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2011 APhA awards and honors
The profession honors distinguished practitioners,
scientists, and student pharmacists.
Professionwide awards and honors
Remington Honor Medal
Paul W. Lofholm, PharmD, FACA
The Remington Honor Medal, named for eminent community pharmacist,
manufacturer, and educator Joseph P. Remington (1847–1918), was
established in 1918 to recognize distinguished service on behalf of American
pharmacy during the preceding years, culminating in the past year, or
during a long period of outstanding activity or fruitful achievement.
Hugo H. Schaefer Award
Thomas R. Temple, BSPharm, MS
The Hugo H. Schaefer Award was established in 1964 to recognize American
Pharmacists Association (APhA) members who have made outstanding
voluntary contributions to society, the profession of pharmacy, and
APhA.
Hubert H. Humphrey Award
Wendall F. Gaston, BSPharm, MBA, PharmD
The Hubert H. Humphrey Award was established in 1978 to recognize
APhA members who have made major contributions in government and/or
legislative service at the local, state, or national level.
Good Government Pharmacist-of-the-Year Award
Betsy Meredith Elswick, PharmD
This award recognizes an individual pharmacist who actively contributes
to the community through his or her voluntary involvement in the political
process. Nominees must be active members of APhA and a state pharmacy
association. The government affairs activity in which the recipient
participated must have raised pharmacists’ awareness of the political
process, improved the pharmacy profession and the political process, as
well as improved service and education to the public. Supported by the
APhA Political Action Committee Board of Governors.
Good Government Student Pharmacist-of-the-Year
Award
Andrew M. Helm
Established in 2004, this award recognizes a student pharmacist who
successfully organizes student pharmacist grassroots activity within
his or her chapter and actively promotes the value of advocating for the
profession. The award, which is presented during the Political Leadership
Breakfast, is based on the student’s ability to raise awareness of local and
national pharmacy issues while embracing the concept of teamwork and
collaboration among students, practitioners, and their state pharmacy
association. Supported by the APhA Political Action Committee Board of
Governors.
Honorary Membership
Jeff Poston, PhD, MRPharmS, and Roger K. Browning
Honorary membership in APhA is conferred by the APhA Board of Trustees
upon individuals, either within the profession of pharmacy or outside
of it, whose activities and achievements have had a significant impact
upon the public health, the profession, and its practitioners.
Honorary President
Hazel M. Pipkin, BSPharm, FAPhA
The honorary president of APhA is nominated by the APhA Board of Trustees
and elected by APhA membership in recognition of a lifetime of distinguished
and dedicated public service and contributions to the profession.
Gloria Niemeyer Francke Leadership Mentor Award
Julie K. Johnson, PharmD
The award recognizes an APhA member who has promoted and encouraged
pharmacists to attain leadership positions within pharmacy through
example as role model and mentor. The pharmacist for whom the award
is named—Gloria Niemeyer Francke, PharmD—personally exemplifies
the award’s criteria. Dr. Francke, 1986 APhA Honorary President and
1987 Remington Honor Medalist, inspired and mentored future leaders
throughout her illustrious pharmacy career.
H.A.B. Dunning Award
Cephalon, Inc.
Established in 1982, the H.A.B. Dunning Award recognizes an exemplary
contribution to the practice of pharmacy by a pharmaceutical manufacturer
or provider of support products or services, or other entities such
as wholesalers, chain corporations, etc. The award is named for Henry
Armitt Brown Dunning (1877–1962), former chair of the board of Hynson,
Westcott, and Dunning, who, as a longstanding APhA leader, was
instrumental in the funding and building of the APhA headquarters in
Washington, DC.
Distinguished Federal Pharmacist Award
Colonel Everett B. McAllister, USAF, BSC (Ret)
Established in 2003, the Distinguished Federal Pharmacist Award is the
Association’s premier award recognizing a pharmacist who has distinguished
himself or herself and the profession through outstanding contributions
in federal pharmacy practice, resulting in significant improvement
in the health of the nation and/or the population he or she serves.
