Dr. Amanda Loya, PharmD, BCPS is a faculty member and administrator with the UTEP School of Pharmacy. She currently serves as the Associate Dean of Community and Clinical Programs. Dr. Loya has practiced as a pharmacist in the El Paso community for over 20 years. She is a Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist with practice experience in both acute and primary care family medicine practice settings. As a faculty member in the School of Pharmacy, Dr. Loya teaches courses in health literacy, communication, and health across the lifespan in addition to contributing to the pharmacotherapy curriculum and to precepting pharmacy students in Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences (APPEs). Furthermore, Dr. Loya has many years of experience in post-graduate pharmacy education, having developed an accredited Post-graduate Year 2 (PGY2). Her research experience has focused on understanding medication use patterns and improving medication adherence among patients of all ages through improving health and medication literacy; her scholarship has also addressed cultural diversity in healthcare.

• Pharmacist of the Year - El Paso Pharmacy Association (02/01/2015-02/28/2015)
• Innovative Practice Award - El Paso Pharmacy Association (02/15/2015)
• Recognition as Top 10 Cited Faculty on Graduating Pharmacy Student Exit Survey as “Faculty Member with Highest Impact on Students’ Academic and Professional Development" - University of Texas at Austin, College of Pharmacy (05/01/2011-05/31/2011)
• Certificate of Appreciation “In Recognition of Valuable Contributions to the Education of Resident Physicians" - Texas Tech Health Sciences Center of El Paso, Department of Family and Community Medicine (06/01/2010-06/30/2010)
• Award for “Participation as an Active Teacher in Family Medicine 2008-2009” - American Academy of Family Physicians (06/01/2009-06/30/2009)
• Recognition as Top 10 Cited Faculty on Graduating Pharmacy Student Exit Survey as “Faculty Member with Highest Impact on Students’ Academic and Professional Development" - University of Texas at Austin, College of Pharmacy (05/01/2009-05/31/2009)
• Award for “Most Supportive Faculty” - Texas Tech Health Sciences Center of El Paso, Department of Family and Community Medicine (06/01/2008-06/30/2008)
• Award for "Excellence in Teaching of Pharmacy Interns" - UTEP/UT Austin Cooperative Pharmacy Student Graduating Class 2008 (05/01/2008-05/31/2008)
• Recognition as Top 10 Cited Faculty on Graduating Pharmacy Student Exit Survey as “Faculty Member with Highest Impact on Students’ Academic and Professional Development" - University of Texas at Austin, College of Pharmacy (05/01/2008-05/31/2008)
• Award for “Commitment and Support with the Texas Tech University Family Medicine Department" - Texas Tech Health Sciences Center of El Paso, Department of Family and Community Medicine (06/01/2007-06/30/2007)
• Nominated for the "Texas Excellence Teaching Award" for 2006-2007 school year - University of Texas at Austin, College of Pharmacy (05/01/2007-05/31/2007)
• 2nd Highest GPA, PharmD Graduating Class 2003 - University of Texas at Austin, College of Pharmacy (05/01/2003-05/31/2003)
• Top Ten Senior - University of Texas at El Paso (05/01/1999-05/31/1999)

• Ambulatory Care, Scott & White Medical Center, University of Texas at Austin (2004)
• Texas State Board of Pharmacy (2003)
• Pharm D in Pharmacy, The University of Texas at Austin (2003)
• BS in Microbiology, The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) (1999)

• Don’t worry, be APPE: Developing and refining a skills-based assessment of student preparedness for advanced pharmacy practice experiences Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning 17 1 (2025), Natalie N. Gordon, Emily J. Christenberry, Sara C. Smith, Vicki L. Howe, Ian A. Mendez, Amanda Loya, Gabriel Frietze, Margie E. Padilla.
• Don’t worry, be APPE: Developing and refining a skills-based assessment of student preparedness for advanced pharmacy practice experiences Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning (2025), Natalie N. Gordon, Emily J. Christenberry, Sara C. Smith, Vicki L. Howe, Ian A. Mendez, Amanda Loya, Gabriel Frietze, Margie E. Padilla.
• (2024) Don’t worry, be APPE: Evaluating student preparedness for advanced pharmacy practice experiences using a skills-based assessment Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning 17 1 (2025), Natalie N. Arndt, Emily J. Christenberry, Sara C. Smith, Ian A. Mendez, Vicki L. Howe, Gabriel Frietze, Amanda Loya, Margie E. Padilla.
• Don’t worry, be APPE: Developing and refining a skills-based assessment of student preparedness for advanced pharmacy practice experiences Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning 17 1 (2024), Natalie N. Gordon, Emily J. Christenberry, Sara C. Smith, Vicki L. Howe, Ian A. Mendez, Amanda Loya, Gabriel Frietze, Margie E. Padilla.
• Exploring predictors of COVID-19 precautionary behaviors during the initial rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in a predominately Hispanic sample Brain, Behavior, & Immunity - Health 41 (2024), Gabriel Frietze, Margie E. Padilla, Amanda Loya, Alyssa A. Martinez, Amir G. Hernandez, Jose O. Rivera.

• New Directions for Advancing Latino Health Research Towards Equitable Systems Change : Hispanic-Serving Institutions Contribution to the Training and Diversity of Public Health and Health Care Workforce. American Public Health (2024), Volume Minneapolis, Jeannie B. Concha, Emre Umucu, Maria O. Duarte-Gardea, Azuri L. Gonzalez, Guillermina Solis, Amanda Loya, Laura E. O'Dell, Roy Mathew.
• Assessing Health Literacy Education in a Pharmacy School Curriculum (2021), Javier Sarinana, Amanda Loya.

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