Marilyn Stebbins, PharmD

Peer Faculty
University of California, San Francisco

Marilyn Stebbins, PharmD, FCSHP, is Professor Emerita at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Pharmacy and serves as Peer Faculty with the California Health Benefits Review Program (CHBRP).

Throughout her career, Dr. Stebbins developed innovative interprofessional care models that expanded pharmacists' roles in ambulatory care and community practice, with a particular emphasis on improving care for underserved populations. Her teaching focused on health policy, health benefit design, Medicare Part D, innovative pharmacy practice models, managed care, leadership development, and geriatrics.

Her early research centered on Medicare Part D. Together with Co-Principal Investigator Dr. Helene Levens Lipton, she received funding from the Amgen Foundation to lead a statewide collaboration among all seven California schools of pharmacy. The 5-year initiative mobilized Doctor of Pharmacy students to help underserved, limited-English-proficient Medicare beneficiaries evaluate and enroll in Medicare Part D plans that best met their clinical and financial needs, and to provide prescriber education to improve understanding of the complex pharmacy benefit. In the latter part of her career, her research focused on developing and evaluating innovative interprofessional practice models.

Dr. Stebbins earned her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of California, San Francisco, and her Bachelor of Arts in Biochemistry and Cell Biology from the University of California, San Diego.