The Purdue University College of Pharmacy APhA–ASP Chapter was honored to receive the 2023 APhA–ASP Chapter Operational Leadership Award at the 2023 APhA Annual Meeting and Exposition in Phoenix. This recognition was a testament to the inclusive environment and culture we strived to establish among the leadership team at the beginning of the academic year.

The CARES Clinic is a student-run clinic at The Medical University of South Carolina that provides free primary care services to uninsured patients in the Charleston, SC, area. Students from the colleges of medicine, pharmacy, and health professions collaborate to produce comprehensive medical care for patients in the clinic 3 to 4 nights a week under the supervision of licensed physicians.

Health care is for everyone. However, there are many who go without access to preventive medicine. Housing-insecure populations are much more likely to go without primary care services due to the instability in their life that inhibits access, but despite their increased need there are few service opportunities to help connect this population to such resources.

In my first year at the University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Pharmacy, I chose to join the APhA–ASP Women’s Health Committee. As a new committee that was formed in 2019, there was a lot of room to cultivate this initiative into a valuable resource for our community.

JayDoc Free Clinic is an organization managed by University of Kansas (KU) medical students and student pharmacists that provides access to medical resources to underserved patients within the Kansas City community. Students of both professions work alongside each other—with guidance from licensed pharmacists and physicians—to triage, assess, and treat every patient with the best care possible.