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