Vibhuti Arya

Vibhuti Arya, PharmD, MPH, is a Professor at St. John's University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and Clinical Advisor to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. In her role, she works to integrate pharmacists into public health initiatives, particularly among high-risk, medically underserved areas in NYC, and advises on legislation pertinent to pharmacy practice and access to care. To date, Dr. Arya has been engaged with several efforts including public health detailing, correctional health services, expanding naloxone access through community pharmacies, syndromic surveillance, and emergency preparedness. She is also a member of the Health Department’s Institutional Review Board, serves as a Global Lead for the Equity and Equality Workforce Development Goal for the International Pharmacy Federation (FIP), and serves on the Board of Trustees for the American Pharmacists Association.

Dr. Arya has demonstrated exemplary leadership across professional bodies and non-profits throughout her career, including within APhA, the American Public Health Association, the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, and the Pharmacy Quality Alliance. She received the Sustained Contributor Award from the APHA Pharmacy Section, led a team to win the MIT Hacking Racism Challenge in Social Justice and Policy, and gave a TEDx talk on structural racism. Dr. Arya engages students and colleagues to examine programs and policies through the lens of equity, applying social justice principles and frameworks to eliminate inequities in care. She completed the Pharmaceutical Care Leadership Residency at the University of Minnesota, and her MPH from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.