According to The National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA), an eating disorder is a serious but treatable mental and physical illness that is characterized by highly distressing beliefs and behaviors related to body shape and weight. Eating disorders do not discriminate and can affect people of all genders and ages.¹ Nearly 1 in 10 people in the United States will have an eating disorder in their lifetime.

In March 2022 at the APhA Annual Meeting & Exposition in San Antonio, the APhA–ASP House of Delegates passed adopted New Business Item (NBI) 2022.1: Gender Expansive Rights, Education, and Advocacy. Within this adopted NBI, APhA–ASP encourages the improvement in care for gender-expansive patients by integrating gender-affirming therapy (GAT) into pharmacy school curriculum and supports the use of GAT in transgender and nonbinary (TNB) patients with an informed consent model.

This article includes discussion of suicide. If you or someone you know needs help, please call the National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988.

On October 11, 2022, the student pharmacists and faculty at the University of Arkansas for Medical Services College of Pharmacy were invited to bring their favorite Hispanic dish to share and enjoy together.

Of the opportunities available to APhA–ASP members of International Pharmaceutical Students’ Federation (IPSF), few are as grand as the international conferences. There are 2 major conferences organized by IPSF: the World Congress and the regional symposia. This summer, members of the APhA–ASP International Standing Committee (ISC) had the privilege of attending the World Congress in Egypt and the Pan American Regional Symposium (PARS) in Chile.