Interim Co-Director of the AACP Transformation Center (ATC)
American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
Dr. Gandhi is the associate director of research programs and special initiatives at the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP). She leads research posters and new investigator award grant, along with projects and initiatives related to the AACP Transformation Center (ATC) to accelerate pharmacy practice and innovate pharmacy education through collaborations and partnerships with pharmacists, students, other healthcare disciplines, colleges/schools of pharmacy, and other stakeholders within and outside of the pharmacy profession.
She graduated from Wingate University School of Pharmacy with a Doctor of Pharmacy degree in 2018. She completed a PGY1 Community-based Pharmacy Residency with Albertsons Companies and Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science in Schaumburg, Ill., in 2019 where she contributed to research, new service, and quality improvement initiatives to expand patient care services on naloxone dispensing and administration of Gardasil vaccine within the community. She then completed a 2-year Academic Leadership and Education Fellowship at AACP in 2021, where she contributed to various projects focused on Strategic Priority 3: Innovation in Education and Practice including Professional Affairs, Academic Affairs, Strategic Engagement, Interim and Annual Meetings and collaborated with national pharmacy and healthcare associations on initiatives that focused on transforming pharmacy practice and education. Dr. Gandhi’s professional interests include advancing pharmacy practice and education through research initiatives and collaboration with academic and practice leaders as well as other healthcare disciplines to help expand the role of pharmacists.