Judy Huang PhD, PharmD, BCPS, AAHIVP
Norwalk Hospital
Bio
Judy Huang PhD, PharmD, BCPS, AAHIVP is the Director of the Pharmacy Residency Program at Nuvance Health. She received her PhD in Biology from Hunter College, CUNY Graduate Center and her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Connecticut. She went on to complete a post-doctoral fellowship, under the tutelage of Nobel Prize – winning neuroscientist Eric Kandel, MD, at Columbia University and an ASHP-accredited pharmacy residency at St. Vincent’s Medical Center.
In her time as a neuroscientist, Dr. Huang worked on the mechanisms of psychostimulant drugs and investigated genetic polymorphisms which contribute to behavioral deficits in learning and memory. Dr. Huang is a practicing clinical pharmacist with diverse experiences in hospital, ambulatory, compounding and retail spaces. She is currently a clinical pharmacist leader in infectious disease and Co-chairs the Antimicrobial Stewardship Program at Nuvance Health – Norwalk Hospital. Dr. Huang is also a Board-Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist and a certified HIV Pharmacist with the American Academy of HIV Medicine.
Beginning in graduate school, Dr. Huang has actively pursued opportunities to grow as a clinical educator. She continues to teach and served as a preceptor to students of pharmacy. Dr. Huang holds a Gratis Adjunct Assistant Professor Appointment from the University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy. She also serves on the Preceptor and Experiential Education Advisory Boards of both the University of Saint Joseph and the University of Connecticut Schools of Pharmacy. In 2019, Dr. Huang was named Norwalk Hospital’s Going the Extra Mile (GEM) Pharmacist of the Year for starting an ASHP-accredited Pharmacy Residency Program at Nuvance Health. Dr. Huang believes that teaching and learning is not only about the cultivation of knowledge and wisdom but also about the development of mindfulness and service to others. In 2021, Dr. Huang was selected by Nuvance Health’s Patricia A. Tietjen, MD Teaching Academy as an inaugural scholar; where she continues to learn and cultivate humanistic care in her pharmacy practice.