Heaton and Luder Receive National Pharmacy Association Recognition

Two faculty members from the University of Cincinnati James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy are among the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) 2016 Awards and Honors Program recipients. 

Chair and Associate Professor Pamela Heaton, PhD, and Assistant Professor Heidi Luder, PharmD, in the college’s division of pharmacy practice and administration, will be officially recognized at the APhA Annual Meeting and Exposition March 4–7, 2016 in Baltimore, Maryland.

In the category of American Pharmacists Association Academy of Pharmaceutical Research and Science (APhA-APRS) Awards: 

·         Heaton will receive the Wiederholt Prize. The award recognizes the best paper published in the Journal of the American Pharmacists Association (JAPhA), within the past two calendar years, describing original investigation in the areas of economic, social or administrative sciences. Heaton was selected in recognition of her paper, "U.S. emergency departments visits resulting from poor medication adherence: 2005–07,” published in the September/October 2013 issue of the JAPhA.

·         Luder will receive the Clinical Research Paper Award. The award promotes and encourages high quality clinical research or practice based research in the clinical sciences by recognizing an original research article in this area which has been published in the Journal of the American Pharmacists Association (JAPhA). Luder was selected in recognition of her paper, "TransitionRx: Impact of community pharmacy postdischarge medication therapy management on hospital readmission rate,” which was published in the May/June 2015 issue of the JAPhA.

Founded in 1852, APhA is the largest association of pharmacists in the United States, with more than 62,000 practicing pharmacists, pharmaceutical scientists, student pharmacists and pharmacy technicians as members.

The APhA Awards and Honors Program is the most comprehensive recognition program in the profession of pharmacy and honorees.