Lea Eiland

Lea Eiland is a Hill Crest Clinical Professor and Associate Department Head of Pharmacy Practice at Auburn University Harrison College of Pharmacy, with a secondary appointment as a Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Huntsville Regional Medical Campus. She has been with Auburn University since 2002 and previously practiced in pediatric clinical settings in Alabama.

• Educated with a Pharm.D. from the University of Texas at Austin (2001)
• Completed ASHP-accredited pediatric residency at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (2002)
• Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist (2004) and Pediatric Pharmacy Specialist (2015)

Her research and teaching focuses on pediatric pharmacotherapy, including applications in infectious diseases and neurology. She emphasizes the scholarship of teaching and learning, with contributions to educational resources like Pharmacotherapy Self-Assessment programs.

Dr. Eiland has received multiple honors, including:

• AACP Pediatric Pharmacy SIG Excellence in Teaching Award (2022)
• ASHP Section of Pharmacy Educators Distinguished Service Award (2024)
• Presidential Citation Awards from Pediatric Pharmacy Advocacy Group (2015, 2023)

She maintains leadership roles in national pharmacy organizations (ASHP, PPA, ACCP) and has served as Past President of the Alabama Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Her editorial contributions include senior editorship of Advanced Pediatric Therapeutics and roles in PharmPrep and ACCP textbooks.