Awards & Elections

APhA Awards and Honors Program

The APhA Awards and Honors Program is the profession’s most comprehensive recognition program. In 2008, APhA recognized numerious individuals, organizations and schools/colleges of pharmacy for their contributions to advancing the profession of pharmacy. Through its awards program, APhA believes it can stimulate research, practice innovations, quality publications and leadership development that will improve medication use and advance patient care.

APhA offers several ways to recognize practitioners, scientists, and student pharmacists through its awards program. ›› Learn more about the various awards presented by APhA and its Academies.

Call for Nominations

The 2008 edition of the APhA Awards Application and Guidebook, which provides detailed information about the awards and honors to be presented by the American Pharmacists Association at its Annual Meeting & Exposition in San Antonio, TX, April 3-6, 2009 is available online. Nominations are now open.

Nomination Materials

Nomination Requirements vary per Award. Please consult the monograph for the award for which you will be submitting a nomination for details. The2008 APhA Awards Application and Guidebook contains the monograph for each APhA Award and Recognition.  A listing of Nomination Requirements and Deadlines is also available below.  A Word version of the Nomination Form, APhA Fellow Information Request Form and Community Pharmacy Residency Excellence in Precepting Award Information Form are provided below for your use.  If you have any questions or concerns regarding the APhA Awards and Honors Program please contact Martha Paterson at mpaterson@aphanet.org.

›› APhA Awards and Honors Nomination Form (Word)
›› Nomination Requirements
›› Deadlines for Nomination Materials
›› APhA Fellow Nomination Information Request Form
›› Community Pharmacy Residency Excellence in Precepting Award Information Form
›› Student Awards

Past Recipients

At the 2008 APhA Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA, March 14-17, 2008, APhA recognized practitioners, scientists and student pharmacists for their contributions to the profession of pharmacy. For a full listing of 2008 recipients and the past recipients of each award, please review the APhA Awards booklet, In Recognition of Excellence 2008.

APhA Elections

2009 APhA Board of Trustees Election

APhA is seeking pharmacist members who wish to be considered for the elective offices of APhA President-elect for 2010-2011 and two Board of Trustees positions for 2010-2013. The 2010-2011 President-elect will serve as President of the Association for 2011-2012 and as Immediate Past President in 2012-2013. The two Trustees will serve for 2010-2013.

Those interested in submitting their name for consideration for the Board of Trustees must submit a complete noimation and election packet by December 3, 2008. Questions should be directed to Mitch Rothholz at (202) 429-7549 or mrothholz@aphanet.org.

›› 2010-2013 APhA Board of Trustees Candidate Application


2008 APhA Board of Trustee Election Results Announced! ›› Complete Press Release

They will be joined in the incoming Trustee class by Speaker-elect Valerie Prince and APhA-APPM President-elect Dan Kennedy.  Congratulations to all and welcome aboard/back!

Find out who from your Section was successfully elected to represent your interests.  A full listing of newly elected Academy leaders is now available.

2009 APhA Academy Officer Application Now Available!

Help shape the future of pharmacy.  Get involved in Academy activities by running for office!  Candidates are curently being sought for the 2009 APhA Elections.

2009 APhA Election Application (Word)
2009 APhA Election Application (pdf)

The 2009 election timeline is as follows:

      December 3, 2008: Application deadline for the 2009 election cycle

      January-February, 2009: Nomination Committees meet, election slate announced

      May 30, 2009 - July 17, 2009: Voting period for 2009 elections

      August 1, 2009: 2009 APhA election results announced

Available positions for 2009 APhA-APRS Election:

Chair-elect- Basic Sciences
Chair-elect- Clinical Sciences
Chair-elect- Economic, Social and Administrative Sciences (ESAS)

Available positions for 2009 APhA-APPM Election:

President-elect
Executive Committee Member-at-Large (Administrative Practice Section and Community & Ambulatory Practice Section 
      representative)
Administrative Practice: Chair-elect
Administrative Practice: New Practitioner
Clinical/Pharmacotherapeutic Practice: Chair-elect
Clinical/Pharmacotherapeutic Practice: Member-at-Large
Community and Ambulatory Practice: Chair-elect
Community & Ambulatory Practice: New Practitioner
Hospital and Institutional Practice: Chair-elect
Hospital and Institutional Practice: Member-at-Large
Nuclear Pharmacy Practice: Chair-elect
Nuclear Pharmacy Practice: New Practitioner
Specialized Pharmacy Practice: Chair-elect
Specialized Pharmacy Practice: Member-at-Large

About APhA Elections

Elections for the APhA Board of Trustees -- President-elect and two Trustees -- and for the leadership of the APhA Academy of Pharmacy Practice and Management (APhA-APPM) and the APhA Academy of Pharmaceutical Research and Science (APhA-APRS) -- President-elect, Members-at-Large of Executive Committee, Chair-elect and officers of each section -- are held concurrently. The ballots go out to the APhA membership in late May/early June, with a deadline for receipt of ballots of late July. The Honorary President of APhA (not a member of the Board of Trustees) is also included in the ballot for the Board of Trustees. Members have the option to vote either electronically (Internet) or via mail ballot.

The results of the election for the Board of Trustees and for the leadership of APhA-APPM and APhA-APRS are certified by the Committee of Canvassers appointed by the APhA President.

Candidates for the Board of Trustees are slated by the APhA Committee on Nominations during late January/early February and are introduced to Annual Meeting attendees at the First Session of the APhA House of Delegates. Annual Meeting attendees also have an opportunity to meet these candidates at two short sessions of “Meet the Candidates for the Board of Trustees”.

The Speaker-elect of the APhA House of Delegates is elected by the APhA House of Delegates and the election is held every even year. The Speaker-elect serves until the end of the next Annual Meeting following election at which time he/she is installed in the Office of Speaker and serves for two years.

The APhA-APPM Committee on Nominations is comprised of the APhA-APPM President who serves as the Chair of the Committee and the four Immediate Past Presidents of the Academy. During years when there is a President-elect of the Academy, the President-elect will serve as an Ex-officio member of the Committee. The election slates for these two academies are finalized by the end of February.

The Officers of the APhA Academy of Students of Pharmacy (APhA-ASP) – President-elect, Speaker of the House and Members-at-Large -- are elected at the Final Session of the APhA-ASP House of Delegates held during the APhA Annual Meeting.

The Presidents of the three APhA Academies as well as the Speaker of the APhA House of Delegates are voting members of the APhA Board of Trustees.