Heather Lyons-Burney

Dr. Heather Lyons-Burney is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Division of Pharmacy Practice and Administration at UMKC School of Pharmacy. An alumna of UMKC, she completed an ASHP-accredited residency at Cox Health Systems and later co-owned Branson Drug, where she developed innovative community pharmacy services including CLIA-waived testing. She established Faith Community Health clinic and My Neighbor’s Charitable Pharmacy, Missouri's first designated charitable pharmacy.

Her research focuses on ambulatory care, medically underserved populations, opioid use disorder prevention, and non-sterile compounding. She provides didactic instruction and clinical preceptorship while maintaining active community leadership roles in southwest Missouri.