Charles Walton to Receive 2006 Parker Medal

Charles A. Walton, Ph.D., FCCP, hasbeen chosen by the Parker MedalSelection Committee as the 2006recipient of the College’s Paul F. ParkerMedal for Distinguished Service to theProfession of Pharmacy. Dr. Waltonretired in 1991 as the William J.Sheffield Professor Emeritus andAssociate Dean at the University ofTexas College of Pharmacy. Hecurrently lives in Titus, Alabama, withhis wife Joyce.

Paul Parker was truly a pioneer in pharmacy. Before his deathin 1998, Mr. Parker spent 24 years as director of pharmacy atthe Chandler Medical Center/University of Kentucky inLexington. His innovations include development ofdecentralized pharmacy services placing pharmacists in thehospital’s clinical areas, as well as development of the nation’sfirst pharmacist-staffed drug information center. Mr. Parker’svision for pharmacy practice was passed along to more than 150residents and fellows who went through the Kentucky programduring his tenure. These disciples include many of today’sleaders in clinical pharmacy who continue to pass on hiswisdom and vision to their trainees. The Paul F. Parker Medalrecognizes an individual who has made outstanding andsustained contributions to the profession that improve patient orservice outcomes, create innovative practices, affect populationsof patients, further the professional role of pharmacists, orexpand the recognition of pharmacists as health professionals.

In making its selection, the Parker Medal Committee notedthat Dr. Walton “is viewed as one of the small handful of eliteeducators that were instrumental in the initiation andsubsequent growth of clinical pharmacy as a discipline. Manyyoung clinical pharmacists trained under his tutelage and heimparted a clinical philosophy and zeal for the discipline; assuch, they became his disciples and spread both his ideas andstyle. In short, we view Dr. Walton as a legend in ourprofession.” The committee also pointed out that Dr. Waltonserved with Paul Parker at the University of Kentucky. Whileat Kentucky, Dr. Walton collaborated with Mr. Parker on theplanning of the first formalized drug information center in theUnited States and later served as its Director. The closefriendship and working relationship between Parker and Waltonled to the development of exceptional clinical pharmacyeducation and training programs at Kentucky.

Dr. James Doluisio, former Dean of the University of TexasCollege of Pharmacy, wrote in his letter of support for Dr.Walton, “It was my good fortune to be at the University ofKentucky during the development of these innovativeprograms. I soon learned that you could not possibly win adebate when Paul and Charlie were on the same side, and theywere on the same side all the time.… To this day I believe thiswas the most innovative and demanding pharmacy programever offered, and it was offered at a time when clinicalpharmacy education was questioned by many.” When Dr.Doluisio became Dean at the University of Texas, he recruitedDr. Walton in 1973 to direct the college’s clinical pharmacyprogram, which was established within the University of TexasHealth Science Center at San Antonio, about 100 miles fromthe college’s Austin campus. The rest is history, as Dr. Deluisiorecounts: “The University of Texas and clinical pharmacy ingeneral are indebted to the creative leadership that Charlieprovided. The clinical programs developed in San Antonio byCharlie were exceptional. The basic concepts and recruitmentof outstanding faculty were due to his persuasive leadership.To this day I marvel at his recruitment of exceptionalindividuals that owe their impressive careers to Charlie’s visionand guidance.”

In his letter of nomination, former ACCP President TomHardin commented on Dr. Walton’s commitment to highstandards. “He consistently challenged his students, his fellowfaculty members, his peers, and the profession to embraceexcellence in the provision of clinical pharmacy services.… Itis my sincere hope that by awarding Charlie the 2006 ParkerMedal, our profession will be reintroduced to this outstandinghuman being, and that his challenge for excellence in what wedo will again be heard by our profession.” A founding memberof ACCP, Dr. Walton served a 3-year term on the first ACCPBoard of Regents from 1981 to 1983 and was awarded in 1984the ACCP Service Award for distinguished service to the

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“(Dr. Walton) is viewed as one of thesmall handful of elite educators thatwere instrumental in the initiation andsubsequent growth of clinicalpharmacy as a discipline.”

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College. In 1987, he was named as the first Honorary ACCPFellow. William E. Evans, Pharm.D., Director and CEO of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, wrote in his letter ofsupport for Dr. Walton’s nomination “ACCP can pick no betterperson than Charlie Walton for the Paul Parker Medal. Charlieis an icon, like Paul, and to publicly recognize him for all hehas done for the profession and ACCP, and to link them inperpetuity through this award, is the right thing to do.”

Dr. Walton served as an inspiration to many of today’sleaders. Dr. Jean Nappi, a past ACCP president and winner ofthe 2006 ACCP Education Award, noted in her letter to theParker Medal Committee supporting Dr. Walton’s nomination,“He has had tremendous influence on the early development ofclinical pharmacy. He has influenced practitioners andeducators alike over the years and I still feel his influencetoday…. I feel so fortunate to have had Charlie as my mentor.”Dr. Lawrence Hak, Professor of Pharmacy and Medicine at theUniversity of Tennessee, wrote in his letter of support, “I hadthe distinct pleasure of meeting Charlie in the early 1970s,during the first years of my professional career. I was veryyoung, very excited, and in great need of someone with visionand enthusiasm for this new practice, ‘clinical pharmacy.’Charlie Walton was the guy…. He gave me confidence tomove forward in clinical pharmacy. At times, he would talk toall of us (the 20 or so clinical pharmacists at that time) in a waythat no one else could. He led us to intellectual curiosity, tocaring for patients, and to a ‘can do’ attitude that convinced allof us that clinical pharmacy was the future of the profession.”

Dr. Walton received the baccalaureate in pharmacy fromAuburn University, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees inpharmacology from Purdue University. His interests in clinicaleducation, training, and patient care services led him to assumethe leadership roles cited above—first, as Chairman of the firstPharm.D. Committee at the University of Kentucky, and thendirecting the development of the University of Texas doctor ofpharmacy program. His many professional accomplishmentsinclude service as a member of the Board of Regents of theAmerican College of Clinical Pharmacology; Chair of theCommittee on Drug Information Services for the AmericanSociety of Hospital Pharmacists; member of the AmericanAssociation of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) Board ofDirectors; Chair of the AACP Academic affairs Committee;Co-chair of the AACP Commission to Implement Change inPharmaceutical Education; member of the Blue RibbonCommittee on Licensure Examinations for the NationalAssociation of Boards of Pharmacy; and Vice President of theAmerican Council on Pharmaceutical Education. In 1987, Dr. Walton received the AACP Distinguished PharmacyEducator Award.

The 2006 Paul F. Parker Medal will be presented during theAwards Ceremony as part of the Opening General Session atthe 2006 ACCP Annual Meeting in St. Louis, Missouri, onThursday morning, October 26. Because he is unable to attend,a video of Dr. Walton accepting the medal and delivering abrief acceptance address will be shown during the ceremony.The Parker Medal Selection Committee is composed ofrepresentatives from member organizations of the JointCommission of Pharmacy Practitioners, together with pastpresidents of ACCP. Members of the 2006 committee wereJerry L. Bauman (Chair), John Bosso, George Dukes, FrederickM. Eckel, Janet P. Engle, William A. Miller, Milap Nahata, J. Robert Powell, Robert E. Smith, and Thomas R. Temple.

Ensom, Ette, Jacobi, and Nappi to ReceiveACCP Honors

ACCP members Mary Ensom, Pharm.D., FCCP; Ene Ette,Ph.D., FCP, FCCP; Judith Jacobi, Pharm.D., FCCP, BCPS; andJean Nappi, Pharm.D., FCCP, BCPS have been selected by theCollege’s Awards Committee to receive the association’sprestigious 2006 Russell R. Miller, Therapeutic FrontiersLecturer, Clinical Practice, and Education Awards, respectively.The awards will be presented in St. Louis on Thursday, October26, during the Opening General Session of the College’sAnnual Meeting.

The Russell R. Miller Award is presented in recognition ofsubstantial contributions to the literature of clinical pharmacy,thereby advancing both clinical pharmacy practice and rationalpharmacotherapy. Russell R. Miller was founding editor of theCollege’s journal, Pharmacotherapy. Dr. Mary H.H. Ensom isProfessor in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at theUniversity of British Columbia (UBC), and Clinical PharmacySpecialist at the Children’s and Women’s Health Centre ofBritish Columbia, in Vancouver, British Columbia. She alsoserves as Director of the Doctor of Pharmacy Program at UBC.A leading authority on clinical pharmacokinetics andpharmacodynamics, she has made sustained contributions tothese areas with particular emphasis on the influence of gender,age, and selected pathophysiologic states on drug distributionand action. Her body of work includes more than 133 peer-reviewed publications, including journal articles, books, andbook chapters. Dr. Ensom’s early work focused on the effectsof age and pathophysiologic states on drug disposition, andtherapeutic drug monitoring. Her subsequent studies onhormonal influences on drug action and drug distribution inwomen have resulted in her recognition as a leading scholar inthis area. She has recently published research focusing on theevaluation of pharmacotherapeutic outcomes. One of Dr.Ensom’s nominators commented, “Dr. Ensom’s scholarlycontributions to the discipline of clinical pharmacy are trulyextraordinary; they are striking in their scope, impact, andsustained nature. Her programmatic research in clinicalpharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics has contributed toimproved methods of clinical drug monitoring as well as abetter understanding of the effects of age, gender, and hormonalinfluences on drug action.” Her scholarly efforts have resultedin numerous national and university awards, and she hasreceived more than 100 grants to support her research program.Dr. Ensom currently serves as a Distinguished UniversityScholar at UBC.

The ACCP Therapeutic Frontiers Lecture Award recognizesan individual, including ACCP member and non-membernominees, who has made outstanding contributions topharmacotherapeutics in his or her field. Among the criteriafor this award is the broad acknowledgment that the recipient iscurrently considered to be at the leading edge of research in thefield. Ene Ette is Senior Director of Clinical Pharmacology atVertex Pharmaceuticals in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He hasdistinguished himself as a thought leader in pharmacometricsthrough his seminal work in the area of populationpharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic modeling. Dr. Ette haspublished extensively during his career and has served inacademic, governmental, and industry positions. Hiscontributions to the field of pharmacometrics include improved

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methods of modeling development and evaluation. A trueinnovator, Dr. Ette serves as the lead investigator or co-inventoron several patented inventions. One of his nominating lettersaptly captures Dr. Ette’s place in the field. “In the area ofpopulation pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic modeling,Dr. Ette’s contributions have been the most significant of anyauthor in the last decade…. There is no area of populationpharmacokinetic or pharmacodynamic modeling that has notbeen impacted by Dr. Ette’s writings…. Dr. Ette’scontributions have a high profile among clinical pharmacists,clinical pharmacologists, statisticians, andpharmacometricians.” Dr. Ette’s lecture, titled“Pharmacometrics: From Translational Pharmacology ThroughClinical Pharmacy to Clinical Pharmacology,” will be deliveredfrom 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. during Thursday morning’s OpeningGeneral Session.

The ACCP Clinical Practice Award is given to a Collegemember who has made substantial and outstandingcontributions to clinical pharmacy practice. The criteriaconsidered in identifying potential candidates includeexceptional leadership in the development of innovativeclinical pharmacy services and sustained excellence inproviding these services. Judith Jacobi is a critical care clinicalpharmacist in the adult medical/surgical unit and neurologicunit at Methodist Hospital of Indiana in Indianapolis, Indiana.She also holds an appointment as Adjunct Assistant Professorof Pharmacy Practice at Butler University College of Pharmacyin Indianapolis. Dr. Jacobi’s outstanding accomplishmentsinclude more than 20 years of practice leadership in criticalcare, including work that has been instrumental in establishingthe role of the clinical pharmacist in this setting. In particular,her involvement in the Society of Critical Care Medicine(SCCM) has helped promote the clinical pharmacist criticalcare practitioner as an integral member of the critical careteam. Dr. Jacobi will become the first pharmacist to serve asSCCM President when she assumes that office in 2010. Inrecommending Dr. Jacobi, one of her nominators wrote, “Judicontributes immensely to the practice of clinical pharmacy atinstitutional, local, national, and international levels. Herknowledge of pharmacotherapy is unmatched, her practiceskills are cutting edge, and her interpersonal abilities allow herto have broad influence in the development of best practiceprotocols, prescribing, and monitoring of drugs.” Dr. Jacobihas received numerous awards, including the SCCMPresidential Citation, Indiana Hospital Pharmacist of the YearAward, and the Purdue University Preceptor of the Year Award.Her publication record is extensive and includes numerousresearch articles, reviews, practice guidelines, and editorialsthat focus on critical care pharmacotherapy.

The Education Award recognizes an ACCP member who hasmade substantial and outstanding contributions to clinicalpharmacy education at either the undergraduate or postgraduatelevel. Jean Nappi is Professor of Pharmacy and ClinicalSciences at the Medical University of South Carolina, SouthCarolina College of Pharmacy in Charleston, South Carolina.Having served as a faculty member for nearly 30 years, Dr.Nappi has distinguished herself as a leader in clinicaleducational and training, a mentor to residents and youngfaculty, and an exceptional practitioner-educator role model.Letters written by colleagues and former students in support ofDr. Nappi’s nomination attest to her role as an outstanding

educator. One of her nominators wrote, “Dr. Nappi hasinstructed and precepted countless numbers of students andresidents during her career. I can tell you from personalexperience that the content she selects and the way she deliversit is superb. Another reason why Dr. Nappi is such an effectiveeducator is because she is, and always has been, an activepractitioner. She is able to infuse her lectures with real-lifescenarios that reflect a contemporary health care model.…There is a depth and scope to her teaching that few can match.”A colleague adds, “I have benefited significantly from hercourage, wisdom, and friendship. I respect and admire hercommitment to pharmacy education.” Also devoted toscholarship, Dr. Nappi has authored more than 85 articles, morethan 20 book chapters, and is credited with having given morethan 150 invited presentations (including many ACCPpresentations). Dr. Nappi is a Past President of ACCP, a boardcertified pharmacotherapy specialist, and a Fellow of theCollege. She has received numerous awards and honors,including the Phi Lambda Sigma National Leadership Award,the ACCP Clinical Practice Award, MUSC’s ResidencyPreceptor of the Year Award, and the MUSC Professor of theYear Award.

