to professor in 2016 and served as assistant dean for Assessment
and Accreditation (2015-2020).
During her academic career, Dr. Dintzner has taught organic chemistry, medicinal chemistry
and biochemistry. She has conducted research in chemistry and chemistry education,
and has more recently become engaged in the scholarship of teaching and assessment
in pharmacy education. Dr. Dintzner’s research has been supported through awards from
the National Science Foundation (NSF), and she won DePaul University’s Excellence
in Teaching Award in 2008. Dr. Dintzner has published over a dozen peer-reviewed manuscripts
or book chapters in synthetic organic chemistry methodology and chemistry education,
and has begun to publish within the fields of pharmaceutical education and assessment.
Dr. Dintzner completed a fellowship in academic leadership through the American Association
of Colleges of Pharmacy during the 2015-2016 academic year. Dr. Dintzner received
the Chapman University School of Pharmacy Culture Award for Excellence in Communication
in 2020.
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Recent Creative, Scholarly Work and Publications
- Rao H*, Beuttler R, Dintzner M, Taheri R, Bach A, Farkufor N. Impact of a feedback strategy in a series of communication-focused patient care simulations. Journal of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy 2024; 7(6): 1-7.