John P Bentley

John P. Bentley, RPh, PhD, FAPhA, is a Professor of Pharmacy Administration, and a Research Professor in the Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, at The University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy. In the professional pharmacy curriculum, Dr. Bentley teaches elements of research design, biostatistics, epidemiology, and drug literature evaluation. At the graduate level, he teaches several applied statistics courses, including general linear models, multivariate statistics, and an...See more

John P. Bentley, RPh, PhD, FAPhA, is a Professor of Pharmacy Administration, and a Research Professor in the Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, at The University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy. In the professional pharmacy curriculum, Dr. Bentley teaches elements of research design, biostatistics, epidemiology, and drug literature evaluation. At the graduate level, he teaches several applied statistics courses, including general linear models, multivariate statistics, and an elective course focusing on the application of modern longitudinal data analysis methods. He has conducted research projects in a variety of areas including areas including: quality of life; medication adherence; medication use, misuse, and outcomes; pharmaceutical marketing and patient behavior; patients' evaluation of health-care providers; pharmacy practice management; tobacco use, control, and cessation among college students; and ethics and professionalism. His statistics research interests include statistical mediation analysis and longitudinal data analysis. Dr. Bentley has worked as a member of a number of interdisciplinary research teams and has consulted with numerous researchers concerning statistical analysis. In 2009, he was named a Fellow of the American Pharmacists Association and has been recognized as a Thelma Cerniglia Distinguished Teaching Scholar at the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy. He has served as a peer reviewer for a number of journals and is an Associate Editor for the Journal of the American Pharmacists Association. Dr. Bentley received his B.S. in pharmacy and M.B.A. from Drake University, his M.S. and Ph.D. in pharmacy administration from The University of Mississippi, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in biostatistics from The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). See less