Rebecca S. Finley, PharmD, MS, FASHP, is the founding dean and a professor in the Jefferson College of Pharmacy. Under her leadership, the Doctor of Pharmacy program was created and achieved full accreditation, and master’s programs in population health pharmacy (the first in the country) and pharmaceutical sciences were added.
Dr. Finley, an accomplished practitioner and researcher, is recognized for her sustained contributions to oncology practice, professional organizations, and academia. Dr. Finley is a past president of American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) and the Maryland Society of Health-System Pharmacy (MSHP), and a past chair of the Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS). She was the first chair of the BPS Oncology Pharmacy Specialty Council. She has served on the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research Cancer Pain Guideline Expert Panel, the American Pain Society Clinical Practice (APS) Guideline Committee, and the APS Cancer Pain Guideline Committee.
She received the Pharmacist of the Year Award and the W. Arthur Purdum Award from MSHP, the Sr. M. Gonzales Lecture Award from the Pennsylvania Society of Health-System Pharmacists, the Jonathan Roberts Award from the Delaware Valley Society of Health-System Pharmacists, and the Robert J. DeSalvo Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Cincinnati College of Pharmacy.
