Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs
Binghamton University School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Judith DeLuca, PharmD, BCPS is the Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs at Binghamton University School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Prior to this role, she served as Professor and Chair of the Department of Pharmacy Practice at Wilkes University. Her most recent scholarship is focused on the professional development of mid-career faculty. She is also completing research involving competency-based pharmacy education. Within AACP, she has served as a reviewer for SOTL grants and New Investigator Awards and as a mentor for three faculty in the Mentorship Program. She has been active in the COF Teacher’s Seminar Committee and served as the chair of the COF Department Chairs Connect Leadership Group which continues their research and scholarship on the professional development of mid-career faculty. After joining the Wilkes University faculty in 2002, her initial clinical and scholarly focus was on improving outcomes for patients undergoing cardiac surgery. During this time, a highlight of her scholarship was serving as primary investigator on a randomized controlled trial evaluating the efficacy of sodium bicarbonate in preventing kidney injury following cardiopulmonary bypass. In 2013, she shifted her clinical focus to the pharmacist's role in preventing medication-related problems during care transitions and secured over $300,000 in grant funding. During the ten years before joining the faculty at Wilkes University, she graduated from the University of Kentucky, worked as a clinical hospital pharmacist, completed a critical care residency, and was a critical care specialist at Rochester General Hospital.