Time is Running Out … Register Now for the2006 Annual Meeting

With the ACCP Annual Meeting late registration deadline justaround the corner, be sure to register before October 15 toavoid higher onsite registration fees. Complete meetinginformation, including registration for both the meeting andlodging at the ACCP headquarters hotel, is available online athttp://www.accp.com/am06.php. The ACCP hotel room blockis filling up quickly—so reserve your spot today!

Prior to the Annual Meeting, six premeeting symposia will beoffered on Wednesday, October 25. Get more from yourmeeting experience by attending one of the programs describedbelow. Each is tailored to meet specific professional needs.Please note that separate registration is required for thesepremeeting symposia.

The ACCP Academy presents Basic Training for NewClinical Faculty and Preceptors from 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.Led by a team of experienced faculty, this highly interactiveworkshop will introduce the essential principles and conceptsof teaching that every new clinical faculty member andpreceptor should understand. Structured to engage participants

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in creating learning outcomes, designing teaching strategies,and using evidence-based assessment to enhance studentoutcomes, this full-day symposium will provide a solidfoundation to clarify and improve your own purposes and goalsfor teaching and learning.

If improving your leadership skills is on your personal agendathis year, you will want to attend the full-day symposium, TheLeadership of Self and Others, led by Robert E. Smith,Pharm.D., and Peter Hurd, Ph.D. This symposium begins at8:00 a.m. and runs until 5:00 p.m. The focus of the morningprogram is on understanding yourself in order to betterunderstand others and thereby increase your effectiveness as aleader. During the afternoon, you will learn how creating win-win environments can produce synergistic results. At theconclusion of this interactive program, you will have completeda draft mission statement to help guide future efforts toward amore meaningful (and successful) personal and professional life.

Members of the ACCP Critical Care PRN have developed thefull-day symposium, Current Controversies in Critical CarePharmacotherapy: Incorporating Evidence into Practice.Beginning at 8:00 a.m. and ending at 4:00 p.m., thissymposium consists of a patient case that will unfoldthroughout the day with each speaker presenting a complicationwithin the patient’s work-up and treatment. You will work insmall groups to discuss the questions and controversies presented,and then formulate an optimal treatment and monitoring plan foreach problem presented. This ongoing interaction with thesymposium faculty will stimulate healthy debate and expandyour perspectives in managing common ICU problems.

Want a little more time to explore St. Louis before theAnnual Meeting starts? Consider registering for just a half-daypremeeting symposium on Wednesday. Members of the ACCPInfectious Diseases PRN will offer HIV Pharmacotherapy: AnUpdate for the Practicing Clinician (and Occasional HIVPharmacist), which will begin with breakfast (provided) at7:30 a.m. and adjourn at 12:00 p.m. You will learn how toidentify appropriate regimens for naïve HIV-infected patientsstarting therapy, as well as how to address practically theconcerns of patients who are changing therapies. Alsopresented will be the newest approved antiretrovirals and therationale behind continuing research efforts. By the end of thissymposium, you will understand how to incorporate resistancepatterns into your daily treatment decisions and how to use thelatest research to minimize adverse outcomes in patients onantiretrovirals.

Arriving in St. Louis on Wednesday morning? You will bejust in time for the half-day symposium, Update inCardiovascular Pharmacotherapy: an Overview andApplication of Recent Guidelines. Developed by members ofthe ACCP Cardiovascular PRN, this program is scheduledfrom 1:00 p.m. until 5:30 p.m. Controversies surrounding therecently published guidelines from the Heart Failure Society ofAmerica, American College of Cardiology, and American HeartAssociation will be discussed. Specific guidelines presentedwill include coverage of percutaneous intervention,cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and peripheral arterial disease.You will learn how to apply these guidelines to your ownpractice by examining practical patient case examples.

Just for Students: Students are encouraged to register for theCareer Development symposium on Wednesday afternoonfrom 1:00 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. This half-day symposium will

include presentations on curriculum vitae development,interviewing skills, and selecting the right postgraduateresidency and fellowship training options. Following thesepresentations, a panel of experts will answer questions andaddress such issues as curriculum vitae preparation for specificpositions in pharmaceutical industry, academia, or otherpractice environments. The panel will also discuss successfulpre- and post-interview pearls for students. This symposium isoffered at no additional charge to all students who are registeredfor the Annual Meeting. Also, be sure to check out the reducedrates available exclusively for students. For just $50, studentscan attend 2 days of programming and participate in ACCP’sAnnual Meeting career fair, the ACCP Recruitment Forum.

Go online today http://www.accp.com/am06.php to reserveyour spot in one of these half-day or full-day premeetingsymposia. The late registration deadline is October 15. Formore information about the 2006 ACCP Annual Meeting,please contact wsirna@accp.com.

Silent Auction Helps Support ACCPFrontiers Fund Research

Look at some of the spectacular items already contributed tothis year’s Silent Auction by your fellow ACCP members:

• artwork and photography: striking pieces from the College’s shutterbugs.

• books and subscriptions: textbooks, coffee table books, newsletter subscription.

• clothing and sports equipment: handmade clothing and accessories, pharmacy school logo wear, a new driver (!).

• education and training: CE registration, NIH minisabbatical.

• food and regional items: fine wines, regional gift baskets, Omaha steaks.

• home and luxury items: handcrafted jewelry, home accessories, marble apothecary jar.

• travel and recreation: timeshare weeks, golf outing.

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The ACCPAnnual Meetingwill be held inSt. Louis, andthe ACCP hotelroom block isfilling upquickly. Reserveyour spot today.

The success of lastyear’s Silent Auctionhelped the ACCPResearch Instituteprovide more than$200,000 in newFrontiers ResearchAwards earlier thisyear. Won’t you helpby donating items tobe included in theauction?

You don’t have to be at the Annual Meeting to help.... and the value of your item is considered a tax deductiblecontribution to the Research Institute.

Don’t have anything to put up for auction? Cashcontributions of at least $100 will be used to obtainmerchandise for the evening’s raffles.

Please help! Return the form below by e-mail ASAP torelenbaas@accp.com.Your name:Item to be donated:Brief description of item:Item’s $ value:

ACCP Provides Student Travel Awards forthe 2006 Annual Meeting

This fall, the College will begin providing financial assistanceto students who wish to attend ACCP national meetings. The2006 American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) AnnualMeeting Student Travel Awards were recently presented to asizable number of ACCP student members. Through thegenerous financial support of individual ACCP members andthe PRNs, 44 student pharmacists received awards, includingtravel stipends and/or complimentary Annual Meetingregistrations. These awards are intended to encourage studentattendance at the 2006 ACCP Annual Meeting in St. Louis andto promote future involvement in the College.

