
Kent has been consulting in healthcare for more than 15 years in the areas of healthcare provider segmentation, brand channel integration, CRM, marketing analytics and direct-to-consumer. Kent is published extensively in a variety of journals including, Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, Formulary, the Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics, and the Journal of Database Marketing. Kent is recognized as an expert in the area of factors influencing physician prescribing, and was the author of the chapter on Prescribing Behavior in Social and Behavioral Aspects of Pharmaceutical Care, 2nd Edition, released in March, 2009.
Kent has worked with a number of clients in healthcare including Sanofi, Novartis, Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Genetech, Gilead, Merck, Abbvie and GSK.
Kent has a BS from the University of Guelph, an MS from the University of Saskatchewan, and a PhD in Pharmaceutical Strategy and Policy from Dalhousie University. His PhD dissertation focused on the influence of pharmaceutical marketing strategy on physician prescribing behavior, and he is currently an Adjunct/Assistant Professor — Clinical Pharmacy, James L Winkle College of Pharmacy, University of Cincinnati. Additionally, he was an Adjunct Professor, College of Pharmacy, Dalhousie University, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, was a former Professor of Marketing at Acadia University in Nova Scotia, and holds the designation of Chartered Chemist.