Dr. Patricia Rippetoe Freeman holds several positions in the College of Pharmacy at the University of Kentucky, including Director of the Center for the Advancement of Pharmacy Practice (CAPP); Clinical Associate Professor in the Pharmacy Practice and Science Department, and affiliated faculty member in the Institute for Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy (IPOP). She received a bachelor of pharmacy degree and a Ph.D. degree from the University of Kentucky, and completed postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Vermont College of Medicine and the UK College of Medicine. Dr. Freeman is also a part-time clinical pharmacist at the Frankfort Regional Medical Center, Frankfort, KY.