Alumni Spotlight: Jenny Bingham ‘10

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Jenny Bingham, PharmD, BCACP, FAzPA, FNAP is a pharmacist, innovator, and researcher recognized for excellence in patient care and telehealth. She graduated from the University of Arizona in 2010 with her PharmD, and since then has served as a pharmacist, professor, and research associate across the country. Her efforts in the primary care, hospital, eHealth center, medication therapy management, and federally qualified health center settings have improved patient outcomes, access to care, and quality medication use.

Bingham has been recognized with numerous awards for her patient care and research achievements, and has been featured in published scientific journals and books over fifty times. Starting her career with Northwest Medical Center in 2010, she quickly advanced to director of Ambulatory Care Residency Programs & Research with Tabula Rasa HealthCare, and later as senior manager of Pharmacy Integration with VillageMD. In 2022, she returned to her alma mater as an Assistant Professor of Practice in the Pharmacy Practice & Science department, where she mentored a new generation of Arizona pharmacists. In 2024, she joined the Pharmacy Quality Alliance, a nationally recognized quality organization, where she supports quality innovation and research.

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Evidence of Bingham’s leadership to the pharmacy profession is seen through service, mentorship, and clinical program development. She has served on multiple boards and associations, as well as volunteering with charitable organizations such as Feed My Starving Children and Operation Gratitude. A sought-after author, speaker, and expert in telehealth pharmacy practice, Bingham leverages her advisory and leadership positions to transform healthcare and create new practice roles for the next generation of pharmacists.

In 2025, Bingham was presented with the Bowl of Hygeia Award from the Arizona Pharmacy Association (AzPA). This award is the highest level of recognition given to an Arizona pharmacist who has made considerable contributions to community service and has compiled an outstanding record of community service that reflects well on the profession. This award is sponsored by NASPA and the APhA Foundation.

Bingham has also been awarded the following honors in recognition of her outstanding contributions to the field of pharmacy practice:

• 2024 – Most Influential Leaders in Pharmacy Award (Pharmacy Podcast Network)
  The award recognizes the 50 Most Influential Leaders in Pharmacy. This prestigious honor celebrates the most inspiring, innovative, and impactful figures in pharmacy who are driving advancements in patient care, business development, and industry reform.
• 2023 – Excellence in Innovation Award (Arizona Pharmacy Association)
  The national award recognizes qualified pharmacists in each state who have demonstrated innovative pharmacy practice that resulted in improved patient care, sponsored by NASPA and Upsher-Smith.
• 2022 – Distinguished Practitioner and Fellow (National Academies of Practice)
  The award celebrates individuals who have spent a significant portion of their professional career in the practice and direct delivery of health care services. They are judged by distinguished peers to have made enduring contributions in their profession.
• 2021 – Fellow (Arizona Pharmacy Association)
  Fellowship in the Arizona Pharmacy Association (AzPA) fosters and rewards demonstrated excellence in pharmacy. Recipients have made sustained contributions to the AzPA and have demonstrated a high level of excellence in pharmacy.
• 2020 – Jack R. Cole Distinguished Alumnus Award (University of Arizona)
  This award, established in 1992, recognizes an alumnus or alumna with an engraved medallion who has achieved success in pharmaceutical capacity or other capacities, helped to further the mission of the College of Pharmacy, provided leadership to the profession and the community, and made a positive impact on the state, nation and world.
• 2019 – Next Generation Pharmacist® Technology Innovator of the Year Award (Next Generation Pharmacist®)
  The international award recognizes a pharmacist who successfully leveraged pharmacy technology tools to advance patient care standards. This award is sponsored by Pharmacy Times and Parata.
• 2017 – Exemplary Patient Care Award (Arizona Pharmacy Association)
  The award recognizes an Arizona pharmacist or technician who provides or enables exemplary patient care, regardless of practice setting, by consistently providing exemplary patient care services, serving as a role model for contemporary pharmacy practice, by developing, supporting, or fostering the development of an innovative pharmacy practice resulting in improved patient care.

Q & A

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What’s the best career advice you’ve ever received, and who gave it to you?

• Pay it forward. I learned this from my mentor, Dr. Sandra Leal. She learned this from her mentor, Dr. Metta Lou Henderson. I hope to continue the tradition of leveraging my professional network to expand others’ and help them grow.

In what ways has the role of a pharmacist changed since you started your career?

• The pharmacy profession has undergone a transformation – due in large part to our active involvement in community health initiatives and our response to public health needs. That being said, as pharmacists continue to engage with communities, our role is being refined – not just as dispensers of medication, but as indispensable members of the communities that we serve and to our health care teams.

If you could give one piece of advice to current pharmacy students, what would it be?

• Data is only as good as the questions you ask of it. Student pharmacists should embrace the opportunity to perform research as it has the potential to promote novel innovative practice models that they can leverage in their future practice.

What inspired you to become a pharmacist?

• My desire to become a pharmacist was deeply shaped by my uncle. He was one of many that we lost during the AIDS epidemic. Witnessing his turmoil and limited treatment options available at the time left a lasting impact on me. I saw not only the need for better medications, but also for compassionate care. That experience sparked my commitment to becoming a trusted, empathetic resource for patients in vulnerable moments.

What has been the most rewarding moment in your pharmacy career?

• One of the most rewarding moments of my career was serving on various telehealth task force and advisory groups to develop national policies and expand telehealth delivery during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. The culmination of these activities addressed barriers for pharmacists. I’m very proud that it has created new opportunities for the next generation of pharmacists in telehealth pharmacy practice, and to see these efforts extended in the Telehealth Expansion Act today.