Layson-Wolf Chosen for New Pharmacy Assistant Dean Post

Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Science wil lead Experiential Learning Program

By Becky Ceraul
April 20, 2012

Cherokee Layson-Wolf, PharmD ’00, School of Pharmacy alumna and associate professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science, has been named the School’s assistant dean for experiential learning.

In her new role, Layson-Wolf assumes responsibility for oversight and management of the Experiential Learning Program (ELP). She is also director of the School’s practice labs and residency director for the PGY1 community pharmacy residency program.

“With the important role that experiential learning plays in the life of our School and in our students’ education, we created the assistant dean position to oversee ELP functions and to establish and grow relationships with practice partners in order to support rotation sites for our students,” says Natalie D. Eddington, PhD, FAAPS, FCP, dean of the School of Pharmacy.

Experiential learning provides education through direct practice outside of the classroom and accounts for more than 30 percent of the School’s Doctor of Pharmacy curriculum.

Board certified in ambulatory care pharmacy and geriatric pharmacy, Layson-Wolf is a member of the Maryland Laboratory Advisory Committee, the faculty of the American Public HealthPharmacists Association (APhHA) pharmacy-based immunization delivery certificate course, and the APhHA Community Pharmacy Residency Program Advisory Panel. She was named a Distinguished Young Pharmacist by both the Lambda Kappa Sigma pharmacy fraternity and the Maryland Pharmacists Association (MPhA), and has won the MPhA’s Innovative Pharmacy Practice Award. Layson-Wolf has served as faculty co-advisor for the School of Pharmacy’s APhHA Academy of Student Pharmacists chapter for eight years.

“I look forward to working with the ELP and working collaboratively with our preceptors to grow our pool of experiences for our students,” Layson-Wolf says. “I’ll also be working to explore new opportunities in various areas of Maryland to meet our need for preceptors and sites.”