UAMS College of Pharmacy Dean Named President of National Council
| LITTLE ROCK — UAMS College of Pharmacy Dean Stephanie Gardner, Pharm. D., Ed. D., has been elected to serve as president of the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) for the 2014-2015 term.
Elections took place earlier this month during the ACPE Board of Directors meeting in San Antonio, Texas.
Gardner became dean of the college in May 2003 and before her appointment as dean, she served for 13 years as a member of the college’s faculty. She recently served as a Fellow of the American Council on Education. The American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy appointed her to the ACPE Board of Directors.
In 1989, Gardner earned her doctorate in pharmacy from the University of North Carolina. She held a research fellowship in cardiovascular pharmacology at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland from 1989-1991. In 2001, Gardner earned a doctorate in education from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
The ACPE is an independent, national agency for the accreditation of professional degree programs in pharmacy and providers of continuing pharmacy education. The council also offers evaluation and certification of professional degree program internationally.
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