Associate Dean, Academic and Professional Affairs - Phoenix Campus
Associate Professor of Practice, Dept. of Pharmacy Practice and Science
Director, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy
The University of Arizona
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Nancy A. Alvarez, PharmD, BCPS, FAPhA, CPCC is the Associate Dean for Academic and Professional Affairs at the R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy – Phoenix Campus at The University of Arizona. She is also an Associate Professor of Practice for the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science, and Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for the Phoenix and Tucson Campuses. She received her pharmacy degree from The University of Arizona in 1992; is a board‐certified pharmacotherapy specialist, and a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach. Her career experiences before academia include community pharmacy practice, end of life care, and medical communications for a pharmaceutical company developing pain relieving products.
Nancy is a former president of the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) and Phi Lambda Sigma Leadership Society. She is a board member for the American Institute for the History of Pharmacy, the Society for Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacists Foundation and the APhA Foundation. She is a member of the Arizona Pharmacy Association (AzPA), California Pharmacists Association, Phi Delta Chi, and Rho Chi. She has a strong interest in leader development and serves the Pharmacy Leadership and Education Institute (PLEI) as a board member, content developer, program director and facilitator. She is editor and co-author for Bypass Pharmacy Burnout: Changing Your Trajectory to Enhance Your Experience. She served as Chair of the APhA/NASPA Pharmacy Workplace Work Group.
She is an APhA fellow, and most recently the recipient of the 2017 Nancy A. Alvarez Professional and Service Projects Award from the Phi Delta Chi Professional Fraternity, Gloria Niemeyer Franke Leadership Mentor Award in 2020 and Linwood F. Tice Friend of APhA-Academy of Student Pharmacists in 2021. She was inducted into the AzPA Hall of Fame in 2023.
Disclosure(s): Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona: Consultant (Ongoing); Pharmacy Leadership and Education Institute: Advisory Committee/Board Member (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); Walgreens Company: Shareholder (Ongoing)
Sunday, March 24, 2024
2:15 PM – 3:15 PM East Coast USA Time