Positions: 
  Associate Director, Psychopharmacology Research, Education
    and Clinical Enhancement Program, MIRECC
  Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
  Center Co-PI, Research Enhancement Award Program (REACH)

A past president of the Arkansas Association of Health-System Pharmacists, Dr. Hudson is now the Associate Director of the Psychopharmacology Research, Education, and Clinical Enhancement Program (PRECEP) at MIRECC and the Center CO-PI of the VA's Research Enhancement Award Program (REACH).  PRECEP conducts trials on the use of psychotropic medications in veterans diagnosed with schizophrenia, PTSD, and substance abuse disorders in VA facilities in five states. The results of these trials will be used to publish a pocket booklet for clinicians with recommendations concerning antipsychotic prescription and monitoring.  She has previously published A Guide to Psychotropic Drugs in the Elderly, the result of a project funded by the state of Arkansas.  In addition, Dr. Hudson serves on the Arkansas Medicaid Retrospective Drug Utilization Review Committee.  

Interests: Medication adherence in schizophrenia, quality measurement, health disparities, pharmacoepidemiology