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Alexa Valentino, PharmD, MBA, BCACP, FAPhA

Associate Professor - Clinical

Pharmacy Practice and Science
Research Areas: Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Pharmacy Practice & Advancement, Division of Pharmacy Practice and Science
valentino.49@osu.edu
(614) 292-1186

Professional Interests

Dr. Valentino's areas of focus include developing, implementing, and demonstrating impact of innovative pharmacist services in federally qualified health centers. She has a passion for preparing student pharmacists and pharmacists to provide care within interprofessional teams that advances health equity for culturally and socioeconomically diverse patient populations. Her scholarship also focuses on interprofessional practice and education.

Biography

Alexa Sevin Valentino, PharmD, MBA, BCACP, FAPhA, FNAP is an Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy in the Division of Pharmacy Practice and Sciences at The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy. She received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Duquesne University and completed two years of residency in Ambulatory Care at The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy. Dr. Valentino also serves as the Director of the BuckIPE Curriculum in the Office of Interprofessional Practice and Education (IPE) at The Ohio State University.   

She also practices as a Clinical Pharmacist at PrimaryOne Health, a federally qualified health center, where she provides innovative patient-centered care to underserved patient populations.   In this setting, she provides disease state management services for diabetes and hypertension, smoking cessation services, comprehensive medication reviews, HIV PrEP and asthma/COPD management.  Her work has focused on developing, implementing, and demonstrating impact of innovative pharmacist services in federally qualified health centers. 

Her experience providing interprofessional team-based care for underserved patients drove her passion for preparing students to do the same through interprofessional education.  She has developed, coordinated and facilitated numerous IPE activities, including four IPE courses.  As the Director of the BuckIPE Curriculum, Dr. Valentino has driven the development and implementation of BuckIPE core modules for all health science students at Ohio State.  In this role, she also leads facilitator development to build capacity for high quality interprofessional learning experiences.    

Her research focuses on the value of pharmacist-provided services in federally qualified health centers for culturally and socioeconomically diverse patient populations and members of the interprofessional team.  She also has an interest in the scholarship of teaching and learning, specifically around interprofessional education.

Education

  • 2022, Master of Business Administration, The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business
  • 2023, Interprofessional Facilitator Certificate, Texas Interprofessional Education Consortium
  • 2020, Tobacco Treatment Specialist
  • 2019, Pharmacist Training Program for Long-Acting Injectables, Ohio Pharmacists Association
  • 2015, Board Certified Ambulatory Care Pharmacist, Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties
  • 2015, APhA Pharmacy-Based Cardiovascular Disease Risk Management Certificate (Faculty Trainer)
  • 2105, NACDS Community Pharmacy-Based Point-of-Care Testing Certificate
  • 2015, APhA Pharmacy-Based Travel Health Services Certificate Program (Faculty Trainer)
  • 2015, APhA The Pharmacist and Patient-Centered Diabetes Care Certificate (Faculty Trainer)
  • 2014, PGY2 Ambulatory Care Residency, The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy
  • 2104, APhA Delivering Medication Therapy Management Services Certificate
  • 2013, Teaching Certificate, The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy
  • 2013, PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency in Ambulatory Care, The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy
  • 2012, Doctor of Pharmacy, Duquesne University
  • 2011, APhA Pharmacy-Based Immunization Delivery Certificate (Faculty Trainer)

Honors

  • 2023, Distinguished Fellow of the National Academies of Practice, Pharmacy Academy
  • 2023, 1st Place Research Poster at National Association of Community Health Centers Community Health Institute and Expo 2023
  • 2023, AACP Lawrence C. Weaver Transformative Community Service Award (contributed to submission and site visit)
  • 2023, The Ohio State University Pharmacy Residency Research Impact Award
  • 2023, Fellow of the American Pharmacists Association in the Academy of Pharmacy Practice and Management
  • 2022, 1st Place Poster Award at National Association of Community Health Centers Community Health Institute and Expo 2022
  • 2021, Best Poster by a Post-Doc/Resident/Fellow at the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Annual Meeting 2021
  • 2021, Upsher-Smith Excellence in Innovation Award, Ohio Pharmacists Association
  • 2019, 1st Place Poster Award in Innovation Category at National Association of Community Health Centers Community Health Institute and Expo 2019
  • 2017, 1st Place Research Poster Award at National Association of Community Health Centers Community Health Institute and Expo 2017
  • 2017, APhA-APPM Presentation Merit Award
  • 2016, 1st Place Research Poster Award at National Association of Community Health Centers Community Health Institute and Expo 2016
  • 2016, Invitation to Ohio Pharmacists Association Young Pharmacy Leaders Conference
  • 2015, 2nd Place Research Poster Award at National Association of Community Health Centers Community Health Institute and Expo 2015
  • 2015, ASHP Foundation Research Boot Camp, selected participant
  • 2014, Poster Presentation Award at All Together Better Health VII
  • 2014, Emerging Service-Learning Award
  • 2014, AACP Walmart Scholars Program Recipient
  • 2013, APhA-APPM Presentation Merit Award

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