Tyler Melton, PharmD

Tyler Melton, PharmD

Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science

Tyler Melton is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science and Rural Health Program Coordinator at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), College of Pharmacy. He has over ten years of pharmacy practice experience including inpatient and outpatient pharmacy in rural environments. Tyler joined UTHSC in September of 2020, after completing a postdoctoral research fellowship in Community Pharmacy Practice and Prescription Drug Abuse and earning his Master of Public Health from East Tennessee State University. His areas of research expertise include community pharmacy practice, rural health, health disparities, and prescription drug misuse. He is a Pharmacy Champion and mentoring group lead for COURAGE.