Sharon Youmans, PharmD, MPH

Dr. Youmans is Vice Dean and Professor of Clinical Pharmacy. She is responsible for administrative oversight of the PharmD program, including student affairs, educational support services, and assessment and accreditation. She is now overseeing quality improvement efforts for the School’s outgoing curriculum while guiding faculty and staff in every aspect of the design and implementation of a transformative new curriculum that launched in August 2018. Dr. Youmans oversees all Education/ Curriculum and Diversity and Inclusion initiatives, and has administrative responsibility for the School of Pharmacy Office of Education and Instructional Services and the Office of Student and Curricular Affairs. Her dedication to teaching, and her ability to connect with and encourage learners persist despite the demands of overseeing a major curriculum change. In the past year, she co-coordinated two courses in addition to teaching a team-based learning session in biochemistry; she also teaches pharmacology to physical therapy students, Advanced Topics in Pharmacy for PharmD students and an educational skills workshop. Dr. Youmans was the first Pharmacy faculty member to complete the Teaching Scholars Program, in 2010. As School of Pharmacy Dean Dr. Joe Guglielmo wrote, “The Schools of Pharmacy and Medicine and the campus is fortunate to have such an accomplished, committed educator and leader.”