Sharon Wu
Associate Teaching Professor
Department of Pharmacy, Pharmacy Faculty, School Faculty
Telephone: 206-685-2713
Email: swu1@uw.edu
Education
- BA in Molecular & Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley
- PharmD, University of California, San Diego
- PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency, UW Medicine
- PGY-2 Ambulatory Care and Academia Residency, Pacific University SOP/Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center
Courses Taught
- PHRMCY 544-546: Pharmacist Provider Readiness IV-VI
- PHRMPR 532: Pharmacist Provider Experience Year II
- PHRMCY 551: Case Conferences and Continuous Professional Development
- PHRMCY 534: Pharmacotherapeutics (Asthma and Osteoarthritis)
Biography
Dr. Wu is an Associate Teaching Professor with experience teaching and coordinating courses in diverse areas, including Endocrine, Immunology, and Pulmonology. She currently serves as a co-course director for the PY2 Pharmacist Provider Series, which focuses on developing communication and clinical reasoning skills in both the skills lab and experiential settings to support outpatient and ambulatory care. In addition, she is a co-course director for the fourth-year longitudinal Continuous Professional Development course.
Dr. Wu is a Board Certified Ambulatory Care Pharmacist with experience managing underserved patients with chronic conditions, including diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular risk, and asthma/COPD. Her clinical interests include diabetes, pulmonology, and solid organ transplantation, and her scholarship focuses on teaching and learning in pharmacy education, health and wellness, professional identity formation, and reimbursement for pharmacy services.
Dr. Wu serves as Faculty Director of the UWSOP STEP Program for high school students and as the 2025-2026 Chair of the School’s Academic Progress Committee. She also serves on various national committees and task forces within the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) and the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP).