Bethany DiPaula receives an award at the MPhA annual convention from Deanna Tran.

The University of Maryland School of Pharmacy was well represented during the Maryland Pharmacists Association’s (MPhA) annual awards ceremony this summer.

Alison Duffy, PharmD, BCOP, associate professor in the Department of Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research (P-SHOR), and Bethany DiPaula, PharmD, BCPP, FASHP, professor of P-SHOR, as well as several UMSOP alumni received awards at the MPhA annual convention.

Duffy received MPhA’s Excellence in Innovation Award, which is given “to a forward-thinking pharmacist in Maryland who has expanded their practice into new areas and demonstrated innovative pharmacy practice resulting in improved patient care.”

DiPaula, who serves as co-director of the School’s Mental Health Program and director of the PGY-2 psychiatric pharmacy residency program, received the Pharmacist Advocate Award, which recognizes a pharmacist’s advocacy efforts that contain legislative, professional, or service elements.

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