He teaches a Pharmacy Management course and a Creative Thinking for Innovation elective and mentors students in the Community Service Learning and Scholarship courses. He also directs the University of Kentucky Teaching Certificate Program and mentors pharmacy students and residents through an academia rotation. Dr. Cain is actively involved in social and behavioral sciences research with numerous publications and presentations pertaining to digital media, well-being, and innovative teaching. He was a 2013 AACP Academic Leadership Fellow and in 2017 was named an AACP Distinguished Teaching Scholar. He won the Michael J. Lach Faculty Award for Innovative Teaching in 2013 and 2019. In 2021, Dr. Cain was a recipient of the University of Kentucky Provost’s Award for Outstanding Teaching and has been recognized by students for numerous teaching and faculty member of the year awards. Dr. Cain currently serves as associate editor of Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning and was the founding editor for Pulses scholarly blog.