Conferences & Meetings - American Pharmacists Association Academies Leadership Meeting (Washington D.C.)

American Pharmacists Association - Academies Leadership Meeting

This past weekend I had the opportunity to attend the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Academies Leadership Meeting in Washington D.C.  It was a great meeting and allowed me to truly understand APhA more.  APhA consists of three academies which includes: 

• APhA-Academy of Pharmacy Practice and Management (APhA-APPM)
• APhA-Academy of Pharmaceutical Research and Science (APhA-APRS) 
• APhA-Academy of Student Pharmacists (APhA-ASP) 

The APhA-Academy of Student Pharmacists consists of a National Executive Committee whose members serve as the chairs of the five national standing committees.  The National Executive Committee members are: 

• APhA-ASP National President
• APhA-ASP National President-elect
• APhA-ASP National Member-at-large (2)
• APhA-ASP Speaker of the House

Along with the chair, each standing committee also consists of a vice chair and 3 other student pharmacist leaders.  The five national standing committees includes: 

• Awards Standing Committee
• Communications Standing Committee
• Education Standing Committee
• International Standing Committee (my committee)
• Policy Standing Committee

I look forward to serving on the International Standing Committee as the National Project Coordinator.  As the National Project Coordinator, I will be working to promote the International Pharmaceutical Students Federation (IPSF) Health Campaigns in pharmacy schools across the United States.  These health campaigns include: 

• Healthy Living Campaign
• Tobacco Alert Campaign 
• Medicine Awareness Campaign
• HIV/AIDS Campaign 
• Vampire Cup (blood drive)
• Anti-Counterfeit Drugs Campaign 

As the National Project Coordinator, I hope work within my committee and with the Communication and Education Standing Committees to promote and integrate these projects with the APhA-ASP patient care projects which include: 

• Operation Diabetes
• Operation Immunization
• Operation Heart
• Generation Rx
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