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College of Pharmacy

Postgraduate Training

Tandem Health – USC PGY1 Pharmacy Residency (Ambulatory Care Focus)

Residents & Preceptors

Current Resident

Rebecca

Rebecca Axson, Pharm.D.

Rebecca Axson is a recent graduate of the University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy and is passionate about providing patient-centered care, believing it is important to meet every individual where they are in their health journey. Outside of her clinical responsibilities, she loves spending time with family, sewing, and baking.

Major research project topic:
Impact of a Pharmacist-Led Weight Management Clinic in a Rural Federally Qualified Health Center

Medication use evaluation (MUE) topic:
Impact of Single-Pill Antihypertensives on Blood Pressure Control and Adherence in a Rural Federally Qualified Health Center

Year Name Education Projects
2024-2025 Michaelyn Moretz Pharm.D.  University of Georgia College of Pharmacy, 2024

Major research project topic: 
The Impact of a Mental Health Pharmacotherapy Clinic at a Federally Qualified Health Center in the Absence of an Expert Psychiatrist

Medication use evaluation (MUE) topic: 
Evaluating Appropriate Use of Contraceptive Pharmacotherapy at a Family Medicine Clinic in a Federally Qualified Health Center

Post-Residency Employment:

  • Tandem Health Clinical Pharmacist (family medicine and behavioral health)*

* Current role

Highlights: 

  • Selected for platform presentation at SCSHP “Evaluating Appropriate Use of Contraceptive Pharmacotherapy at a Family Medicine Clinic in a Federally Qualified Health Center.” Moretz M, Owens L, Royals C, Barfield RK, Bookstaver PB. Platform presentation at the South Carolina Society of Health System Pharmacists Annual Meeting. Hilton Head, SC. (State Meeting)
  • Presented MUE topic at ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting in New Orleans, LA (2024)

Publications: 

  • Moretz MM, Bookstaver PB. Expansion of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV) Recommendations. Update in Chisholm-Burns MA, et al, eds. Pharmacotherapy Principles and Practice, 6th & 7th edition. Epub available through AccessPharmacy (March 2025). 
  • Davis RC, Xu J, Hall DB, Chen X, Moretz MM, Young HN, Caballero J. Appropriate use of single-dose injectable aripiprazole lauroxil in the treatment of schizophrenia. Ment Health Clin. 2024 Dec 2;14(6):334-338. doi: 10.9740/mhc.2024.12.334. PMID: 39703680; PMCID: PMC11616962.
2023-2024 Marissa Pettit Pharm.D. Presbyterian College School of Pharmacy, 2023

Major research project topic:
Pharmacist-Led Chronic Care Management in Patients with Type Two Diabetes Mellitus in a Federally Qualified Health Center in a Medically Underserved Area 

Medication use evaluation (MUE) topic:
Evaluation of the Safety and Effectiveness of Apixaban in Patients with a BMI ≥ 40 kg/m2 at a Federally Qualified Health Center and Cardiology Clinic in a Medically Underserved Area

Committee Involvement:
SCSHP Education & Networking Committee Member

Post-Residency Employment:

  • Walmart Pharmacy*

* Current role

Highlights: 

  • Speaker at South Carolina Society of Health-System Pharmacists Fall Meeting (2023)
2022-2023 Kaitlyn Phillips North Pharm.D. East Tennessee State University, 2022

Major research project topic: 
Impact of Collaborative Care on Asthma Control in a High-Risk Pediatric Population at a Federally Qualified Health Center within a Medically Underserved Area

Medication use evaluation (MUE) topic: 
Evaluating Lipid-Lowering Pharmacotherapy of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus within Rural and Urban Practice Sites of a Federally Qualified Health Center within a Medically Underserved Area

Post-Residency Employment:

  • ETSU Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice*
  • PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Resident at University of Tennessee Medical Center

* Current role

Highlights: 

  • SCSHP Education & Networking Committee Member
  • ACCP Residency Advisory Committee (2023-2024)
  • Southeastern Pharmacy Residency Conference (SERC) Executive Board Member (2023-2024)
  • Speaker at SCPhA Annual Convention (June 2023)
  • Presenter at South Carolina Society of Health-System Pharmacists Fall Meeting (October 2022) - "Turning the Tides: Revelation in Chronic Care with GLP-1s & GIP"
  • Winner, ACCP Ambulatory Care / Endocrinology PRN Walk Rounds (2023) - "Impact of a Pharmacist-Led Asthma Clinic in a High-Risk Pediatric Population at a Federally Qualified Health Center within a Medically Underserved Area"
2021-2022 Carrington Royals Huneycutt Pharm.D. Campbell University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, 2021

Medication-use evaluation (MUE) topic: 
“Incorporating Guideline-directed Therapies for Diabetes into a Rural Federally Qualified Health Center Formulary to Reduce Utilization of Sulfonylureas within an Underinsured Population”

Major research project topic:
“System Impacts Following Implementation of Pharmacy-led Medicare Annual Wellness Visits at a Rural Federally Qualified Health Center”  

Post-Residency Employment:

  • Tandem Health Director of Clinical Pharmacy*
  • Tandem Health Ambulatory Care Clinical Pharmacist 

* Current role

Highlights: 

 

Program Leadership

Reagan Kiger Barfield portrait

Reagan Kiger Barfield, Residency Program Director

Reagan Kiger Barfield, Pharm.D., is a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Outcomes Sciences at the University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy. Read more …

Carrington portrait

Carrington Huneycutt, Residency Program Coordinator

Carrington Huneycutt, Pharm.D., was the inaugural graduate of the Tandem Health-USC Residency in June 2022. After completion of her residency training, Carrington chose to stay a part of the Tandem Health family. Read more...


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