To apply for the awards, applicants must be ACCP studentmembers who are enrolled as full-time students at a college ofpharmacy and who have completed at least one academic year intheir professional pharmacy program. Applicants are also requiredto submit a personal essay, CV, and 2 letters of recommendationfrom faculty members. Each application is reviewed by 3members of the Student Meeting Award Selection Committee.

The next cycle of Student Travel Awards will be offered fornext year’s ACCP Spring Practice and Research Forum, April22-25, 2007, in Memphis, Tennessee. Travel award applicationsfor the Spring meeting are due February 2, 2007. Please seethe StuNet Web page at http://www.accp.com/stunet/ for moreinformation about the awards and the application process.

ACCP sends a very special thanks to all of the individualsand PRNs who have made the Student Travel Awards Programpossible. Thanks also to the many members who served on thisfall’s selection committee. Donations to the Student MeetingTravel Award Fund helped support this fall’s awards, and willcontinue to fund awards supporting attendance at upcomingACCP national meetings. Of the funds collected, 100% are

applied toward direct student meeting support; no funds areused for administrative or overhead expenses. If you wouldlike to make a tax-deductible contribution to help supportstudent attendance at an ACCP meeting, you can do so in oneof three ways:1. Check-off and complete the Student Meeting Award Fund

section on any meeting registration form2. Call ACCP Customer Service at (816) 531-2177, and ask to

make a contribution to the Student Meeting Award Fund3. Mail a check payable to “ACCP Student Meeting Fund” to:

ACCP3101 Broadway, Suite 650

Kansas City, MO 64111

Please contact Melissa Morris, Membership Project Manager,at mmorris@accp.com for more information about the studenttravel award applications or if you wish to serve as a memberof the Student Meeting Award Selection Committee.

President’s Column

Joseph T. DiPiro, Pharm.D., FCCP

It’s Been a Great Year

The 2006 association year is coming toa close, and incoming Board of Regentsmembers, PRN officers, and Committeechairs will soon begin their 2007appointments. We are blessed with excellent leaders, and thistransition will happen without a hitch as in past years. ACCPhas always carefully planned its direction from year to year asexpressed through the College’s strategic plan. This year hasbeen no exception; the strategic plan has guided us over thepast year and will continue to be an essential tool for thecoming year. It has been my privilege to serve as President thisyear. I’ve had the great opportunity to meet people and learnmore about how both the College and our profession areadvancing. I wish the best for our incoming officers andchairs, particularly Stuart Haines who will take over thepresidential reins at the Annual Meeting.

Members involved with ACCP committees, task forces, andPRNs have had a very productive year. As President, I haveenjoyed working with many prolific individuals and lookforward to the many forthcoming outcomes of their work. Iwant to take this opportunity to highlight some of the mostnotable accomplishments of the past year, recognizing that it isimpossible, short of creating a 50-page document, to highlightall that has been done since last fall.

ACCP is committed to development of clinical pharmacypractice and much of this year’s committee activity has focusedon this area. We have made progress in establishing somefoundational principles related to clinical pharmacy practice,professional development, and credentialing. The CertificationAffairs Committee, chaired by Joseph Saseen, recentlycompleted a paper (soon to be published in Pharmacotherapy)providing justification for the College’s vision that in 20–30years the majority of clinical pharmacy practitioners should be

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Members enjoy the Silient Auctionheld at the 2005 Annual Meeting.

board certified specialists. The committee’s paper providessound rationale for why board certification will become afuture expectation once the profession completes its transitionto patient-centered practice.

The Task Force on Clinical Pharmacist Competencies, underthe direction of Jack Burke, recently completed a paper (also tobe published in Pharmacotherapy) that provides a set ofcompetencies defining the clinical pharmacist. Thecompetencies embody the depth of knowledge and skillsrequired for individuals engaged in the practice of clinicalpharmacy. The task force will now turn its attention to nextyear’s tasks: 1) developing mechanisms for self-assessment ofthese competencies, and 2) recommended professionaldevelopment pathways for clinical pharmacy generalists andclinical pharmacy specialists/subspecialists.

We are working to engage community pharmacists andattract those engaged in clinical pharmacy practice to becomemembers in the College. As an initial effort in this direction,the Member Relations Committee, chaired by Brian Hemstreet,developed a series of recommendations for Board of Regentsconsideration in an effort to increase ACCP’s involvement withcommunity-based clinical pharmacists. Our Clinical PracticeAffairs Committee, led this year by Nicole Culhane and LauraRoller, is finalizing a paper that addresses the application andexpansion of the core elements of medication therapymanagement services in ambulatory care settings. In addition,the Task Force on Ambulatory Practice, chaired by Ila Harris,has developed over the past 2 years a business-practice modelfor ambulatory care practice that will soon be released.

ACCP recognizes those who make particularly significantcontributions to the College and the profession in many ways,including honoring these individuals with our annual ACCPawards. This year’s Awards Committee developed criteria andprocesses for 2 new ACCP awards: the New ClinicalPractitioner Award and the New Educator Award. Developedto recognize those who excel in these areas early in theircareers, these awards will join the renamed New InvestigatorAward (formerly the “Young” Investigator Award) to honor therising stars in our organization. The inaugural nominations forthese new awards will occur this fall and the awards will bepresented for the first time at the 2008 Spring Meeting inPhoenix.

Success as a College and as a profession requires that ourmembers take advantage of opportunities for professionalgrowth. ACCP is focused on achieving quality education andtraining at all levels, including professional degree education,residency training, continuing professional development, andboard certification.

This year’s Educational Affairs subcommittees haveaddressed several major topics with a goal of producing a seriesof papers to serve as guidance for the education community andthe profession. Under the direction of Krystal Haase, a positionpaper and a white paper will soon be completed regardingACCP recommendations for quality experiential education. TheCollege has provided input to ACPE on the accreditationstandards and the guidelines currently under revision for thedoctor of pharmacy degree. Of course, quality pharmacyeducation demands high-quality faculty. With this end in mind,the Education Affairs Committee, led by Eric Boyce, hasdeveloped a white paper and position paper addressing clinical

faculty development. The papers are on schedule forcompletion this fall and should be published shortly thereafter.

The College has increased over the past year its emphasis onincreasing ACCP visibility among pharmacy students. StuNet,ACCP’s Internet-based network and Web site(http://www.accp.com/stunet/) that provides opportunities forprofessional development and networking, continues to grow.In addition, ACCP is developing new ways to communicatewith students at meetings and on campuses through our newcadre of ACCP College of Pharmacy Liaisons. The Liaisonsare clinical faculty members and preceptors who serve asstudents’ direct contact to ACCP. College of PharmacyLiaisons have now been established at more than 70 schoolsand colleges. ACCP has also increased student-orientedprogramming at its meetings and initiated a best student posteraward at both the Annual Meeting and Spring Forum. Finally,as is detailed elsewhere in this newsletter, travel grants andcomplimentary meeting registrations are now being awarded toa number of students through ACCP’s Student Travel Awardscompetition. This support of student attendance at ourmeetings has been made possible through the generouscontributions of our members and PRNs.

