Clinical Associate Professor of Pharmacotherapy and Translational Sciences
Nina Vadiei was born and raised in Austin, Texas. She graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with her Pharm.D. then completed her PGY1 and PGY2 psychiatric pharmacy residency with UT Austin and Ascension Seton Healthcare. After graduating from her PGY2, she moved to Tucson, AZ, to start her first post-residency position as a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Arizona (UA) College of Pharmacy in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Psychiatry. She practiced as a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist in Psychiatry at Banner University Medical Center South, managing medications for patients with serious mental illness and on the geriatric psychiatry unit.
In her current role at UT Austin, she spends half of her time practicing as a psychiatric pharmacist at San Antonio State Hospital, completing psychopharmacology consults for patients with serious mental illness(es) and investigating psychotropic use patterns. She precepts pharmacy students and residents who elect to complete clinical rotations in psychiatric pharmacy. She strives to make learning experiences with her fun and thought-provoking, regardless of the learner’s interest in pursuing psychiatry as a career.
Dr. Vadiei’s primary areas of research include serious mental illness, schizophrenia, substance use disorders, and the scholarship of teaching and learning.