Pharmacy students receive national awards

UCSF School of Pharmacy doctor of pharmacy students received the National Chapter Achievement Award, Division A from the American Pharmacists Association Academy of Students of Pharmacy (APhA-ASP) during the APhA annual meeting in Seattle, Washington, March 26 to 30, 2004. During the same meeting, 3rd-year UCSF pharmacy student Katherine Pang received the APhA Student Leadership Award.

Full student account of the meeting and the awards: [Pharmacists Honor UCSF's Chapter][link defunct as of November 21, 2011].

More information: [American Pharmacists Association Academy of Students of Pharmacy][link defunct as of August 22, 2012].


About the School: The UCSF School of Pharmacy aims to solve the most pressing health care problems and strives to ensure that each patient receives the safest, most effective treatments. Our discoveries seed the development of novel therapies, and our researchers consistently lead the nation in NIH funding. The School’s doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) degree program, with its unique emphasis on scientific thinking, prepares students to be critical thinkers and leaders in their field.