Assistant Dean for Admissions and Student Services, Professor of Pharmacology

Education

  • PharmD, University of Georgia College of Pharmacy
  • Postgraduate General Clinical Residency – Emory University Hospital

Courses Taught

  • Pharmacology

Biography

Dr. Neville earned his PharmD from the University of Georgia and completed a postgraduate General Clinical Residency at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Ga. Following his residency, he served as a clinical pharmacist at Crawford Long Hospital, also in Atlanta, Ga. He later served in a jointly funded position: Internal Medicine preceptor and PGY-1 Residency Program Director at Emory Healthcare and on faculty in the School of Nursing at Emory University where he taught undergraduate and graduate pharmacology. While at Emory, he was awarded the Crystal Apple for Excellence in Teaching Undergraduate Nursing, The Jean Thomas Award for Creativity in Teaching, and the Williams Teaching Award.

In 2008, Dr. Neville was hired by the University of Georgia College of Pharmacy as a Clinical Associate Professor and Director of Skills Laboratories. There, he collaborated with other faculty members to develop, teach, and assess students in five semesters of practice laboratories for six years. The UGA College of Pharmacy recognized him as the 2014 Teacher of the Year, and he was promoted to Clinical Professor. While at the University of Georgia, he served as the Pharmacy Team Leader and preceptor for P2 – P4 pharmacy students and PGY-1 and PGY-2 pharmacists as he cared for low-income patients with diabetes, hyperlipidemia and hypertension at his clinical practice site, The Mercy Health Center. Mercy recognized him as the 2013 Pharmacy Volunteer of the Year.

Additionally, Dr. Neville has been actively involved within the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP). He served the Laboratory Instructor’s SIG in a three-year term, the Pharmacy Practice Section on the Program Committee for three years, Chair of the Faculty Development Committee for two years, and as Chair-elect, Chair, and Immediate Past Chair of the Pharmacy Practice Section. He completed the Academic Leadership Fellows Program (ALFP) with AACP in 2011. He was recognized in 2011 as a Fellow of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.

Dr. Neville came to LUCOM from the Wingate University School of Pharmacy where he had served for six years as the Assistant Dean for Students.

Publications:

  • Miller M.L., Boyer C., Emerson M.R., Neville, M.W., Skoy E.T., Vogt E.M., Volino L., Worrall C.L., Zitko K.L., Ross L.J. Report of the 2017-2018 Student Affairs Standing Committee. Am J Pharm Educ. 2018 82 (7) Article 7159.
  • Alston, G., Battise, D., Neville, M.W. Student Retention Reexamined: A 10-year study of the academic progress of students identified as low performers after their first semester of pharmacy school. Am J Pharm Educ. 2016 80(7). Article 118.
  • Neville, M.W., Palmer, R., Elder, D., Fulford, M., Morris, S., Sappington, K. Evaluating the Effects of Flexible Learning About Aseptic Compounding on First-year Pharmacy Students in a Pharmacy Skills Laboratory. Am J Pharm Educ. 2015 79(6). Article 91.
  • Frenzel, J., Eukel, H., Neville, M.W., Castillo, S., Donohoe, K., Jones, M., Kirwin, J., McMillan, A., Starry, M., Tingen, J., Urteaga, E. Essential Skills For Pharmacy Graduates Reported by Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience Preceptors. Curr Pharm Teach Learn. 2015 7: 700 – 704.
  • Neville, M.W. Clemmons, A.B. Hunter, C. Application of Opiate Analgesia Concepts in a Third Year Skills Laboratory on Three Campuses. J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother. 2014. 28(1):10-18.
  • Neville, M.W. Requiring Mutual Support Group Attendance to Teach Students about Addiction. Am J Pharm Educ. 2014 78 (2). Article 39.
  • Jones, B. and Neville, M.W. Nepafenac – An Ophthalmic Non-Steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drug (NSAID) for Pain after Cataract Surgery. Ann Pharmacother. 2013. 47: 892 – 896. doi: 10.1345/aph.1R757
  • Divall, M., Hayney, M., Marsh, W., Neville, M.W., O’Barr, S., Sheets, E., Calhoun, L. Perceptions of the students, faculty, and administrators on the use of technology in the classroom at six colleges of pharmacy. Am J Pharm Educ. 2013 77(4). Article 75.
  • Swymer, C, Neville, M.W. Tafluprost: The First Preservative-Free Prostaglandin to Treat Open-Angle Glaucoma and Ocular Hypertension. Ann Pharmacother. 2012 46:1506-1510; published ahead of print October 23, 2012, doi:10.1345/aph.1R229

Research Interests

  • Scholarship of Teaching and Learning