Call for Nominations Pharmacy Professional Advisory Committee’s George F. Archambault Foundation Managerial Excellence Award Deadline Date: 15 March 2009    Award for Improving Pharmacy Service or Public Health Through Leadership Excellence This award is sponsored annually by the George F. Archambault Foundation, through the generous financial support of the Bayer Corporation, to recognize a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) pharmacist who has improved pharmacy service or public health through demonstrating exceptional leadership accomplishments. The accomplishment cited must have occurred and been completed between March 2007 and February 2009. The award comes with a grant to support the recipient’s continued management skills education. This award is targeted on selection of a mid-career individual. For officers of the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service (Corps) this means an officer at the CDR/O-5 or lower grade at the time of the deadline for nominations. An HHS civil service pharmacist must be a GS-14 or lower at the time of the deadline for nominations. Eligibility is limited to a pharmacist working in clinical or administrative settings who manages a provision of direct patient care services as well as a pharmacist whose excellence in management improves public health on a local, regional, or national basis. Details of the award criteria and nomination packets are posted on the award section of the Pharmacy Professional Advisory Committee’s (PharmPAC) Web site at http://www.hhs.gov/pharmacy/award1.html. Please take the time to nominate deserving pharmacists, both civil service and Corps, for this award. The award will be presented during the 2009 USPHS Scientific and Training Symposium in Atlanta, GA. All nominations and appropriate documentation must be received by 15 March 2009. Please send all electronic nominations and requests for additional information or assistance to: CDR Brenda Stodart, USPHS Administration Section Food and Drug Administration Phone: 301-796-3102 Email: brenda.stodart@fda.hhs.gov

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