Assistant Professor
Units: Pharmacy Practice, Clinical Affairs and Outreach
Auburn University
Harrison College of Pharmacy
1330X Walker Building
Auburn, AL 36849
Email: ceg0004@auburn.edu
Phone: 334-844-4099
Fax: 334-844-4019
Courtney Gamston is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Residency Program Director for a Post-Graduate-Year-1 (PGY-1) Pharmacy Practice Residency focused on rural and community health. She moved into this role in July 2026 after serving as a Professor of Practice in Experiential Programs since 2019. Her practice site is within the Auburn University Health Care and Education Clinic in the Boykin Community Center where she works with an interdisciplinary team to provide healthcare services to medically underserved communities.
Dr. Gamston is a 2013 graduate from the Harrison College of Pharmacy (HCOP). After spending a year with HCOP’s Clinical Health Services as an ambulatory care resident, she accepted a faculty position at the Edward Via College of Osteopathic medicine as Assistant Professor and Discipline Chair for Pharmacology.
She previously served as an Ambulatory Care Clinician in the Clinical Affairs and Outreach unit during her time as a Professor of Practice for experiential learning. In that position, she participated in the Practice-Ready Curriculum with Pharm.D. students, serving as preceptor for the P2 Population Health Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience, a primary care Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience preceptor, Residency Program Coordinator for the Division’s two Post-Graduate-Year-1 Pharmacy Practice Residencies and clinical researcher.
She collaborated with other healthcare professionals to provide model care to patients in an interdisciplinary environment, identified and provided pharmacist-led patient interventions using population health metrics, and precepted Pharm.D. students in both active patient care activities and practice-based research throughout all four years of the pharmacy curriculum.
Her current research program focuses on establishing, improving, and maintaining sustainable ambulatory care services in a pharmacist-led primary care clinic using community-engaged and implementation science approaches. Areas of focus include prediabetes, diabetes, obesity, dyslipidemia, hypertension, and rural health. Gamston's research is focused not only on the provision of medication therapy management but also on patient education services that improve self-care behaviors and overall health.
Professionally, Dr. Gamston is involved with the Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists, American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, Network of Minority Health Research Investigators, American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists, American Pharmacists Association, American College of Clinical Pharmacy, and the Alabama Pharmacy Association
The Auburn University Health Care and Education Clinic, also known as the Boykin Clinic, is a community-focused health clinic located within the Boykin Community Center in Northwest Auburn. Through a partnership between Auburn University and the City of Auburn, the clinic provides accessible, high-quality primary care, acute care, women’s health services, chronic disease management, wellness screenings, immunizations, and pharmacy services. Dedicated to serving uninsured, underinsured, and insured patients alike, the Boykin Clinic combines compassionate patient care with interprofessional health education, helping improve health outcomes while training the next generation of healthcare professionals.