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Diabetes Fellowship

Diabetes is a major clinical and public health threat. And while this public health emergency continues to expand, the number of health care providers focusing on diabetes treatment remains stagnant.

Touro University California is proud to be the first university west of the Rockies and one of 6 universities in the US that offer a comprehensive one-year, non-accredited diabetology fellowship program.

Clipper Young, PharmD, MPH, BCGP, CDCES, BC-ADM, FADCES, APP

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Professor and Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, College of Osteopathic MedicineDirector of Clinical Research; Co-Director of Distance Learning and Clinical Integration

Biography

As a clinical pharmacy specialist, diabetes specialist/diabetology pharmacist, and clinical outcomes researcher, I focus on improving diabetes and cardio-kidney-metabolic (CKM) care for underserved and medically complex populations, working to bridge the gap between traditional clinical care and the digital future. My clinical foundation informs my research agenda: designing person-centered methodologies and interventions to bridge care gaps in diabetes and CKM care, leveraging generative artificial intelligence (AI) to conduct clinical and population health research, and translating evidence into integrated team-based care

My community-engaged and implementation efforts include serving as Principal Investigator of the Pharm2Home Initiative, a clinical pharmacist-driven home- and telehealth-based chronic disease and medication therapy management program, and as Co-Investigator/Program Evaluator for the Mobile Diabetes Education Center (MOBEC) and the CDC/CDPH (Centers for Disease Control/California Department of Public Health) Prevention Forward efforts in Solano County, CA, sharpening my program planning, development, and evaluation skills. My public health training and ongoing clinical research training at Harvard provide the methodological foundation for population-level analyses using national datasets and for mentoring healthcare students in clinical and health outcomes research.

My recent scholarship has expanded into digital health and generative AI for diabetes and CKM care. As Director of Clinical Research, I contribute to shaping the research culture and infrastructure of the College as well as designing research curriculum while leading projects to evaluate large language models (LLMs) for diabetes/CKM pharmacotherapy, chronic kidney disease (CKD) risk management, continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) interpretation, and culturally responsive patient education. I bring direct clinical expertise in diabetes/CKM pharmacotherapy, community-based implementation experience, population-health and epidemiologic methods, and a growing program of AI-enabled translational research focused on equitable, feasible, and guideline-concordant care.

Education

  • Bachelor of Science -- University of California, Davis; Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • Doctor of Pharmacy -- Touro University California College of Pharmacy
  • Pharmacy Education and Administration Fellowship -- Touro University California College of Pharmacy
  • Master of Public Health -- University of California, Berkeley

Recent Publications

https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=xv7kvZQAAAAJ