Courtney Gamston

Courtney Gamston is a Professor at the Harrison College of Pharmacy, Auburn University, within the Clinical Affairs and Outreach unit. She serves as an Ambulatory Care Clinician and Professor of Practice-Experiential, focusing on experiential education for Pharm.D. students through the Practice-Ready Curriculum, including small and large group instruction, interdisciplinary patient care, and precepting across all four years of the pharmacy program.

• B.A.Sc., Microbiology, Georgia Tech, 2004
• M.S., Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2007
• Pharm.D., Auburn University, 2013

Her research centers on establishing sustainable pharmacist-led ambulatory care services in primary care clinics, targeting prediabetes, diabetes, obesity, dyslipidemia, and hypertension. She emphasizes enhancing medication therapy management, patient education, and self-care behaviors, while preparing pharmacy and DO students for independent practice in ambulatory settings.

Key areas of her work include interprofessional collaboration, electronic health record integration, population health metrics, and simulation-based learning. Her research aims to develop scalable ambulatory care models and improve student competencies in chronic disease management.

Professional roles include:

• Board Member, Research and Education Foundation, Alabama Pharmacy Association
• Member, American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacy
• Member, American College of Clinical Pharmacy
• Member, Network of Minority Health Research Investigators
• Member, American Pharmacists Association

She also collaborates on the Boshell Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases Research Program, aligning with her clinical focus on metabolic disorders.