Nancy Alvarez, PharmD, BCPS, FAPhA, CPCC, is the Associate Dean for Academic and Professional Affairs at the R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy at The University of Arizona, where she oversees all aspects of the Phoenix branch location. She is also an Associate Professor of Practice for the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science. She received a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Arizona in 1992 and is a board‐certified pharmacotherapy specialist.
Dr. Alvarez served as the President of the American Pharmacists Association from 2017-2018 and served three terms on the organization’s Board of Trustees. She has served as President of the Phi Lambda Sigma Leadership Society and vice president for collegiate affairs for the Phi Delta Chi Professional Fraternity. She participates in leader development for the Pharmacy Leadership and Education Institute as a facilitator, content developer, and program director. She is the co-author of Lead Grow Shape: A Prescription for Life-Long Leader Development Workbook (2018) and co-author and editor of Bypass Pharmacy Burnout: Changing Your Trajectory to Enhance Your Experience (2021).
Dr. Alvarez received the 2021 Linwood F. Tice Friend of APhA-ASP Award from the American Pharmacists Association Academy of Student Pharmacists (APhA–ASP). In 2020, she received APhA’s Gloria Niemeyer Francke Leadership Mentor Award.
Dr. Alvarez’s practice experiences include community-based pharmacy practice, end-of-life care, and medical communications in the pharmaceutical industry. She has been an AIHP member since 2019.
