Phayom Olson

Dr. Phayom Olson is an Assistant Professor of Social and Administrative Sciences in the School of Pharmacy within Rueckert-Hartman College for Health Professions at Regis University. Prior to her current position, she accrued 20 years of teaching and research experience in pharmacy at Mahasarakham University in Thailand.

Dr. Olson earned three pharmacy degrees in Thailand: a B.S. in Pharmacy from Chulalongkorn University, a Pharm.D. from Mahasarakham University and a Ph.D. in Pharmacy (International Program) from Chiang Mai University, incorporating research experience at Robert Gordon University in Scotland. She received scholarships for pharmacy practice training at the University of Maryland (Baltimore) and at Robert Gordon University (Scotland). Her additional research experience includes the Department of Pharmacy Practice at Auburn University, the Department of Pharmacology College of Pharmacy at the University of Utah, and a one-year sabbatical in the Department of Pharmacy Systems, Outcomes and Policy, College of Pharmacy at the University of Illinois Chicago.

Dr. Olson’s scholarly interests include pharmacy practice, health outcomes, tobacco control, smoking cessation, pharmacy education, health promotion, noncommunicable diseases and climate change. Her research has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals.