Tessa Rife, PharmD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Clinical Pharmacy
School of Pharmacy
Awards
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- Federal Employee of the Year Award Winner in the category of Professional (Individual), Bay Area Federal Executive Board, 2021
- Dean's Apple Award, University of California, San Francisco, School of Pharmacy, 2020
- Dean's Apple Award, University of California, San Francisco, School of Pharmacy, 2019
- Best Program for Overdose Prevention Month, Honorable Mention, Veterans Health Administration, National Academic Detailing Service, 2019
- Federal Employee of the Year Award Nominee in the category of Professional (Individual), Bay Area Federal Executive Board, 2018
- Federal Employee of the Year Award Nominee in the category of Professional (Team), Bay Area Federal Executive Board, 2018
- Poster Gold Ribbon, Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) 2017 Nexus Meeting, 2017
- 4th Annual Patient-Centered Improvement Fair, 2nd Place, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System, 2017
- 5 Year Service Award, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System, 2016
- Shark Tank Competition, Gold Status Award, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System, 2016
- Shining Academic Detailing Star, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System, 2016
- 3rd Annual Patient-Centered Improvement Fair, 1st Place, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System, 2016
- Special Contribution Award, Veterans Affairs Texas Valley Coastal Bend Health Care System, 2013
- Dean's Outstanding Achievement Award, West Virginia University School of Pharmacy, 2010
- Operation Immunization Region 2 Award, American Pharmacists Association, Academy of Student Pharmacists (APhA-ASP), 2009
- Clinical Skills Competition, 2nd Place, American Society of Health-System Pharmacy, Student Society of Health-System Pharmacy (ASHP-SSHP), 2009
- Student Pharmacist Advocacy Competition, 1st Place, National Association of Chain Drug Stores, 2009
- Bronze Volunteer Service Award, President of the United States, 2009
- Operation Immunization Region 2 Award, American Pharmacists Association, Academy of Student Pharmacists (APhA-ASP), 2008
- Excellence in Public Health Pharmacy Practice Award, United States Public Health Service, 2008
- Pharmacy student leader of the month, West Virginia University Phi Lambda Sigma Leadership Society, 2008
- Academic Dean's List, West Virginia University, 2004-2006
Education & Training
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- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California 12/2020
- PharmD Pharmacy West Virginia University 05/2010
Interests
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- homelessness
- sedative hypnotic safety
- acute pain
- opioid use disorder
- benzodiazepines
- fentanyl test kit
- anxiety disorders
- substance use disorders
- sedative hypnotic use disorder
- medication taper
- veterans
- opioids
- insomnia
- medication safety
- naloxone
- chronic pain
- quality improvement
- mental health
- opioid safety
- smoking cessation
- tobacco cessation
- harm reduction
- sedative hypnotics
- buprenorphine
Websites
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- ResearchGate Profile (researchgate.net)
- Expanding Harm Reduction Services and Implementation of Syringe Services Programs (SSP) within Veterans Health Administration (VHA) (marketplace.va.gov)
- UCSF and SFVA Addiction Research Program (addictionresearch.ucsf.edu)
- San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System Harm Reduction and Syringe Services Program (SSP) (va.gov)
Videos
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Publications (13)
Top publication keywords:
United States Department of Veterans AffairsPain ManagementSyringesPatient Medication KnowledgeVeteransFentanylPrimary Health CarePrescriptionsDrug OverdoseSubstance Abuse, IntravenousDelivery of Health Care, IntegratedNaloxoneAnalgesics, OpioidArthroplasty, Replacement, KneeChronic Pain
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Implementing syringe services programs within the Veterans Health Administration: facility experiences and next steps.
Journal of the American Pharmacists Association : JAPhA 2022 Rife-Pennington T, Dinges E, Ho MQ -
Evaluating implementation of a consult to reduce new combination opioid and benzodiazepine prescriptions at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System
Journal of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy 2021 Rife T, Zhao M, Im J, Pennington D -
An initiative to increase opioid overdose education and naloxone distribution for homeless veterans residing in contracted housing facilities.
Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners 2021 Rife T, Tat C, Jones J, Pennington DL -
Evaluation of an opioid risk mitigation initiative for veterans undergoing hip or knee arthroplasty at San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System.
American journal of health-system pharmacy : AJHP : official journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists 2021 Rife T, Tat C, Malakootian M -
"Quick, Grab the Naloxone": Overdose Preparedness for Ambulatory Clinics.
Family practice management 2021 Leyde S, Rife T, Kryzhanovskaya I
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Current Diagnosis and Treatment: Geriatrics
Chapter 63: Persistent Pain 2020 Rife Tessa, Calton Brook -
Opioid Reduction and Risk Mitigation in VA Primary Care: Outcomes from the Integrated Pain Team Initiative.
Journal of general internal medicine 2019 Seal KH, Rife T, Li Y, Gibson C, Tighe J -
Menopausal Symptoms and Higher Risk Opioid Prescribing in a National Sample of Women Veterans with Chronic Pain.
Journal of general internal medicine 2019 Gibson CJ, Li Y, Huang AJ, Rife T, Seal KH -
Interprofessional primary care electronic intervention to reduce hypoglycaemic agent use in high-risk veterans with diabetes.
BMJ open quality 2018 Upadhyay V, Walker E, Govea A, Rife T, Jimenez I, Dulay M, Beaman J -
An electronic intervention to improve safety for pain patients co-prescribed chronic opioids and benzodiazepines.
Substance abuse 2018 Zaman T, Rife TL, Batki SL, Pennington DL -
Traumatic Brain Injury and Receipt of Prescription Opioid Therapy for Chronic Pain in Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans: Do Clinical Practice Guidelines Matter?
The journal of pain 2018 Seal KH, Bertenthal D, Barnes DE, Byers AL, Gibson CJ, Rife TL, Yaffe K, Chronic Effects of Neurotrauma Consortium Study Group -
Prescriptions Filled Following an Opioid-Related Hospitalization.
Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) 2017 Herbst E, Zaman T, Rife T -
Managing Chronic Pain in Primary Care: It Really Does Take a Village.
Journal of general internal medicine 2017 Seal K, Becker W, Tighe J, Li Y, Rife T