In May of this year the 2004-2005 ACCP Task Force onResidencies published a position statement in Pharmacotherapy(2006;26:722-733) titled “American College of ClinicalPharmacy’s Vision of the Future: Postgraduate PharmacyResidency Training as a Prerequisite for Direct Patient CarePractice.” A major recommendation of the Task Force is thatby 2020, residency training should become a prerequisite forentry into direct patient care practice. The authors present acompelling case that residency training is critical to meeting“society’s need for pharmacists who can manage patienttherapy to ensure safe and effective drug use.”

Following up on the theme of providing quality patient care,the Task Force on Clinical Practice Management, chaired byCharles A. (Al) Wood, has identified a series of indicators ofquality clinical pharmacy services. Working collaborativelywith ACCP member researchers C.A. Bond and Cynthia Raehl,the task force used national survey data in the development ofits forthcoming white paper, “Selecting Core Inpatient ClinicalPharmacy Services: Guiding Principles for the ClinicalPractice Manager,” which will be posted on the ACCP Web siteand submitted for publication in Pharmacotherapy.

An important program for the years ahead will be the newlylaunched ACCP Academy. The Academy is a neworganizational unit of ACCP designed to provide professionaldevelopment programs, in a curricular format, leading to acertificate. The first programmatic area, Teaching and

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Learning, will be offered beginning this fall. Programsscheduled to follow in 2007 and 2008 are Leadership andManagement, Research and Scholarship, and Clinical Practice.More information about the Academy can be found on theACCP Web site.

The College will continue to enhance the ACCP Web site asa useful source for members’ professional development. TheACCP Task Force on Case Study Series, chaired by Mary Lee,has designed a template and some initial samples of a “case ofthe month” series that will be posted on our Web site in thefuture. We anticipate that this series will become a focus fordiscussion and learning among ACCP members.

Another planned Web-based feature for the future is theposting of a series titled “ACCP Model Practices in PatientCare, Education, and Research,” designed to providerecognition of exemplary member practices that might serve asmodels for others. The Public and Professional RelationsCommittee, led by chair Judy Cheng, has developed guidelinesand recommended processes for creating and maintaining thisseries. In addition, the committee solicited drafts of threeinitial model practices that will soon be finalized and readiedfor dissemination via the ACCP Web site and possibly othervenues as well.

Research has always been recognized by the College as animportant component of its core mission. This mission has beenadvanced through a number of this year’s committees and taskforces. The Research Affairs Committee, chaired by JasonSims, was charged with developing a toolkit for newinvestigators. The Task Force on Research in SpecialPopulations, chaired by Annie Cheang, recently completed a

revision of the paper “Research in Women and SpecialPopulations.” This updated publication will be posted on theACCP Web site in late 2006, followed by publication inPharmacotherapy in early 2007. The Publications Committee,chaired by Michael Klepser, is currently putting the finishingtouches on a white paper titled “Ethical Issues Related toPharmacy Research.”

The Research Institute continues to be a major force inpromoting research by clinical pharmacists. The Institute willaward more than $500,000 in 2006 in support of clinicalpharmacy research and training. The Board of Regents andResearch Institute Board of Trustees recently approved a planto hire a permanent Director of the Research Institute who willalso hold the title of ACCP Director of Research. Thisindividual will oversee research efforts throughout the Collegeand the Research Institute, thereby providing even greaterimpetus to our research mission.

Our meetings have been a focal point for College activityand networking. Attendance at the Annual Meeting and SpringMeeting continues to grow. Much of the credit for this increasein meeting attendance goes to past Program Committees.Future meetings will prove as interesting as those in the pastthanks to ACCP’s Annual and Spring Program Committees,chaired over the past year by Robert Parker, Diane Goodwin,and Paul Dobesh.

All in all, it has been a busy year for the College. I want toconvey my sincere appreciation and thanks to Board of Regentsmembers, Committee and Task Force Chairs, and ACCP staff,particularly Mike Maddux, Nancy Perrin, and Ed Webb, whohave done so much this year to help advance the College’smission.

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All nomination materials, including all letters, vitas orresumes, and other supporting documents, should besubmitted online to ACCP. The online nominations portalwill specify the required nominating materials required foreach award, honor, or elective office. This portal will openin October and will be accessible from the ACCP home pageat http://www.accp.com. Additional information on awardcriteria may be obtained from ACCP headquarters.

2007 ACCP Fellows: Fellowship is awarded in recognitionof continued excellence in clinical pharmacy practice orresearch. Nominees must have been a full member of ACCPfor at least 5 years; must have been in practice for at least 10 years since receipt of their highest professional pharmacydegree; and must have made a sustained contribution toACCP through activities such as presentation at Collegemeetings; service to ACCP committees, PRNs, chapters, orpublications; or election as an officer. Candidates may benominated by any two Full Members other than thenominee, or by any Fellow. Current members of the Boardof Regents and the Credentials: FCCP Committee areineligible for consideration. Nomination deadline:February 15, 2007.

2008 Officers and Regents: President-Elect, Secretary,Regents, Research Institute Trustees. Nominees must be FullMembers of ACCP and should have 1) achieved excellencein clinical pharmacy practice, research, or education; 2)demonstrated leadership capabilities; and 3) made priorcontributions to ACCP. Current members of the NominationsCommittee are ineligible. Nomination deadline:November 30, 2006.

2007 Education Award: Recognizes an ACCP memberwho has shown excellence in the classroom or clinicaltraining site, conducted innovative research in clinicalpharmacy education, demonstrated exceptional dedication toclinical pharmacy continuous professional development, orshown leadership in the development of clinical pharmacyeducation programs. All nominations must include a letterof nomination detailing the nominee’s qualifications for theaward, the nominee’s curriculum vitae, and two letters ofsupport that describe the individual’s accomplishmentsrelative to the award criteria. At least one of the letters ofsupport must be from an individual outside the nominee’scurrent place of employment. Additional letters of supportalso may be included. Current members of the Board ofRegents, Awards Committee, or ACCP staff are ineligible.Nomination deadline: November 30, 2006.

2007 Clinical Practice Award: Recognizes an ACCPmember who has developed an innovative clinical pharmacyservice, provided innovative documentation of the impact ofclinical pharmacy services, provided leadership in thedevelopment of cost-effective clinical pharmacy services, orshown sustained excellence in providing clinical pharmacyservices. All nominations must include a letter of nominationdetailing the nominee’s qualifications for the award, thenominee’s curriculum vitae, and two letters of support that

describe the individual’s accomplishments relative to theaward criteria. At least one of the letters of support must befrom an individual outside the nominee’s current place ofemployment. Additional letters of support also may beincluded. Current members of the Board of Regents, AwardsCommittee, or ACCP staff are ineligible. Nominationdeadline: November 30, 2006.

