Dean Eddington Named one of Maryland’s Top 100 Women

Eddington joins list of 800 high-achieving Maryland women

By Ed Fishel
May 4, 2010

Natalie D. Eddington, PhD, dean of the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, was recognized on May 3 by the Maryland Daily Record newspaper as one of its Top 100 Women for 2010.

The evening event was held at the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in Baltimore where each honoree was called to the stage to be recognized. Eddington was joined at the event by several of her colleagues, friends, and students from the School.

Since 1996, the Maryland Daily Record has recognized more than 800 high-achieving Maryland women who are making an impact through their leadership, community service, and mentoring.

Publisher Chris Eddings described his reason for creating the Maryland Top 100 event. “I felt so strongly that Maryland’s Top 100 Women could be a catalyst for change,” he said. “By recognizing and saluting women who are outstanding achievers in Maryland businesses and professions while also serving their communities and mentoring others, we are changing American culture.”

Eddington became dean of the School of Pharmacy in 2007. Since then, she has supervised the implementation of the School’s distance learning program at the Universities at Shady Grove, guided a major revision of the PharmD curriculum, and oversaw the construction of the School’s $67 million Pharmacy Hall Addition, which is scheduled to open in August.

Eddington said her most significant professional accomplishment was assuming leadership of the School of Pharmacy. She said, “As dean, I lead an outstanding group of faculty, staff, and students who are working tirelessly to transform the pharmacist’s role into one that is focused on direct, collaborative patient care. The School of Pharmacy is also investing in biomedical research to focus on new drug discoveries and improved therapeutics, while serving the public through resources such as our Maryland Poison Center.

I share tonight’s honor with all of my colleagues at the School who have provided me with support, direction, and counsel.”