Dr. Bacci is the Endowed Associate Professor of Innovative Pharmacy Practice at the University of Washington School of Pharmacy (UWSOP) in Seattle, Washington. Her research focuses on the application of implementation science to evaluate and advance the adoption of innovative patient care models in community pharmacy practice. She has investigated the implementation of a variety of community pharmacy-based patient care services and practice management supports, including childhood and adult vaccinations, point-of-care testing, chronic disease management, pharmacist prescribing, and medical billing.

Dr. Bacci remains highly engaged in practice as a member of the Washington State Pharmacy Association (WSPA) Board of Directors, a Network Facilitator for CPESN WA, a clinically integrated network of independent pharmacies in Washington State, and as a leader in the Academic-CPESN Transformation (ACT) Pharmacy Collaborative, a nationwide collaboration to support and facilitate community pharmacy practice transformation efforts.

Dr. Bacci has been honored with the 2021 Albert B. Prescott Pharmacy Leadership Award and 2019 Washington State Distinguished Young Pharmacist of the Year Award. Dr. Bacci and her research collaborators have been recognized with the 2018 NAIIS “Immunization Neighborhood” Adult Immunization Champion Award and 2018 American Pharmacist Association Immunization Champion Award.

Dr. Bacci completed her PharmD at PittPharmacy in 2011 followed by followed by a PGY-1 Community-based Pharmacy Residency with PittPharmacy and Rite Aid. After working full-time in community practice, she returned to PittPharmacy to complete a two-year Community Pharmacy Research Fellowship and Master’s in Public Health.