2007 Russell R. Miller Award: Recognizes an ACCPmember who has made substantial contributions to theliterature of clinical pharmacy, either in the form of a singleespecially noteworthy contribution or sustained contributionsover time. All nominations must include a letter ofnomination detailing the nominee’s qualifications for theaward, the nominee’s curriculum vitae, and two letters ofsupport that describe the individual’s accomplishmentsrelative to the award criteria. At least one of the letters ofsupport must be from an individual outside the nominee’scurrent place of employment. Additional letters of supportalso may be included. Current members of the Board ofRegents, Awards Committee, or ACCP staff are ineligible.Nomination deadline: November 30, 2006.

2007 Therapeutic Frontiers Lecture: Honors aninternationally recognized scientist whose research isactively advancing the frontiers of pharmacotherapy.Recipients need not be ACCP members. All nominationsmust include a letter of nomination detailing the nominee’squalifications for the award, the nominee’s curriculum vitae,and two letters of support that describe the individual’saccomplishments relative to the award criteria. At least oneof the letters of support must be from an individual outsidethe nominee’s current place of employment. Additionalletters of support also may be included. Current members ofthe Board of Regents, Awards Committee, or ACCP staff areineligible. Nomination deadline: November 30, 2006.

Service Award: Given only when a particularly noteworthycandidate is identified in recognition of outstandingcontributions to the vitality of ACCP or to the advancementof its goals that are well above the usual devotion of time,energy, or material goods. All nominations must include aletter of nomination detailing the nominee’s qualificationsfor the award, the nominee’s curriculum vitae, and twoletters of support that describe the individual’saccomplishments relative to the award criteria. At least oneof the letters of support must be from an individual outsidethe nominee’s current place of employment. Additionalletters of support also may be included. Current members ofthe Board of Regents, Awards Committee, or ACCP staff areineligible. Nomination deadline: November 30, 2006.

2007 Paul F. Parker Medal for Distinguished Service tothe Profession of Pharmacy: Recognizes an individualwho has made outstanding and sustained contributions toimproving or expanding the profession of pharmacy in anarea of professional service, including but not limited topatient care, leadership, administration, financial,

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technological, information processing, service delivery,models of care, and advocacy. The award is not limited topharmacists or ACCP members. All nominations mustinclude the nominee’s curriculum vitae, resume, orbiographical sketch as available, and at least three letters ofsupport that describe the individual’s accomplishmentsrelative to the award criteria. At least one letter of supportmust be from an individual outside the nominee’s currentpractice locale. Current members of the Board of Regents,Selection Committee, or ACCP staff are ineligible.Nomination deadline: February 15, 2007.

2008 New Clinical Practitioner Award: This award will begiven at the College’s 2008 Spring Forum. Its purpose is torecognize and honor a new clinical practitioner who hasmade outstanding contributions to the health of patientsand/or the practice of clinical pharmacy. Nominees musthave been a Full Member of ACCP at the time ofnomination and a member at any level for a minimum of 3 years; and must be less than 6 years since completion oftheir terminal training or degree, whichever is most recent.Fellows of ACCP (i.e., “FCCP”) are not eligible. Allnominations must include a letter of nomination detailing thenominee’s qualifications for the award, the nominee’scurriculum vitae, and two letters of support that describe theindividual’s accomplishments relative to the award criteria.At least one of the letters of support must be from anindividual outside the nominee’s current place ofemployment. Additional letters of support also may beincluded. Current members of the Board of Regents, AwardsCommittee, or ACCP staff are ineligible. Nominationdeadline: February 15, 2007.

2008 New Educator Award: This award will be given atthe College’s 2008 Spring Forum. Its purpose is to recognizeand honor a new educator for outstanding contributions to

the discipline of teaching and to the education of health carepractitioners. Nominees must have been a Full Member ofACCP at the time of nomination and a member at any levelfor a minimum of 3 years; and must be less than 6 yearssince completion of their terminal training or degree,whichever is most recent. Fellows of ACCP (i.e., “FCCP”)are not eligible. All nominations must include a letter ofnomination detailing the nominee’s qualifications for theaward, the nominee’s curriculum vitae, and two letters ofsupport that describe the individual’s accomplishmentsrelative to the award criteria. At least one of the letters ofsupport must be from an individual outside the nominee’scurrent place of employment. Additional letters of supportalso may be included. Current members of the Board ofRegents, Awards Committee, or ACCP staff are ineligible.Nomination deadline: February 15, 2007.

2008 New Investigator Award: This award will be given atthe College’s 2008 Spring Forum. Its purpose is to highlightthe research program of an ACCP member who has made amajor impact in an aspect of clinical pharmaceutical science.Nominees must have been a member of ACCP for more thanthree years; must be less than 6 years since completion oftheir terminal training or degree, whichever is most recent;and must have a research program with a significantpublication record having a programmatic theme, or anespecially noteworthy single publication. Fellows of ACCP(i.e., “FCCP”) are not eligible. All nominations must includea letter of nomination detailing the nominee’s qualificationsfor the award, the nominee’s curriculum vitae, and twoletters of support that describe the individual’saccomplishments relative to the award criteria. At least oneof the letters of support must be from an individual outsidethe nominee’s current place of employment. Additionalletters of support also may be included. Current members ofthe Board of Regents, Awards Committee, or ACCP staff areineligible. Nomination deadline: February 15, 2007.

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The Research Agenda of the AmericanCollege of Clinical Pharmacy

Pharmacy’s societal purpose includes a responsibility to createand disseminate knowledge related to drug entities, products,therapy, and use—that is, a research mission. Integral to theconcept of pharmacy as an evidence-based practice is that theresearch enterprise produces the evidence on which practice isbased.

In June 2005, theACCP ResearchInstitute began theimportant task on behalfof the College to articulatea Research Agenda for theAmerican College ofClinical Pharmacy(http://www.accp.com/position/ri_pos_stat200608.pdf). In thiscontext, an ACCP Research Agenda is meant to define anddescribe those broad research domains and priority researchthemes that the College advocates be pursued—through theACCP Research Institute, governmental agencies, or otherorganizations that support research related to the healthprofessions or use of medicines.

This Research Agenda will provide critical guidance to manyof the College’s advocacy, education, and research relatedinitiatives. This Agenda will undergo regular review and updateto ensure that its recommendations provide an appropriate levelof guidance, and that it reflects current and anticipated futureneeds and directions in clinical pharmacy practice and research.

