2020 Past Award Winners
USPHS Excellence in Public Health Pharmacy Award
This prestigious award recognizes pharmacy students who have made significant contributions to public health by promoting wellness and healthy communities. Specifically, students are evaluated on their contributions towards voluntary health related services, an emerging public health issue, or contributions that advance the goals of Health People 2030 or the National Prevention Strategy.
Today we face increasing public health crises in America evidenced by the rise of obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. With the advent of these public health issues, pharmacy students can play an important role in finding innovative ways to address these challenges. Therefore, the USPHS would like to recognize and encourage students to learn about public health and engage in public health efforts in their communities.
The Excellence in Public Health Pharmacy award is issued by the Pharmacist Professional Advisory Committee (PharmPAC) of the United States Public Health Service (USPHS). The USPHS is led by the Surgeon General and is made up of more than 6,100 Commissioned Corps officers that work on the front lines of public health – fighting disease, conducting research, and caring for patients in underserved communities. This diverse team of highly-qualified healthcare professionals is driven by a passion to serve the underserved, and these men and women fill essential public health leadership and clinical service roles within the Nation’s Federal Government.
Now accepting award nominations for the 2021 Excellence in Public Health Pharmacy Award - Nominations due by February 22, 2021!
USPHS PharmPAC Chair Letter
USPHS PharmPAC Student Award Information Sheet
USPHS PharmPAC Student Award Application
2020 Award Recipients
We recognized 90 pharmacy students from across the country as award recipients in 2020. Of those, we selected ten top award recipients for their public health work that positively impacted their local communities and beyond. Click on the top award recipient's photo to learn about their public health work:
Valerie Buckley
Roseman University of Health Sciences College of Pharmacy
Roseman University of Health Sciences College of Pharmacy
For exemplary service to the Las Vegas Valley through the creation and focused coordination of educational and service outreach efforts to address the opioid epidemic.
Harrison Ferro
Wilkes University Nesbitt School of Pharmacy
Wilkes University Nesbitt School of Pharmacy
For implementing educational programs addressing the opioid epidemic, providing naloxone training and distributing medication disposal bags.
Linh Hazard
Medical University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy
Medical University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy
For developing vaccination clinics for underserved Hispanic children as well as the underserved adult population in the Charleston area.
Sandra Le
University of the Pacific - Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy & Health Sciences
University of the Pacific - Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy & Health Sciences
For outstanding contributions to minimizing out-of-pocket drug costs for Medicare beneficiaries, screening at-risk patients for an opioid overdose, providing intranasal naloxone to those who were at risk, improving vaccination rates in seniors, and performing comprehensive medication review and heart disease screening in her community.
Mandy Lynn Renfro
The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy
The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy
For outstanding leadership and accomplishments in the development of experiential learning, service opportunities, and research related to substance use disorders.
Kaitlyn Riggs
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Pharmacy
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Pharmacy
For developing, implementing and evaluating a targeted initiative delivering Generation RxTM education to foster children and caregivers.
Glenn Schiotis
University of Charleston School of Pharmacy
University of Charleston School of Pharmacy
For creating, planning, and implementing the Change the Stigma conference involving over seventy interprofessional health-care students concerning treating patients with substance use disorder.
Alexa Swingle
University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy
University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy
For developing an interactive learning program for underrepresented children that focuses on healthy intitiatives, leading and participating in multiple educational events for the public.
Alexandria Taylor
University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy
University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy
For leadership and service in developing UCARxE, addressing refugee health and language needs, and enhancing the Panther Clinic.
Jordan Wallace
University of Florida College of Pharmacy
University of Florida College of Pharmacy
For developing and evaluating a new public health practice model to address health disparities among vulnerable populations at risk for chronic health conditions, which resulted in the resolution of more than 85% of adherence barriers after two encounters between Community Health Workers and patients.
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