Supported by the Roche Foundation.
APhA Community Pharmacy Residency Excellence in
Precepting Award
Stefanie P. Ferreri, PharmD, CDE, FAPhA
The APhA Community Pharmacy Residency Excellence in Precepting
Award was established to recognize a community pharmacy residency
director or preceptor who has demonstrated excellence in precepting,
mentoring, leadership, and community pharmacy residency program
administration.
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Awards and honors APhA2011
Distinguished New Practitioner Award
Catherine H. Kuhn, BSPharm, PharmD
The Distinguished New Practitioner Award was established in 2010 to
recognize an individual new practitioner who has demonstrated distinctive
achievements in mentorship, service, and commitment to the profession
of pharmacy.
2011 Fellows of APhA
Selected as APhA fellows by the APhA Academy of Pharmacy Practice
and Management (APhA–APPM):
Holly Divine, PharmD, CGP, CDE
Mary L. Euler, PharmD
CAPT Richard M. Fejka, USPHS, MS
Seena L. Haines, PharmD, BC-ADM
Carrie Foust Koenigsfeld, PharmD
Brigette Robinett Nelson, MS, PharmD, BCNP
Matthew C. Osterhaus, BSPharm, FASCP
Todd D. Sorensen, PharmD
Renee Ahrens Thomas, PharmD, MBA
Theresa Wells Tolle, BSPharm
Selected as APhA fellows by the APhA Academy of Pharmaceutical
Research and Science (APhA–APRS):
David D. Allen, BSPharm, PhD
Melody Ryan, PharmD, MPH, CGP
A fellow of APhA is a member of either the APhA–APPM or APhA–APRS,
with a minimum of 10 years of professional experience and achievements
in professional practice. An APhA fellow also has rendered outstanding
service to the profession through activities in APhA and in other organizations.
Examples of service to organizations may include having held
an elected or appointed office, service on a committee, expert panel, or
review board, or other relevant activities. The selection of members as
APhA fellows is made by their respective academy.
APhA–APPM practitioner awards and
honors
Daniel B. Smith Practice Excellence Award
Jean-Venable “Kelly” R. Goode, PharmD, BCPS,
FAPhA, FCCP
The Daniel B. Smith Award, established in 1964 to honor the first president
of APhA, recognized outstanding performance and achievements of
a community practitioner who had distinguished himself or herself and
the profession of pharmacy in the recipient’s community and professional
practice setting. The award was merged with the APhA Practice Excellence
Award in 1994 to recognize outstanding performance and achievements
of a practitioner in any practice setting. Endowed by Bristol-Myers
Squibb Company.
APhA–APPM Distinguished Achievement Award in
Administrative Practice
Todd D. Sorensen, PharmD
This award recognizes the achievements of an individual who has made
a significant contribution or sustained contributions to the provision of
pharmaceutical care within administrative practice.
APhA–APPM Distinguished Achievement Award in
Clinical/Pharmacotherapeutic Practice
Jeffery A. Goad, PharmD, MPH, FCPhA, FCSHP
This award recognizes the achievements of an individual who has made
a significant contribution or sustained contributions to the provision of
pharmaceutical care within clinical/pharmacotherapeutic practice.
APhA–APPM Distinguished Achievement Award in
Community and Ambulatory Practice
Steven T. Simenson, BSPharm, FAPhA, FACA
This award recognizes the achievements of an individual who has made
a significant contribution or sustained contributions to the provision of
pharmaceutical care within community and ambulatory practice.
APhA–APPM Distinguished Achievement Award in
Hospital and Institutional Practice
J. Aubrey Waddell, PharmD, FAPhA, BCOP
This award recognizes the achievements of an individual who has made
a significant contribution or sustained contributions to the provision of
pharmaceutical care within hospital and institutional practice.
APhA–APPM William H. Briner Distinguished
Achievement Award in Nuclear Pharmacy Practice
Kristina M. Wittstrom, MEd, BSPharm, BCNP, FAPhA
This award, recently renamed in memory of Captain William H. Briner, a
pioneer in the development of the nuclear pharmacy practice specialty,
recognizes the achievements of an individual who has made a significant
contribution or sustained contributions to the provision of pharmaceutical
care within nuclear pharmacy practice. In 2011, the award was supported
by GE Healthcare.
APhA–APPM Distinguished Achievement Award in
Specialized Pharmacy Practice
Brian E. Fingerson, BSPharm
This award recognizes the achievements of an individual who has made
a significant contribution or sustained contributions to the provision of
pharmaceutical care within specialized pharmacy practice. Endowed by
Purdue Pharma L.P.
APhA–APPM Presentation Merit Award
Linda DeMarzo, Nicole Skyer-Brandwene, and Donna Feudo for the
presentation “Pharmacist-led brown bag medication reviews for older
adults: Findings of a pilot project.”
Antoinette Coe, Sharon Gatewood, Leticia Moczygemba, Jean-Venable
R. Goode, and John O. Beckner for the presentation “Use of health belief
model to assess patient predictors of intent to receive the 2009 H1N1
influenza vaccine.”
Melanie E. Hare, Hoai-An Truong, Nicole J. Brandt, and Kristen M. Fink
for the presentation “Maryland Medication Therapy Management Training
Initiative: Impact and perceptions of pharmacist participants.”
David Bright, Michael Rush, Kelly Kroustos, Sara Terrell, Scott Swanson,
Amy Stockert, Karen Kier, Rhonda Thompson, Michael Milks,
Bethany Murphy, and Natalie DiPietro for the presentation “Preliminary
results from a university-based disease state management program
focused on hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and diabetes.”
Wendy Galbraith, Jill Shadid, and Michael Sullens for the presentation
“Implementation of technology to reduce nuclear pharmacy dispensing
errors.”
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APhA2011 Awards and honors
Kelsey Thompson, Lauren Jonkman, Sharon Connor, and Deborah Scharf
for the presentation “A pharmacist-run smoking cessation clinic for the
underserved.”
Lindsay Usinger, Geri Gowan, Tricia Tabor, and John Midturi for the presentation
“An evaluation of pediatric antibiotic dosing errors in the community
setting.”
Stephanie Grimes, Alan Knauth, Brad Crane, Olga Marlar, and Jeanne
Ezell for the presentation “Implementation of a formal antibiotic stewardship
program at a community hospital: Impact on piperacillin/tazobactam
and appropriate antibiotic selection for community acquired pneumonia.”
This award recognizes eight presenters of practice-focused poster presentations
made at the APhA Annual Meeting poster sessions.
APhA–APRS scientific awards and honors
Takeru Higuchi Research Prize
Valentino J. Stella, PhD
The award, established in 1981 In honor of Dr. Takeru Higuchi, the first
president of APhA-APRS, recognizes the highest accomplishments in
pharmaceutical sciences, and is international scope and stature.
The Tyler Prize for Stimulation of Research
Raman Venkataramanan, PhD, FCP
The Tyler Prize for Stimulation of Research Award recognizes an
individual(s) for encouraging research by peers, students, fellows, residents,
and others via publications or by directing research, serving as a
preceptor, or mentoring In any discipline of the pharmaceutical sciences.
The award was established in 1962 as the Stimulation of Research Award
and was renamed the Tyler Prize for Stimulation of Research Award in
2001 in recognition of the distinguished scientific and administrative
career or Dr. Varro “Tip” Tyler.
Ebert Prize
Amit S. Kalgutkar, PhD; Kosea S. Frederick, MS; Jonathan Chupka, MS;
Bo Feng, PhD; Sarah Kempshall, BS; Rochelle J. Mireles, BS; Katherine
S. Fenner, PhD; and Matthew D. Troutman, PhD, for the presentation
“N-(3,4-dimethoxyphenethyl)-4-(6,7-dimethoxy-3,4-dihydroisoquinolin-2[1H]-yl)-6,7-dimethoxyquinazolin-2-amine
(CP-100,356) as a
‘chemical knock-out equivalent’ to assess the impact of efflux transporters
on oral drug absorption in the rat.”