The process to craft a Research Agenda for ACCP beganwith discussions among the Research Institute’s Board ofTrustees. These discussions identified three broad researchdomains believed to be of particular importance to patients,society, and ACCP members:• Ensuring Medication Effectiveness and Patient Safety;• Development and Retention of an Adequate Clinical

Pharmacy Practitioner and Scientist Workforce; and• Translational Pharmacotherapy Research.Initial input to refine and validate these three domains wassought from the ACCP membership during fall 2005. ACCPmembers who represented a variety of practice, education, andresearch perspectives were invited to serve on one of threeDomain Panels and to identify a focused set of research themespertinent to each domain that the College should advocate bepursued.

For each of the three domains identified above, the agendadefines and describes its respective area; provides evidence toindicate why the domain is of such societal priority that it

warrants inclusion on the College’s Research Agenda at thistime; and identifies those high-priority areas in which ACCPbelieves additional research is needed. These priority areasinclude:

Ensuring Medication Effectiveness and Patient Safety1. Identify and evaluate patient, clinician, and system factors

that contribute to the safe and effective use of medicationsin clinical practice.

2. Evaluate the effects of medications on patient clinical,humanistic, and economic outcomes in settings typical ofroutine clinical practice.

3. Develop and use data repositories and novel population-based methods to identify new indications or uses ofmedications, and for the identification or confirmation ofnew adverse events.

4. Characterize general patterns of medication use, and theiruse in populations not previously studied, to determine theireffect on clinical, humanistic, and economic outcomes.

5. Identify and evaluate patient, clinician, and system factorsthat influence the provision and effectiveness of careprovided by clinical pharmacists.

6. Evaluate the effect of pharmaceutical care delivery modelsand other pharmacy services on patient clinical, humanistic,and economic outcomes.

Development and Retention of an Adequate Clinical PharmacyPractitioner and Faculty Workforce1. Defining and assessing the adequacy of the pharmacy

workforce.2. Assessing the value of residency training.3. Evaluating the value of board certification in pharmacy.4. Evaluating methods to educate, train, and increase the

number and preparedness of clinical faculty and scientists.

Translational Pharmacotherapy Research1. Assessing the effects on patient outcomes that result from

translating basic knowledge in pharmacogenomics, kinetics,and dynamics to practical clinical applications.

2. Improving drug dosing strategies and testing drugformulations.

3. Developing, enhancing, and testing models to predictpatient response to drug therapy.

4. Evaluating new technology and biomarkers that predictdrug efficacy or toxicity.

A prepublication copy of ACCP’s Research Agenda is availableat (http://www.accp.com/position/ri_pos_stat200608.pdf).

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Invest Today to Expand Pharmacy’s Frontiers

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year’s ACCP Annual Meeting Grant recipients and the corporate sponsors of the College's Fellowships and Research Awards will be recognized at a special Research Institute program during the October 26th Opening Session of ACCP's 2006 Annual Meeting in St. Louis. Several previous recipients will present the results of their research at a poster or platform presentation during the ACCP Annual Meeting, October 26-29, 2006. For meeting registration information, go to http://www.accp.com .

A Call for Proposals for the 2007 Fellowships and Research Awards will be issued later this fall. Watch your email, futureissues of the One-Minute Update, and the ACCP Report for additional information and application deadlines.

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Leadership Development: Seeking theCommon Good

(Ed. Note: The following is the fourth installment in a recurringseries of columns adapted from management and leadershiparticles written by LeaderPoint’s Jon Hope. LeaderPoint is theorganization with which ACCP partners to provide theLeadership Experience.* You needn’t have “manager” as partof your job title to benefit from this series or from the conceptsdeveloped in the Leadership Experience. We hope you willenjoy and benefit from these columns.)

To work together, people must be organized. How theyorganize depends upon the reason they are collaborating. Thisarticle focuses on seeking the common good, as illustrated bythe following scenario.

Eight people met in early April to determine whether thecompany should build an e-commerce capability. Members ofthe group came from marketing, operations, IT, customerservice, sales, corporate communications, and seniormanagement (the committee chairman). After 3 days of often-heated discussion, the chairman stated, “It seems to me that weare in agreement that we need to build an e-commercecapability within the next 6 months. Is that correct?” Everyoneagreed.

As of November 1, no e-commerce initiatives had beenundertaken. Many accusations were made, and many peoplewere blamed. No one seemed to know why nothing happened,but it was clear that no e-commerce capability had been builtand none was in the works. What went wrong? They neverreached agreement on the organization that was necessary todetermine the common good.

A common good is what is in everyone’s best interest, whateach person or group can live with, and what meets the needsof employees. For example, do we want to conduct e-commerce? Do we want to have stock options at the directorlevel? Do we want to change our health insurance benefits? Dowe want to outsource our human resource functions? Groups todiscuss such issues might be called cross-functional workgroups; committees or oversight committees; multinational,multi-company, or multi-divisional advisory groups; or boards.

A common good is not a governance issue to be decided byowners, such as how much profit is required for a specificinvestment or how much more money they are willing toinvest. A common good is not setting performance criteria, withemployees meeting to agree on what constitutes adequate orexceptional performance. That is a management function.

Determining the common good is often preliminary to actionbecause execution requires a common end. Organizingeffectively means no politicking, no deals, and no coercion, oruse of power. In organizing, the aim is to start from anindividual or subgroup perspective and arrive at the commongood. People easily become disorganized, and organizationrequires strong informal systems. When the issue beingdiscussed is a high priority for participants, organization iseasier to establish and maintain.

Political organizations are often fragile and on the verge ofcollapse because they are subject to special hazards, includingcompeting interests and priorities of members, halfheartedapproval, and excessive oversight. Political organizing requiresa great deal of individual responsibility, borrowed resources,and limited individual accountability. Although political

organizations are common in situations where there is no clearowner, such as associations or universities, they can existwherever there is no subjective authority to make all thedecisions.

To set up a political organization, be sure to clarify the aimsand the rules—no power-plays, no positional authority, and novoting. Provide sufficient time for the members to networkinformally in positive ways. As the manager, you should stopany negative politics or use of coercion. For an interestingdiscussion of how to manage a political organization, Irecommend Dee Hock’s book, Birth of the Chaordic Age, onbuilding VISA International.Jon W. HopeDirector of ProgramsLeaderPointhttp://www.leaderpoint.biz

* The next ACCP Leadership Experience, a multidaymanagement and leadership development experience, will takeplace November 6-9, 2006. For information, visithttp://www.leaderpoint.biz/accp.htm.

