He joined the faculty in July 2003. Before entering the professional pharmacy program at ISU, he served as a Hospital Corpsman in the U.S. Naval Reserve and earned his B.A. degree in German at Utah State University. After graduating with his Doctor of Pharmacy degree, he completed a specialty residency in ambulatory care at the Southeast Idaho VA Outpatient Clinic in Pocatello. In 2013, he earned a master’s degree in Public Health (MPH) and his master’s project “Online Sources of Herbal Product Information” was published in the American Journal of Medicine. Dr. Owens is a past recipient of Mylan’s Excellence in Pharmacy Award and was named an American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education (AFPE) Scholar for advanced study in the pharmaceutical sciences.