Director of Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences
Office of Experiential Education
Phone: 903.566.6147
Email: fyu@uttyler.edu
Building: WTB 348
Department: Pharmacy
Frank Yu
Degrees
- Masters of Public Health, The University of Texas at Tyler
- Doctor of Pharmacy, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis Tennessee
- Bachelor of Science in Biology, The University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee
- Bachelor of Business Administration, The University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee
Biography
Dr. Frank Yu, is the APPE Director and a Clinical Assistant Professor at the Ben and
Maytee Fisch College of Pharmacy at The University of Texas at Tyler. He received
his Doctor of Pharmacy from The University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis,
Tennessee and completed his PGY-1 Community Pharmacy Residency at The University of
Mississippi School of Pharmacy in Oxford, Mississippi. During his residency, his focus
was in providing diabetes education classes at an independently owned community pharmacy
and taught in pharmacy clinical skills laboratories and in Problem-Based Learning
sessions at the University of Mississippi.
Dr. Yu’s primary teaching responsibilities are in pharmacy skills laboratories and
APPE-readiness coursework and assessments. His clinical practice is in ambulatory
care with low income patients. His scholarly interests include public health and experiential
education.
Dr. Yu is passionate about public policy and is involved with the Texas Pharmacy Association
and is co-advisor of TPA-ASP at UT Tyler.