Students, Faculty, and Alumni Receive Statewide Excellence in Pharmacy Awards
Maryland Pharmacists Association honored recipients at annual convention.
By Andrew Tie
July 12, 2022
Description of featured image: Cynthia Boyle, PharmD, FAPhA, FNAP, FASCP, receives the Mentor Award.
Six student pharmacists, three faculty, and three alumni from the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy (UMSOP) received Maryland Pharmacist Association (MPhA) Excellence in Pharmacy Awards at the 140th MPhA Annual Convention in Cambridge, Md., June 3-5.
Outstanding Student Pharmacists Achievement Award: Lu Chen
MPhA Student Scholarship Award: Delaney McGuirt and Eileen Zheng
MPhA Foundation Student Scholarship Award: Sung Jin (Julie) Jeong, Sean Kim, and Belinda Tamrakar
Mentor Award: Cynthia Boyle, PharmD, FAPhA, FNAP, FASCP, professor emerita of pharmacy practice and science
Distinguished Young Pharmacist Award (Sponsored by Pharmacists Mutual): Alumnus Lauren Haggerty, PharmD ‘16, BCACP
Excellence in Innovation Award (Sponsored by the MPhA Foundation and Upsher Smith): Emily Heil, PharmD, MS, BCIDP, associate professor of pharmacy practice and science
Pharmacist Advocate Award: Megan Ehret, PharmD, MS, BCPP, professor of pharmacy practice and science
Seidman Distinguished Achievement Award: Alumnus Dixie Leikach, RPh, MBA, BSP ’92, FACA
Bowl of Hygeia Award (Sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim, APhA Foundation, and NASPA): Alumnus Neil Leikach, RPh, MS ’21, BSP ’92, FACA
2022-2023 MPhA President: Deanna Tran, PharmD, BACAP, associate professor of pharmacy practice and science
“School of Pharmacy faculty, staff, students, and alumni have for decades been heavily involved with the Maryland Pharmacists Association and its mission to strengthen the profession of pharmacy, advocate for all Maryland pharmacists, and promote excellence in pharmacy practice,” says Natalie D. Eddington, PhD, FAAPS, FCP, dean and professor. “This year’s impressive showing of nine faculty and students, as well as three of our alumni, being recognized for their contributions to MPhA and the state demonstrates their expertise, influence, and impact and deep commitment to MPhA, pharmacy education and the profession as a whole. Congratulations to them all!”
Images courtesy of Maryland Pharmacist Association.
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