Judy Sommers Hanson, PharmD, FAPhA

Judy Sommers Hanson, PharmD, FAPhA, is the manager of postgraduate education with Walgreens. She is responsible for establishing the vision, direction, development, and implementation of community-based pharmacy residency and fellowship programs. She precepts residents to practice advancement projects and conducts a corporate pharmacy practice elective rotation. She volunteers as a practitioner surveyor with ASHP for PGY1 community-based pharmacy residency accreditation visits. Previously she supported the development of clinical programs, conducted clinical reviews, established the clinical protocols and standards of care for health care services provided by Walgreens pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she served on the Clinical Response Team supporting Walgreens Team Member with education and guidance in order maintain their health and safety while they continued to care for Walgreens patients and customers. Her previous clinical community pharmacy experiences include developing, implementing, and providing patient care programs in disease management, point of care testing, and pharmacy-based vaccine delivery. Sommers Hanson received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy (UIC-COP). She completed a Community Pharmacy Residency Program (CPRP) with the Medicine Shoppe and St. Louis College of Pharmacy. Her professional service includes American Pharmacist Association (APhA) CPRP Advisory Committee member, APhA-APPM officer to both the Administrative and Community/Ambulatory Sections, delegate of the APhA House, Annual Meeting moderator, JAPhA Editorial Advisory Board member, and APhA Foundation’s Women in Pharmacy Committee. She is an APhA-Smith Kline Beecham Wharton Fellow and a graduate of the Community Pharmacy Management Program. She is a member of Phi Lambda Sigma, Rho Pi Phi Pharmacy Fraternity, Illinois Pharmacists Association, and other professional organizations. Sommers Hanson was the recipient of the UIC-COP Alumni Rising Star Award, Illinois Pharmacist Association Distinguished Young Pharmacist Award, APhA-APPM Distinguished Achievement Award in Community, Ambulatory Practice and fellow of the American Pharmacist Association, the UIC-Rockford In-Direct Patient Care Preceptor of the Year Award, and Walgreens Champion of Champion Award.