COACH Faculty Fellow, Dr. Lindsey Hohmann, was awarded a KL2 award from the UAB Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) Deep South Mentored Career Development Program for the proposal, “Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) for Chronic Pain Management: Development of a Community Pharmacy-Based Program in the Rural Deep South”. Community pharmacies’ level of organizational readiness to implement MBSR programs is unknown, and it is unclear what MBSR programmatic elements (content and format) patients with chronic pain would prefer in the community pharmacy setting. The purpose of this proposed KL2 study is to explore stakeholders’ organizational readiness, contextual barriers, and preferences for MBSR program content and format, and develop and assess the feasibility of a community pharmacy based MBSR program for chronic pain management in rural Alabama. The proposed study will serve as a building block to increase access to alternative treatments for pain in underserved rural Alabama patients. This aligns with the CCTS vision to reduce the burden of disparities in health outcomes among special populations in the Deep South.