Wiederholt Prize For Best Published Paper Award For Economic, Social And Administrative Sciences (ESAS)
2026 APhA Weiderholt Prize Recipient
Jenny L. Newlon, PharmD, PhD
Jenny L. Newlon is a pharmacist, health services researcher, and UX researcher. She graduated from Purdue University’s College of Pharmacy with a PharmD in 2014 and a PhD in health services, outcomes, and policy in 2020. She finished a postdoctoral fellowship at Purdue University in 2022. During graduate school and her postdoctoral fellowship, she researched health policy topics through a social/behavioral lens. Her research has been funded by the CDC and NIH and includes topics such as pharmacist-provided contraceptive services, scope of practice, and pharmacy working conditions. She currently serves as the research director at Birth Control Pharmacist.
Co-Authors: Swarnali Goswami, John P. Bentley, Kimberly S. Illingworth
Paper Title: Community pharmacists’ readiness to take action to improve working conditions
About
The APhA Best Published Paper Award for Economic, Social, and Administrative Sciences was established in
1996. In 2002, it was renamed the Wiederholt Prize in honor of Joseph B. Wiederholt, PhD (1949-2001). Dr.
Wiederholt was the first recipient of the award and a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The
purpose of the award is to recognize the best published paper in the Journal of the American Pharmacists
Association (JAPhA) that describes original investigation in economic, social, or administrative sciences
related to pharmacy.
Criteria
The primary author must be an APhA Member. The paper need not have been presented before the Association. The
paper must represent original research, and must have been published in JAPhA within 2 calendar years prior
to the screening deadline (September 1 of the year before the presentation of the award). Papers will be
evaluated based upon the quality of the science and translation of the research to the practice of pharmacy.
Nomination/screening process
The ESAS Officers appointed by the Community Chair of APhA Research and Science Community will screen all
ESAS-related articles published in JAPhA, and select and submit finalists to the APhA Research & Science
Awards Selection team by the screening deadline.
Selection process
The selection of the recipient is made by the APhA-Research and Science Awards Selection Committee.
Nature of award
The award, presented at the APhA Annual Meeting & Exposition, consists an engraved plaque for the primary
author of the selected paper, plus an engraved plaque for each of the associated authors, if any. The
primary author also receives a complimentary APhA Annual Meeting & Exposition registration and
reimbursement for meeting-related travel expenses, according to current travel policies and up to the
maximum amount budgeted by APhA.
Past Recipients
2025 J. Douglas Thornton, PharmD, PhD, BCPS
2022 Kyle Melin, Claudia R. Hilera-Botet, Dializza Vega-Vélez, Valeria M. Salgado-Crespo, Darlene
Santiago, Jonathan Hernández-Agosto, Aryam Muñoz-Burgos, Zaritza Cajigas, José Javier Martínez-Vélez,
Carlos E. Rodríguez-Díaz
2021 Kenneth C. Hohmeier, Shane P. Desselle
2020 Yiran Zhang, William R. Doucette
2019 Karen Suchanek Hudmon, Robin L. Corelli, Carl de Moor, Alan J. Zillich, Christine Fenlon, Lyndsay
Miles, Alexander V. Prokhorov, Susan M. Zbikowski
2018 Olufunmilola Abraham, Amanda Brothers, Dayna S. Alexander, and Delesha M. Carpenter
2017 Brandon J. Patterson, Peter J. Kaboli, Traviss Tubbs, Bruce Alexander, and Brian C. Lund
2016 Pamela Heaton, Heidi Luder, and Namita Tundia
2015 David A. Holdford and Timothy J. Inocencio
2014 Bonnie L. Svarstad, Jane Morley Kotchen, Theresa I. Shireman, Roger L. Brown, Stephanie Y. Crawford,
Jeanine K. Mount, Pamela A. Palmer, Eva M. Vivian, and Dale A. Wilson
2013 Carole Kimberlin, Allison Newland Jamison, Stephan Linden, and Almut G. Winterstein
2012 Melinda E. Kozminski, Rachelle Busby, Melissa Somma McGivney, Patricia M. Klatt, Stephanie R.
Hackett, and Joel H. Merenstein
2011 Beth A. Martin, Ruth H. Bruskiewitz, and Betty A. Chewning
2010 Elizabeth A. Flynn, Kenneth N. Barker, Bruce A. Berger, Kimberly B. Lloyd, and Patrick D. Brackett
2009 Barry A. Bunting, Benjamin H. Smith, and Susan E. Sutherland
2005 Elizabeth A. Chrischilles
2004 Carole W. Cranor and Dale D. Christensen
2003 Dale Christensen, Nancy Neil, William E. Fassett, David H. Smith, Garth Holmes, and Andy Stergachis
2002 Julie M. Ganther and David H. Kreling
2000 Scott R. Smith and Duane M. Kirking
1999 Folakemi T. Odedina, Charles D. Hepler, Richard Segal, and M. David Miller
1997 Jon C. Schommer and Joseph B. Wiederholt
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