Stephanie L. Conway-Allen, PharmD (stephanie.conway@mcphs.edu), is an associate professor of pharmacy practice within the School of Pharmacy Worcester/Manchester/Online at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (MCPHS), with an ambulatory care clinical practice site at the UMass Hahnemann Family Health Center. She also teaches within the Physician Assistant program at MCPHS and holds an adjunct appointment at UMass Chan Medical School. Conway-Allen has extensive involvement with ASHP at the national, state, and local levels. She has served as a judge for ASHP’s National Clinical Skills Competition (CSC) since 2013, including four years as a final round judge. For the past three years, she has served on the Section of Pharmacy Educators (SPE) advisory group on Collaboration Between Health Systems and Academia, including two years as lead of the Practice Advancement and Education work group. Her contributions focus on AI in pharmacy education and practice and include two national webinars and an upcoming collaborative virtual roundtable with the SPE advisory group on Post-Graduate Education and Learning Experiences. She was also an invited member of the SDTP-SPE collaborative working group on a needs assessment of AI in pharmacy practice and education and previously served on the ASHP Faculty Advisory Panel (2018-2020). At the state level, she served as vice chair of the Massachusetts Society of Health-System Pharmacists (MSHP) Membership Committee and judged the MSHP Regional CSC in 2025 (inaugural) and 2026. Her most rewarding role is at the local level, where she has served as her university’s ASHP-SSHP faculty advisor for 14 years.
Meet Stephanie L. Conway-Allen
Digital health and telehealth are rapidly transforming how pharmacists deliver care, expanding access and reshaping the medication-use process. As these technologies continue to evolve, the profession must ensure that innovation is not only adopted, but integrated in a way that is safe, effective, and aligned with patient-centered care. This requires not only advancement in practice, but also intentional preparation of the pharmacy workforce. As pharmacy faculty, some of my work focuses on emerging technologies, particularly AI, and how they can be incorporated into learning and early practice. This includes both effective uses of AI in academic settings as well as areas where it may be misused, creating opportunities for intervention, guidance, and conversation. These experiences have shaped how I think about preparing future pharmacists to engage with digital tools in a way that supports clinical reasoning and patient care. Through my involvement with the SDTP-SPE collaborative work around AI, along with ongoing conversations with pharmacists across a range of practice settings, I have developed a strong interest in how we define and integrate foundational digital competencies across the profession. I am interested in continuing this work by helping to connect educational approaches with the evolving needs of practice. As Director-at-Large, I would bring a collaborative, education-focused perspective with an emphasis on workforce preparation and practical integration of digital and telehealth tools and practices. I hope to contribute to the Section’s efforts by supporting initiatives that strengthen connections across practice settings and ensure pharmacists are prepared for a rapidly changing digital landscape.