The Ebert Prize, administered by APhA–APRS, was established in 1873.
It recognizes the author(s) of the best report of original investigation of
a medicinal substance published in the APhA Journal of Pharmaceutical
Sciences in the past year. Both the Editorial Advisory Board of the journal
and the APhA–APRS Awards Committee participate in the selection
process.
Wiederholt Prize
Beth A. Martin, BSPharm, PhD; Ruth H. Bruskiewitz, BSPharm, MS;
and Betty A. Chewning, PhD, FAPhA, for the presentation “Effect of
a tobacco cessation continuing professional education program on
pharmacists’ confidence, skills and practice-change behaviors.”
This award was established in 1996 as the APhA Best Published Paper
Award for Economic, Social, and Administrative Sciences. In 2002, it
was renamed the Wiederholt Prize in honor of Joseph B. Wiederholt,
PhD (1949–2001), the first recipient of the award and a professor at
the University of Wisconsin–Madison. The purpose of the award is to
recognize the best paper published in the Journal of the American
Pharmacists Association (JAPhA), describing original investigation in
the areas of economic, social, or administrative sciences.
Clinical Research Paper Award
Bijal M. Shah, BSPharm, PhD; Gireesh V. Gupchup, PhD; Matthew E.
Borrego, PhD; Dennis W. Raisch, PhD; and Katherine K. Knapp, PhD,
for the presentation “Depressive symptoms in patients with type 2
diabetes in the ambulatory care setting: Opportunities to improve
outcomes in the course of routine care.”
The award, established in 2006, is intended to promote and encourage
high-quality clinical research or practice based research in the clinical
sciences by recognizing an original research article in this area that
has been published in JAPhA.
Postgraduate Best Paper Award
APhA–APRS Economic, Social and Administrative Section—
Poster: Haesuk Park, Kim Yoona, and Karen Rascati for the presentation
“Efficacy and safety of dipeptidyl peptidase-4 [DPP-4] inhibitors
in type 2 diabetes: Meta-analysis.”
APhA–APRS Economic, Social and Administrative Section—
Poster (Honorable Mentions): Suvapun Bunniran, David McCaffrey,
John Bentley, Benjamin Banahan, and Erin Holmes for the presentation
“Patient service experiences in community pharmacy: An
examination of health criticality, service failure incidents, and service
recovery efforts and their influence on patronage outcomes.”
Marc L. Fleming, Poorva Nemlekar, Carolyn Brown, and Roxanne
Cantu for the presentation “Survey of Texas community pharmacists’
perceptions about new or transferred prescription incentives.”
APhA–APRS Economic, Social and Administrative Section—
Podium: Jagannath Mohan Muzumdar, Jon Schommer, Ronald
Hadsall, Richard Cline, and Jisu Huh for the presentation “Impact of
anthropomorphic images and narration styles in promotional messages
regarding generic prescription drugs.”
APhA-APRS Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences Postgraduate Best
Paper Award—Poster: Arindam Basu Sarkar and Jonathon Speidel
for the presentation “Stability studies on compounded topical steroid
preparations.”
The award recognizes the author of the best contributed paper
(podium or poster session) presented at each APhA Annual Meeting
by a postgraduate. Each APhA–APRS Section is eligible to identify a
recipient for the Postgraduate Best Paper Award. APhA–APRS ESAS
may also award the APhA–APRS ESAS Postgraduate Best Paper
Podium Award. In addition, up to two honorable mention recognitions
may be presented per section.
