Associate Dean for Healthcare Partnerships
Clinical Professor of Pharmacy Practice
G.D. Searle & Company Endowed Fellow in Pharmacy
Provost’s Distinguished Leadership & Service Academy Professor
Dr. Ginsburg completed her B.S. in Pharmacy at the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy and M.S. at the University of Houston College of Pharmacy. She completed a two-year ASHP-accredited residency in hospital pharmacy administration at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas. She received her Doctor of Philosophy degree in higher education administration and leadership in the College of Education at the University of Texas at Austin. She is currently Clinical Professor in the Pharmacy Practice Division, Associate Dean for Healthcare Partnerships, and G.D. Searle Endowed Fellow in Pharmacy at the University of Texas at Austin, College of Pharmacy.
She is a sought-after expert in pharmacy law, practice transformation, healthcare reform, ethics, leadership, and pharmacy education. Dr. Ginsburg has delivered over 600 presentations, including approximately 350 talks to national and international audiences. She is a pharmacist consultant on drug diversion working with the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). She serves as an adjunct instructor at the DEA Training Academy, where she trains attorneys, investigators, and field officers to analyze pharmacy data. She currently serves as a consultant member of the Food and Drug Administration Nonprescription Drugs Advisory Committee. She is a Diplomat of the American Society for Pharmacy Law.
She has been active with the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) and served as President and a 3-year term on the Board of Directors. She has served ASHP in several capacities including: Chair, Council on Educational Affairs, AJHP Editorial Advisory Board, Texas Delegate, Co-Coordinator National Clinical Skills Competition. She is the Editor of PharmPrep: ASHP’s NAPLEX Review, Co-editor of Infectious Disease Pharmacotherapy Self-Assessment and an author and Co-editor of ASHP’s Preceptor’s Handbook for Pharmacists. She was inducted as Fellow in ASHP in 1998. She also served as Chair of the ASHP Research and Education Foundation Board of Directors.
Dr. Ginsburg has held several leadership positions with other pharmacy organizations including the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP), the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP), and the American Society of Pharmacy Law (ASPL). She was recently appointed to the board of directors of the Accreditation Council of Pharmacy Education (ACPE). She is a Past President of the Texas Society of Health-System Pharmacists (TSHP) and TSHP Research & Education Foundation. Dr. Ginsburg is a founding member of the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) World Hospital Pharmacy Research Consortium and a frequent presenter during the FIP World Congress sessions.
She has received several honors and awards including the 2024 Harvey AK Whitney Lecture Award, ASHP’s highest award. She is the 2005 Distinguished Alumnus Award from the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy and the 2024 Pharmacist Alumnus of the Year from the University of Houston College of Pharmacy. She is a 2016 recipient of the Texas Ex Students Association Texas Ten Award recognizing the 10 most talented and inspiring professors at the University of Texas at Austin, and the 2022 Roger Anderson Leadership Award from the University of Houston College of Pharmacy. She was a 2022 inductee in the UT Austin Provost’s Distinguished Leadership and Service Academy in recognition of her teaching, research, service, and mentorship.
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