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recognition of his more than 18 years of leadership work within the immunization and pharmacy community to increase our nation’s vaccination rates and for his work in facilitating the role of pharmacists in immunizations. Rothholz currently serves as the Chief Strategy Officer of the American Pharmacists Association and is a PPA member. He is a member of the Executive Committees of the AMA/CDC National Influenza Vaccination Summit (NIVS) and the AMA/CDC/ HHS National Adult Immunization Summit the Advisory Board of the Immunization Action Coalition, and served on HHS – NVAC’s Adult Vaccination Working Group. He has assisted numerous pharmacists in implementing immunization services, facilitated collaboration among immunization stakeholders, and has made numerous presentations to public policy makers and the media on pharmacy-based immunizations and immunizations across the lifespan.
PPA President Rob Frankil Featured on pharmacypodcast.com Rob Frankil, PPA President, was interviewed at the PPA Annual Conference in Scranton by Todd Eury of Pharmacy Podcast. You can listen to Rob’s live interview by visiting http://pharmacypodcast. com/. Rob’s interview was episode number 53 in the listing of podcasts. For more information
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Members in Print Mayes College Dean Andrew M. Peterson, PharmD, PhD’09, was the coauthor on the 3rd edition of Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Practice (976 pages, Lippmcott Williams & Wilkins; ISBN-10: 0781757843). The 60-chapter text is authored by pharmacists, nurse practitioners, physicians and other healthcare practitioners. There are 10 University of Sciences faculty and eight alumni members as chapter authors, including Henry (Hank) Schwartz, PharmD, Director of Community Pharmacy Practice Experiences.
IPBG Partner and Family Featured in University of the Sciences Bulletin Magazine Carlos Rios, a partner in Independent Pharmacy Buying Group, was recently featured along with his wife, Cynthia Swantkowski Rios, in the Bulletin magazine of the University of the Sciences. Cynthia’s family has trusted the University of the Sciences with their pharmacy careers for more than a 30-year period. Cynthia’s father attended the school and opened pharmacies in Old Forge and Duryea, PA, along with Floyd Swantkowski. Cynthia also attended PCP where she met Carlos. Cynthia’s
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brother, Alan Swantkowski also graduated from PCP. Cynthia works as a volunteer pharmacist for Community Volunteers in Medicine.
Lancaster Country Pharmacist’s Association Scholarship Award Winners The Lancaster Country Pharmacist’s Association recently announced their 2012 Scholarship winners. There were so many high caliber students this year that the scholarship committee decided to award ten scholarships. All ten recipients will receive fifteen hundred dollars. Four of the students are PPA members and are listed below: Lancaster County Pharmacist Society – Erika Morgan, University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy. Lancaster County Pharmacist Society – Evan Slagle, Thomas Jefferson University School of Pharmacy. Wiley’s Pharmacy Scholarship – Jaclyn Beckett, Temple University School of Pharmacy. David Ference Award – Benjamin Andrick, Duquesne University School of Pharmacy. z