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Treasurer’s reporT APhA2011
APhA–ASP awards and honors
Linwood F. Tice Friend of APhA Academy of Student
Pharmacists (APhA–ASP) Award
Michael A. Moné, BSPharm, JD, FAPhA
Formerly known as the “APhA Friend of ASP Award,” this award was established
in 1988 to recognize an individual whose long-term services and
contributions have benefited APhA–ASP, and thereby student pharmacists
in general. The award was renamed in 1994 to honor Philadelphia College
of Pharmacy, University of the Sciences in Philadelphia Dean Emeritus and
APhA Past President Dr. Linwood F. Tice who, in his capacity as Chair of
the APhA Committee on Student Branches in 1952–1955, was instrumental
in the formation of the APhA organizational unit that evolved into APhA–ASP.
APhA–ASP Outstanding Chapter Advisor Award
Michael Doherty, PharmD
The APhA–ASP Outstanding Chapter Advisor Award was established in
1988 to recognize advisors of APhA–ASP Chapters who have promoted
with distinction the welfare of student pharmacists through various professional
activities.
APhA–ASP Outstanding Dean Award
Robert W. Brueggemeier, PhD
The APhA–ASP Outstanding Dean Award was established to recognize a
school or college of pharmacy dean who has made significant contributions
to the APhA–ASP Chapter and promoted with distinction the welfare of
student pharmacists through various community service, leadership, and
professional activities. The award was established in 2004.
Student Leadership Award
Elizabeth Alford (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Jill M. Augustine (Mercer University)
Jordan Brazeal (University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences)
Davena Norris (University of New Mexico)
Established in 1983, the APhA Student Leadership Award recognizes outstanding
academic achievement and leadership ability of students entering
their last year of pharmacy school. Endowed by Procter & Gamble
Health Care.
APhA–ASP Chapter Achievement Awards
Chapter of the Year—University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Most Improved Chapter—Duquesne University
Division A—University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Division A First Runner-Up—University of Missouri–Kansas City
Division AA—University of Iowa
Division AA First Runner-Up—University of California, San Francisco
Division AAA—University of New Mexico
Division AAA First Runner-Up—Southern Illinois University
Chapter Innovative Programming Award—University of the Pacific
Chapter Patient Care Award—University of Illinois at Chicago
Chapter Policy and Legislative Award—Virginia Commonwealth University
Chapter Professionalism Award—University of Florida
Outstanding International Pharmacy Student Federation Activity
Award—University of Pittsburgh
The APhA–ASP Chapter Achievement Awards Program was established
in 1974 to recognize outstanding activities of the APhA–ASP Chapters
at the schools and colleges of pharmacy in the United States. Award
categories are according to chapter size: Division AAA has less than 350
members, Division AA has 351 to 500 members, and Division A has more
than 500 members. Sponsored by Walgreens.
APhA–ASP Membership Achievement Awards
First—Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Second—Butler University
Third—University of Oklahoma
The APhA–ASP Membership Achievement Awards were established in
1984 to recognize three APhA–ASP Chapters achieving a high percentage
of students recruited as APhA student members. The award is presented
to the APhA–ASP Chapters for their exceptional efforts in increasing
APhA student membership on their campuses in 2009–2010 over the
2008–2009 level.
doi: 10.1331/JAPhA.2011.10531
2010 APhA Treasurer’s Report
Clark Gustafson
I am pleased to report that in 2010, APhA posted its fourteenth consecutive annual operating
surplus. For the year ending December 31, 2010, the Association recorded an operating
surplus of $1,869,785. This compares with a surplus of $486,668 in 2009. Association
revenues increased 9%, with the largest increases in grants and sponsorship (up 17%)
and meeting and educational programs (up 16%). Expenses increased by 5% compared
to 2009—primarily contract services associated with the fulfillment of increased revenueproducing
programs and occupancy costs resulting from the first full year of occupancy in
the new headquarters building. The Association terminated its pension plan during 2010 and
incurred approximately $2 million in nonrecurring expenses. Overall, the Association’s net
assets decreased $491,462 to a total level of $14,729,490.
Clark Gustafson, BSPharm, is the Chairman of the Board of Optimal Health Services in
Bakersfield, CA, and currently serves as Association treasurer.
doi: 10.1331/JAPhA.2011.10532
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