Frank North

Biography

Dr. Frank North, Pharm.D., M.P.A. is an Instructional Assistant Professor in the Irma Lerma Rangel School of Pharmacy at Texas A&M University.  He serves as course coordinator for the Law and Ethics and Social and Behavioral Aspects of Patient Care courses with the Doctor of Pharmacy curriculum. Dr. North is a licensed pharmacist registered in Texas and the District of Columbia with robust pharmacy practice and leadership experiences. He completed ASHPs Diplomate, Pharmacy Leadership Academy (DPLA), ASPLs Diplomate of American Society of Pharmacy and Law (DASPL). 

Dr. North serves as President for the National Pharmaceutical Association (NPhA) and NPhA Delegate in the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) House of Delegates to name a few of his leadership services to the profession. He also serves as a member of American Society of Health Systems Pharmacists (ASHP), American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP), Texas Pharmacy Association (TPA) (former Speaker of the House of Delegates and former Director) and is a life member of the National Pharmaceutical Association, Phi Delta Chi Pharmaceutical Fraternity, and Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. He earned a bachelor's degree in Biology from Texas Southern University, Certificate of Business Entrepreneurship from California State University - San Bernardino, Doctor of Pharmacy degree and Master of Public Administration from Texas Southern University.

 Dr. North was recognized as a 2022 Houston’s 40 Under 40 Honoree by the Houston Business Journal, an inaugural recipient of the 2023 Texas Black Expo “Outstanding Educator” Award for the assistant, associate, or full professor level, received the 2022 Texas Pharmacy Association Distinguished Service Award, and Texas A&M University Health Science Center 2021 IPE Teaching Leadership Award awarded by the Interprofessional Education and Research Office, and was recognized as Outstanding Fraternity Advisor by the TAMU Office of Sorority and Fraternity Life. Dr. North is currently a candidate for the Doctor of Philosophy in Urban Higher Education in the executive Ph.D. program at Jackson State University.