Samuel M. Poloyac, Pharm.D., Ph.D., FCCM
Dean
James T. Doluisio Regents Chair
The dean serves as chief executive officer of The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy and reports to the university’s executive vice president and provost. The dean oversees and supports all administrative aspects of the college—education, research, personnel and financial—and works to maintain a commitment to interprofessional collaboration, innovation and entrepreneurialism.
Leadership Team
The Dean’s Leadership Team includes College of Pharmacy Associate Deans, Assistant Deans, Division Heads and the chair of the Executive Committee. The team advises the dean of selected college policy, budget and administrative issues. The Leadership Team makes recommendations to the dean regarding faculty members for appointments to standing committees, and to the college faculty regarding changes to membership on the standing committees.
The Executive Committee (EC) consists of two members elected by each division and one appointed by the dean. The EC makes recommendations regarding promotion and tenure, annual merit raises when appropriate, evaluation of faculty progress in third year review and recommendations for assignment to endowed positions. The chair of the Executive Committee participates in the Dean’s Leadership Team.
College Leadership
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W. Renee' Acosta, R.Ph., M.S.
Senior Associate Dean for Academic AffairsClinical Professor of Pharmacy PracticeAbbott Centennial Fellow in PharmacyProvost’s Teaching FellowHealth IPE Fellow -
Antonio Burns, MBA
Chief Development Officer -
Ashley Castleberry, Pharm.D., M.Ed.
Assistant Dean for Curriculum and AssessmentDivision Head and Clinical Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice -
Carrie Cunningham, M.Ed.
Assistant Dean for Administration and Business -
Diane B. Ginsburg, Ph.D., M.S., R.Ph., FASHP
Associate Dean for Healthcare PartnershipsClinical Professor of Pharmacy PracticeG.D. Searle & Co. Endowed Fellow in PharmacyProvost's Distinguished Service Faculty -
Tonia Guida, Ph.D.
Assistant Dean for Opportunity and BelongingAssistant Professor of Instruction -
Nathan D. Pope, Pharm.D., FAPhA
Assistant Dean for Experiential Education -
John H. Richburg, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Research and Graduate StudiesProfessor of Pharmacology & ToxicologyGustavus & Louise Pfeiffer Professor in Toxicology -
Justin Samuel, Ph.D.
Assistant Dean for Student AffairsAssistant Professor of Practice -
Christian P. Whitman, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemical Biology & Medicinal ChemistryRomeo T. Bachand, Jr. Regents Professor in PharmacyExecutive Committee Chair
Division Leadership
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Jamie C. Barner, Ph.D., FAACP, FAPhA
Division Head and Professor of Health OutcomesClifford L. Klinck, Jr. Centennial Professor -
Ashley Castleberry, Pharm.D., M.Ed.
Assistant Dean for Curriculum and AssessmentDivision Head and Clinical Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice -
Walter L. Fast, Ph.D.
Division Head and Professor of Chemical Biology & Medicinal ChemistryWilliam I. Dismukes Fellow in PharmacySouthwestern Drug Corporation Centennial Endowed Fellow in Pharmacy -
Christopher R. Frei, Pharm.D., M.Sc.
Division Head and Professor of PharmacotherapyWilliam J. Sheffield Centennial Endowed ProfessorProgram Director, Translational Science PhD Program -
Kristin Janzen, Pharm.D., BCPS
Assistant Division Head, Pharmacy PracticeClinical Associate Professor of Pharmacy PracticeClinical Pharmacy Specialist, Internal Medicine - Dell Seton Medical Center -
Rebecca Moote, Pharm.D., M.Sc., BCPS
Assistant Division Head, PharmacotherapyClinical Associate Professor of Pharmacotherapy -
Karen Vasquez, Ph.D.
Division Head and Professor of Pharmacology & ToxicologyDoluisio Regents Professor -
Robert O. (Bill) Williams III, Ph.D.
Division Head and Professor of Molecular Pharmaceutics and Drug DeliveryJohnson & Johnson Centennial Chair in PharmacyEditor-in-chief, AAPS PharmSciTech