Clinical Professor
Unit: Pharmacy Practice
2151 Highland Avenue South, Suite 230
Birmingham, AL 35205
Email: jas0003@auburn.edu
Phone: 334-844-8952
Jessica Starr, PharmD, FCCP, BCPS, is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice at the Harrison College of Pharmacy. Originally from Pensacola, Florida, Dr. Starr completed pre-pharmacy coursework at the University of California, Santa Barbara and Auburn University before earning her Doctor of Pharmacy, summa cum laude, from the Harrison College of Pharmacy. She subsequently completed an ASHP-accredited pharmacy practice residency (PGY1) and a specialty residency in adult internal medicine (PGY2) at the Medical University of South Carolina, where she also completed an Academic Preparation Certificate Program.
Dr. Starr is extensively involved in curricular design, implementation, and assessment within the Doctor of Pharmacy program. She currently serves as Chair of the Professional Education Committee and coordinates Integrated Learning Experiences (ILE) 11 and 12 during the P3 spring semester. She has played a significant role in the development and implementation of the College’s Practice-Ready Curriculum and has developed and coordinated the evidence-based medicine and literature evaluation curriculum that is integrated longitudinally throughout the first three professional years. Her primary area of clinical expertise is cardiovascular pharmacotherapy, and she teaches cardiovascular disease states across the P1, P2, and P3 years, with particular emphasis on dyslipidemia, heart failure, and stroke. She also coordinates a cardiology elective and offers both IPPE and APPE clinical rotations in internal medicine at Baptist Health Princeton Hospital.
Dr. Starr has received numerous awards for her contributions to teaching, practice, and service. Most recently, she received the 2026 AACP Outstanding Teacher Award, awarded annually to an HCOP faculty member by the student body. She received the Pinnacle Award in 2023, which recognizes a faculty or staff member who exemplifies the College’s core values of “Inspiration, Innovation, and Transformation.” She has also received the Lucinda Maine Fellow in Teaching Award, the College’s inaugural Excellence in Outreach Award, the Rho Chi Distinguished Alumni Award, and multiple Preceptor of Excellence Awards. Dr. Starr was named a Fellow of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy in 2014.
Dr. Starr is actively involved in both the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) and the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP), where she has served on numerous committees and held multiple leadership positions. Most recently, she served as Chair of ASHP’s Educational Steering Committee for the Section of Clinical Specialists and Scientists. She is also a past Chair of ACCP’s Adult Medicine Practice and Research Network.
Dr. Starr practices as a clinical pharmacy specialist at Baptist Health Princeton Hospital, where she collaborates with an interdisciplinary medical team to provide direct patient care to patients admitted to an internal medicine teaching service.
Dr. Starr founded the hospital’s PGY1 pharmacy residency program and served as its Residency Program Director from 2008 to 2017, overseeing the training of 21 residents. She continues to serve as a preceptor for clinical learning experiences and residency research projects. In 2020, she founded the hospital’s PGY2 residency program in internal medicine and currently serves as its Residency Program Director.
Dr. Starr is extensively involved in internal medicine resident education. Her teaching includes evidence-based medicine, literature evaluation and clinical biostatistics, and pharmacotherapy across a broad range of acute and chronic disease states.