Student Awards
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 6,700 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 2020 Excellence in Public Health Pharmacy Award - Nominations due by December 31, 2019!
USPHS PharmPAC Chair Letter
USPHS PharmPAC Student Award Information Sheet
USPHS PharmPAC Student Award Application
2019 Award Recipients
We recognized 76 pharmacy students from across the country as award recipients in 2019. 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:
Jacquelyn Bradley
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Pharmacy
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Pharmacy
For developing, implementing, and analyzing a train-the-trainer program to deliver Generation RxTM to Southwest Missouri children and adolescents.
Saleena Brownell
Southwestern Oklahoma State University College of Pharmacy
Southwestern Oklahoma State University College of Pharmacy
For her contributions to rural, underserved communities by providing educational and preventative services while promoting the Surgeon General’s priorities on tobacco, opioids, and addiction
Emily Diseroad
University of Maryland Eastern Shore School of Pharmacy
University of Maryland Eastern Shore School of Pharmacy
For forming the Eastern Shore Opioid Abuse Prevention project aimed to educate the community on the proper disposal of unused prescription opioids and decrease prescription opioid abuse on the Eastern Shore.
Shelly Kearns
Bradenton School of Pharmacy at Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
Bradenton School of Pharmacy at Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
For implementing multiple programs aimed to improve the health of underserved populations related to the opioid epidemic, preventable disease, injury, and lack of healthcare access.
Brianne Elizabeth Mosley
Raabe College of Pharmacy at Ohio Northern University
Raabe College of Pharmacy at Ohio Northern University
For improving the quality of life of patients with advancing dementia and training healthcare professionals in non-pharmacologic management.
Rachel Peaytt
University of Charleston School of Pharmacy
University of Charleston School of Pharmacy
For providing harm reduction services and supplies to Kanawha County patients and for expanding the Generation RxTM program to more elementary schools in Kanawha County.
Liesl Reyes
School of Pharmacy at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
School of Pharmacy at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
For her active involvement and leadership to increase awareness and accessibility for immunization services in underserved populations .
Anhao Sam
California Northstate University College of Pharmacy
California Northstate University College of Pharmacy
For co-leading a drug take-back program which encouraged and facilitated the collection of unwanted, unused, or expired opioid drugs in the Elk Grove region.
Kelli Sims
University of North Texas System College of Pharmacy
University of North Texas System College of Pharmacy
For continually serving others by organizing health screenings and vaccination programs, and bringing awareness to addiction and barriers affecting the deaf and hard of hearing communities.
Aminda Skan
Idaho State University College of Pharmacy (Anchorage Campus)
Idaho State University College of Pharmacy (Anchorage Campus)
For leading a multi-disciplinary, no-cost, in-kind, immunization program that increased influenza and pneumococcal vaccine access among assisted living home residents in Anchorage and surrounding communities within a 65-mile radius.
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