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Dr. Arcelia M. Johnson-Fannin is the newly appointed founding dean of the School of Pharmacy at University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas. With this appointment, Dr. Johnson-Fannin became the first woman and only black female to be founding dean at two new pharmacy schools. In 1997, Dr. Johnson-Fannin was selected to head the development of the pharmacy program at Hampton University in Virginia. Dr. Johnson-Fannin began her career at Florida A&M University (FAMU) in the School of Pharmacy, where she helped develop the clinical pharmacy program and create
the Doctor of Pharmacy curriculum. She became the first director of the Doctor of Pharmacy Degree Program at FAMU.
Today, Dr. Johnson-Fannin and her colleagues have received significant funding for health disparities' research. Over the past seven years, she has received grants from The Lilly Foundation, The Kellogg Foundation, National Institutes of Health and the Department of Education totaling more than $6,500,000.
Dr. Johnson-Fannin has carried her talent for teaching and program development into a variety of venues. She taught in a developing medical school for women in Saudi Arabia, and she helped develop educational programs for foreign physicians at a large state hospital in Florida. She also was a member of the NAPLEX committee that took the pharmacy licensing exam from paper to electronic format.
Dr. Johnson-Fannin received a B.S. in chemistry from Dillard University, a B.S. degree in pharmacy from Columbia University, and a Pharm.D. from Mercer University. In 1999, Dr. Johnson-Fannin was designated one of the 50 most influential pharmacists in America. In addition to numerous other awards and recognitions, Dr. Johnson-Fannin is involved with the community through Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. and Jack and Jill, Inc.; and she has served on many professional and community boards.
Dr. Johnson-Fannin is married to Dr. Larry Fannin, the associate dean of Pharmacy at Hampton University. The couple have two children, Ehriel and Marshall.
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