B. Daniel Lucas Jr, PharmD, is Director of the Centers for Clinical Sciences Research in the Division of Research at the Institute for Academic Medicine, Charleston Area Medical Center, in Charleston, West Virginia. He has corporate-level responsibilities for clinical research within multi-institutional inpatient and outpatient environments. Research experiences have been broad-based, including administrative, strategic, operational, financial and regulatory. Specific responsibilities include supporting a large multidisciplinary oncology institutional practice with research services, which include clinical trials and analytical services.

Dr Lucas earned his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Campbell University School of Pharmacy in Buies Creek, North Carolina. He then completed a clinical pharmacy residency at Indiana University Medical Center in Indianapolis and a cardiovascular research fellowship at Creighton University Cardiac Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Dr Lucas has received several research grants and has published articles in peer-reviewed journals such as Clinical Therapeutics, Annals of Pharmacotherapy, Pharmacotherapy, New England Journal of Medicine and Current Medical Research and Opinion, in addition to authoring numerous reviews, editorials, abstracts, and newsletters. He has presented nationally on topics including hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and cost-effective approaches to pharmacy issues.