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2024 KPhA Annual Awards Nominations
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- On: 01/03/2024 12:33:35
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Let's uplift our profession by celebrating our colleagues who inspire us and nominate a professional peer for one of KPhA's eight awards in 2024. This year's esteemed winners will be announced and recognized during our 146th KPhA Annual Meeting, June 6-9, in Louisville, Kentucky.
Submit Nominations Here
Bowl of Hygeia AwardSubmit Nominations Here
Criteria: To recognize an individual who has demonstrated outstanding community service in pharmacy.
Eligibility: The recipient must be an Active or Honorary Life member of the Association. The recipient must be a pharmacist with a current valid license to practice in Kentucky. The recipient must be living, awards are not presented posthumously. The recipient has not previously received the award and is not currently serving, nor has he/she served within the past two years on the selection committee or as an officer of the Association in other than an ex-officio capacity. The recipient has compiled an outstanding record of community service that, apart from his/her specific identifications as a pharmacist, reflects well on the profession.
Distinguished Service Award
Criteria: To recognize individual members who have made significant contributions to the Association or the profession at large over an extended period of time.
Eligibility: Only Active or Honorary Life members of the Association shall be eligible for the award. No individual shall be a recipient of the award more than once.
Pharmacist of the Year Award
Criteria: To recognize a pharmacist for outstanding professional activities undertaken during the current or previous calendar year which resulted in a demonstrable benefit to the profession of pharmacy.
Eligibility: Only Active or Honorary Life members of the Association shall be eligible for nominations and receipt of this award.
Professional Promotion Award
Criteria: To recognize individuals or organizations who have exhibited outstanding efforts to demonstrate the importance of pharmacy as a health care profession and which promote the proper application of pharmacists' professional services.
Eligibility: Open to persons or organizations.
Distinguished Young Pharmacist of the Year Award
Criteria: To recognize a young pharmacist's outstanding contribution to the profession and/or community.
Eligibility: The recipient must be an Active member of the Association. The recipient must be licensed to practice for nine years or less. The recipient must have a valid, active license to practice in Kentucky. The recipient must have demonstrated participation in a national pharmacy association, professional program(s), and/or community service.
Excellence in Innovation Award Sponsored by Upsher-Smith Laboratories
Criteria: To recognize a pharmacist who has demonstrated innovative pharmacy practice resulting in improved patient care in the previous year or over an extended period of time.
Eligibility: A recipient must be a pharmacist who is an Active or Honorary Life member of the Association. A recipient may receive the award more than once.
Technician of the Year Award
Criteria: To recognize a Certified Pharmacy Technician for outstanding professional activities.
Eligibility: Only active Pharmacy Technician members of the Association shall be eligible for nomination
The deadline to submit nominations is Tuesday, February 27, 2024.
View past award recipient lists here.