Stephanie Hunziker, PharmD, BCMTMS
Clinical Associate Professor, Pharmacy Practice
Director of Skills and Simulation
Coordinator, Education Specialization
Faculty Lead, Interprofessional Education
618-650-5170
sthunzi@siue.edu
Brief Intro/bio
I have been at SIUE since 2018; although I have been a pharmacist and educator for over 20 years. Before joining SIUE, I had practice experiences in academia, community, hospital, managed care, and informatics. In my current roles, I lead and mentor a faculty and staff team that designs, implements, and assesses the skills, simulation, and interprofessional education (IPE) portions of the SOP curriculum. As coordinator of the Education Specialization, I precept APPE students and residents for an academic elective rotation and coordinate two teaching electives in the P3 year. I teach in a variety of other courses, including Drug Information, Biomedical Literature Evaluation, Patient Centered Communication, and Personal and Professional Development, among others. My practice background is in primary care, and my clinical interests focus on mental and behavioral health, metabolic health, and functional medicine. I am passionate about pharmacy practice skill development, education, and mental health and wellness; therefore, these are integrated into my teaching, service, and scholarly work.
Education/Training/Background
- Primary Care Pharmacy Practice Residency – University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi
- Doctor of Pharmacy – St. Louis College of Pharmacy, St. Louis, Missouri
- S. Pharmacy – St. Louis College of Pharmacy, St. Louis, Missouri
- Certified Adult Mental Health First Aid Instructor- National Council for Behavioral Health
Practice Site Information
WeCare Clinic – SIUE East St. Louis Higher Education Campus
- Interprofessional Collaborative practice that provides primary care services to patients in the metro-east and surrounding communities.
Clinical Interests
Mental Health and Wellness, Behavioral Health, Metabolic Health, Preventive Care, Functional Medicine, Motivational Interviewing
Scholarly Interests
- Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
- Interprofessional Education
- Clinical Decision-Making, Critical Thinking Skill Development
- Mental Health and Wellness
Professional Engagement
- Chair (2025-2026)- American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) Laboratory Instructors’ Special Interest Group (SIG)
- Chair-Elect and Programming Committee Chair (2024- 2025) – AACP Laboratory Instructors’ SIG
- Co-Chair (2022 – 2024) Mentoring and Networking Committee – AACP Laboratory Instructors’ SIG
- Illinois Pharmacists’ Association Professional Affairs Committee (2023- present)
Publications/Presentations
Publications:
- Gable KN, Hunziker S, Dopheide JA, Catanzano SM, Harris SC, Wang M. Insights from the integration of mental health first aid into pharmacy education. Curr Pharm Teach Learn. 2025 July; 17(7).
- Ponushis A, Hunziker S, Volino L. A Personal Touch: Interviewed about study (PI) evaluating personality type and student communication skills. Published in Academic Pharmacy Now. 2025 (1): 13-17. Available at: https://issuu.com/aacp/docs/academic_pharmacy_now_2025_issue_1/12.
- Gable K, Hunziker S, The creation of a motivational interviewing-based pharmacy communication course: from dissemination to Curr Pharm Teach Learn. 2023 May; 15(5): 494-499.
- Hunziker S, Newman K. Qualitative analysis of Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE )goal Curr Pharm Teach Learn. 2023 Apr; 15(4): 353-359. doi: 10.1016/j.cptl.2023.04.014. Epub 2023 Apr 25.
- Hunziker S, Fan J, Ronald K, Deshpande M, Frueh J. Predictors of student pharmacist success on an advanced pharmacy practice experience-readiness performance-based assessment. Curr Pharm Teach Learn. 2021; 13(12): 1564 – 1571.
Presentations:
- O’Connor SK, Hunziker S, Jones M, Carr G, Grice GR. Order Up! Getting the Deep Dish on Teaching Diagnosis. Presented at AACP Pharmacy Education Meeting, Chicago, Illinois; July 2025.
- Hunziker S, Sourial M, Riskin J, Crannage E. Innovative Remediation Strategies for Performance-based Skills Assessments. Online seminar presented for AACP (sponsored by Laboratory Instructors’ SIG). Presented May 2025.
- Gable KN, Hunziker S, Dopheide JA, Catanzano S, Harris SC. Cultivating Well-Being: Insights from Pharmacy Education’s Embrace of Mental Health First Aid. Presented at AACP Pharmacy Education Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts; July 2024.
- Hunziker S, Volino L, Klein M, Sourial M. The impact of personality type on student pharmacists’ communication skills. Poster presented at AACP Pharmacy Education 2024, Boston, Massachusetts; July 2024.
- Caliendo T, Hilas O, Peddi AN, Hunziker S, McMillan A. Patient assessment skills taught within Doctor of Pharmacy laboratory courses in the United States. Poster presented at AACP Pharmacy Education 2024, Boston, Massachusetts; July 2024.
- Gable K, Butler L, Hunziker Incorporation of trauma-informed care into pharmacy education through active learning. Presented at 2021 AACP Annual Virtual Meeting, July 2021.
- Hunziker S, Gable KN, Gonzalez ML, Kerr JL, Rosselli Embracing promotion of well- being and resilience (ePower) in pharmacy. Poster presented at 2020 AACP Annual Virtual Meeting, July 2020.
- Hunziker S, Wilhelm M. Assessing pre-APPE domains using performance-based assessments in a first-year pharmacy skills lab course: two-year experience in a new curriculum. Poster presented at 2020 AACP Annual Virtual Meeting, July 2020.