New Members

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Bruce AlexanderErika AlexanderChristopher AmermanAbril AthertonRyan AttwoodAndrea BelstleDonna BeydounAmy BittleAshley BloughRebecca BoudreauxPatrick BridgemanNatalie BrooksJulio CamachoAbigale CaplanLinda ChangJennifer ChristensenAnita ChuDennis ConstanTonya CrawfordJessica CrowJoel CuaresmaCatherine CurranErica DanielJosha DavisKendra DecelleSarah DehoneyBrandon DeterdingAshley DollarHeather DraperRaymond DunnAyman EltookhyMarla FellerhoffMcKenzie FergusonAndrew FranckTheresa GerstKatarina GesserJustin GeurinkViolette Geza

Olga GinisJasmine GonzalvoSharlyn GuillemaJ. Dawn GuyAmanda HaffordMegan HarcourtJennifer HardestySarah HookerChen Huei HuangStevie HudrlikBrooke ImusLinda JohnKarmen JorgensenJanet KellyAshley KesslerAryun KimHyunah KimSandra KimJamie KingStephanie KnechtelRebecca KonnerthSoeren KristensenConnie KwongLina LattoufJohn LeboldKendra LeeRyan LeftwichElaine LeiFanny LiShane LindsayGarbine LizeagaJody LounsberyChinyee LumClaire MachJohn MacKayJustine MaherMichelle Mayne

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Abigail MillerStephanie MuellerElizabeth NewtonCam NguyenCamille NulphCatherine O’BrienMichelle O’ConnorOyebimpe OguntolaJennifer OlesenKatherine O’NealAmy OwczarekRebecca OwensAmy PartridgeAllison PechaAnn PhilbrickNicole PinelliLakshmi PottiStacey RaffMariel RaynaldoDavid ReadyJil ReynoldsonRachel RobinsonHobart RogersPatricia Rogers-BabinJamie RosiniLoai SaadahMarile SantamarinaJanelle SellersMarintha ShortMarrolyn SimmonsCarolyn SmithMargie SnyderJessica StaplesAndrea StiglianoTeri SwensonSamantha TaingChristine TengJulie Testman

Brandon TrollingerAllison TuckerHolly Van LewKory VanderSchaafDeepti VyasLindsey WilhelmAngela WillsPatty WuJerrod ZimmerMichelle Zingone

The followingindividuals recentlyadvanced fromAssociate to FullMember:

Antonia AlafrisBradley BrazillDanielle CeccanecchioBrian CowlesEli KornerJoanne LaFleurJoanne MacDonaldWilliam MaishWanda Maldonado-DavilaRebecca MaloneCarissa MancusoRadha ManianMelissa MansonYvonne MarkJeanna MarraffaCraig MartinToby MassmanMichele MatthewsTyrone McBayneWendi McKinzieCharles McPhersonPhilippe Mentler

Michael MillerSayer MonroeKevin MulieriJose MurilloBrian OverholserDiana PageVinita PaiGlen PearsonMary RayEljim Tesoro

New Member Recruiters

Many thanks to thefollowing individuals forrecruiting colleagues to jointhem as ACCP members:

Wendell AkersJarrod BrubakerJohn BurkeBarry CarterAubrey CartwrightChristine ChamberlainChing-Lan ChengAlisa ChristmanRenee DeHartSharon DickeyThomas DowlingTeresa DunsworthNancy DyerShareen El-IbiarySteven FijalkaNicolas ForcadeRex ForceAmy FranksDouglas GeraetsS. Diane GoodwinJohn Gums

Karen GunningCurtis HaasIla HarrisDaniel HealyChristine Yuen-Yi HonKris HowardSarah HuttonTara JellisonPaul JuangKristi KelleySara KlockarsW. Greg LeaderNancy LeeAnit LegareB. Daniel LucasTeresa MannScott MicekJean NappiRhonda NorwoodDavid ParraMichael PeetersBeth PhillipsMette RasmussenRafia RasuHeather RickertsenJo Ellen RodgersChristina RoseKevin RynnDouglas SlainJudith SmithMelissa SommaZachary StacyRobert TalbertJeffrey VanHoutenMolly WalbrownStacy Weston

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Professional Placement Advertisements September 200614

Director of ResearchAmerican College of Clinical Pharmacy

The American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) is seeking candidates for the newly created staff position ofDirector of Research. This senior level position will be based at ACCP’s national headquarters in Kansas City,Missouri.

The Director of Research will serve as Director of the ACCP Research Institute; oversee the creation of new ACCPinitiatives that facilitate investigator development, including the Researchers and Scholars certificate program withinthe ACCP Academy; advance the College’s overall research mission and agenda; serve as a liaison to selected ACCPor Research Institute standing or ad hoc committees; and represent ACCP and the ACCP Research Institute to otherorganizations and agencies for research-related activities. As Director of the ACCP Research Institute, s/he will serveas the Institute’s chief operations officer; direct other Research Institute staff; oversee strategic and financial planningand fund-raising activities; prepare and monitor an annual budget; and identify, develop, and implement initiatives toincrease the quantity and scope of research and investigator development support provided by the Research Institute.

The Director of Research will ideally be a senior, experienced individual with strong connections to pharmacy and thepharmaceutical sciences. Education as a pharmacist and experience in pharmaceutical research are highly desired.Previous experience or relationships with the pharmaceutical industry or other foundations are of benefit.

The College offers a competitive salary and benefits program. It is desired that the successful candidate join ACCP byJanuary 2007. Recruitment will continue until the position is filled. Candidates should submit a letter of interest andcurriculum vitae to:

Richard Collins, J.D.Operations Manager

American College of Clinical Pharmacy3101 Broadway, Suite 650Kansas City MO 64111

Telephone: (816) 531-2177E-Mail: rcollins@accp.com

Professional Placement Advertisements September 200615

Faculty PositionAnderson Endowed Chair in Clinical Pharmacology

Department of Pharmacy PracticePurdue University

Indianapolis, Indiana

Rank: Associate Professor/Professor (Tenure-track, academic year appointment)

Available: September 2006

Responsibilities: The Department of Pharmacy Practice at Purdue University seeks to fill a tenure-track endowedchair position with an established mid-career scientist. The successful candidate is expected to sustain a nationallyrecognized program of discovery and scholarship. Candidates with an accomplished research record in any area will beconsidered, but preference will be given to candidates with an accomplished research record in pharmacogenomics,oncology, cardiology, or obstetrics. The successful candidate will be expected to provide effective instruction andmentorship to Pharm.D. students, graduate students and/or postdoctoral fellows, and will be expected to participate innational and international outreach activities. This position will be located in the Department of Pharmacy Practice onthe combined campus of Indiana University-Purdue University—Indianapolis (IUPUI).

Qualifications: Must hold a Pharm.D. degree, Ph.D. in a related discipline, and/or M.D. The candidate should possessa proven track record of grantsmanship and scholarly publications, experience in interdisciplinary research, and abilityto interact with a diverse group of investigators in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and in the School ofMedicine, Indiana University.

Salary and Benefits: Commensurate with education, training, and professional experience. Excellent fringe benefitpackage that includes TIAA-CREF retirement program, medical, life and disability insurance, and sabbatical leaveprogram.

Application Procedure: Review of applications has begun, and will continue until the position is filled. Qualifiedpersons are requested to send a letter of application and curriculum vitae to:

James E. Tisdale, Pharm.D.Chair, Search Committee

Department of Pharmacy Practice, Purdue UniversityW7555 Myers Building, WHS

1001 West 10th StreetIndianapolis IN 46202

Telephone: (317) 613-2315, ext 306E-mail: jtisdale@iupui.edu

Purdue University is an Equal Access/Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer