Clinical Professor
College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, St. John’s University
Vibhuti Arya, PharmD, MPH, has worked for the past 15 years to bridge the gap between healthcare, well-being, and equity. Dr. Arya serves as an Clinical Professor at St. John's University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and serves as Clinical Advisor to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; she is also a Global Lead for Gender Equity and Diversity Workforce Development for the International Pharmacy Federation. In her day job, she works to integrate pharmacists into public health initiatives, particularly among high-risk, medically underserved areas in NYC, and advises on legislation pertinent to pharmacy practice and access to care. To date, Dr. Arya has been engaged with several efforts including public heath detailing, expanding naloxone access through community pharmacies, syndromic surveillance, and emergency preparedness.
Dr. Arya engages her students to examine public health programs and policies through the lens of equity, applying social justice principles and frameworks to help reduce inequities in care. She completed the Pharmaceutical Care Leadership Residency at the University of Minnesota, and her MPH from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She brings together her backgrounds in social justice, theatre, and mindfulness to create brave spaces to serve people and systems intentionally work towards dismantling structural racism.