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APhA–ASP with Women’s Health Campaign (WHC)

Make an impact in a whole new way!

September 21, 2020

ADVOCACY

Two years ago, APhA–ASP, with the support of Merck, launched the Women’s Health Campaign (WHC) and made the commitment to address the health education needs of women across the country.

Scotty Reams pointing to State Representative auto decal.

A scoop of ice cream and a scoop of advocacy

July 23, 2020

ADVOCACY By Scotty Reams

When I was a kid, the same ice cream truck would visit my house each summer. It wasn’t an ordinary ice cream truck, though. What made this ice cream truck so special?

Women’s Health Campaign initiative at the 2018 ASP Summer Leadership Institute

PINK colors and beyond

July 23, 2020

ADVOCACY By Nhung Nguyen

APhA–ASP provides a unique place for student pharmacists to cultivate ideas into actionable projects, events, and policies.

Gender pronouns open the door to awareness

July 23, 2020

ADVOCACY By Jackie Brogie and Kristin Werner

While recently attending an AHEC Scholars Program presentation on barriers to health care in the LGBTQ+ community, some staggering statistics were revealed about the transgender community.

Group picture at The University of New Mexico (UNM) College of Pharmacy

New Mexico pharmacists win fight for reimbursement

May 18, 2020

ADVOCACY: By Jessica Severin

The fight for provider status took a huge step forward in the state of New Mexico in March.

Social media tips and tricks

May 18, 2020

ADVOCACY: By the 2019–20 APhA–ASP Communications Standing Committee

After an exciting and eventful year on the APhA–ASP Communications Standing Committee, we want to share our favorite and most useful tips for effectively expanding your chapter’s social media prese

Sachpreet Bajaj with group on the steps of Richmond's Capital building.

The invisible cheerleaders

March 9, 2020

ADVOCACY

Behind every student pharmacist, pharmacy technician, and pharmacist, there is an invisible cheerleader that may go unnoticed. Any ideas who may that be?

Norman Nguyen in discussion with others.

A health care storyteller

March 9, 2020

ADVOCACY

The Healthcare Scholar was originally created by one of my mentors, James Cong, PharmD, as a media platform to encourage interprofessional health care collaboration and learn from other students an

Be a good idea champion

January 21, 2020

ADVOCACY

Student pharmacists are sometimes told that they don’t know enough yet to create legislative or policy change. They are told that they need to wait, that they aren’t ready.

Back the PAC

January 21, 2020

ADVOCACY

In order to create the change we desire in the pharmacy profession, pharmacists need to learn from the past and commit to the future.

Training for firearm-related violence

November 18, 2019

ADVOCACY

As the daughter of a retired law enforcement officer, I was honored to assist with the implementation of 2019.5—Creating Safe Work and Learning Environments for Student Pharmacists, Pharmacists, an

The power of student advocacy

November 18, 2019

ADVOCACY

This year, as the Vice President of Legislative Affairs for the Associated Students of Washington State University Health Sciences (ASWSUHS), I helped lead the passage of HB 1726 in the Washington