Leah Sera is the associate dean for recruitment and admissions at UMSOP. She is an associate professor and vice chair for academic affairs in the Department of Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research. She is a board-certified pharmacotherapy specialist, and her clinical specialties are pain management and palliative care.Additionally, Dr. Sera holds an associate faculty position at the University of Maryland Graduate School.Dr. Sera was the inaugural program director for the nation’s first Graduate Studies in Medical Cannabis program at UMSOP, which includes the MS in Medical Cannabis Science and Therapeutics (MCST) and Graduate Certificate in Medical Cannabis Science, Therapeutics, and Policy.Dr. Sera teaches several courses in the MCST program, including an introduction to medical cannabis history, culture, and policy and a course introducing students to evidence-based medicine and the clinical uses of medical cannabis; she also mentors students in their capstone projects. Dr. Sera teaches a variety of topics in required and elective courses in the Doctor of Pharmacy curriculum.
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