UK College of Pharmacy faculty members
and student to receive prestigious wards

Two faculty members and one student from the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy will be receiving awards at the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Annual Meeting and Exposition in New Orleans in.

The American Pharmacists Association recently announced that Joseph L. Fink III, professor of pharmacy law and policy, is the recipient of the 2012 Linwood F. Tice Friend of the American Pharmacists Association Academy of Student Pharmacists (APhA-ASP) Award. He was selected for his dedication to the advancement of student pharmacists and his work with the UK chapter of APhA-ASP.

Formerly known as the APhA Friend of ASP Award, the Linwood F. Tice Friend of APhA-ASP Award was established in 1988 to recognize an individual whose long-term services and contributions have benefited the American Pharmacists Association Academy of Student Pharmacists.

Patricia Freeman, clinical associate professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science at the UK College of Pharmacy, has been announced as the recipient of the 2012 APhA Good Government Pharmacist-of-the-Year Award. Freeman, a UK pharmacy alumnus and director of the College’s Center for the Advancement of Pharmacy Practice, was selected for her legislative and grassroots advocacy work, helping to ensure Kentucky pharmacists were authorized to administer immunizations, as well as her work with the Kentucky Medicaid Drug Management Review Advisory Board (DMRAB).

The Good Government Pharmacist-of-the-Year Award, established in 1990, recognizes an individual pharmacist who actively contributes to the community through his or her involvement in the political process.

Kelley L. Ratermann, a third-year pharmacy student from Tipp City, Ohio, is one of four students in the nation to receive the 2012 APhA Student Leadership Award. The award will recognize Ratermann for her outstanding academic achievement and leadership ability.

The American Pharmacists Association represents more than 62,000 practicing pharmacists, pharmaceutical scientists, student pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and others interested in advancing the profession. APhA is the first-established and largest association of pharmacists in the United States.

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