Dear colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the 21 recipients of the 2024 CVS Health/AACP Community Pharmacy Health Equity Award for Student Pharmacists! Each awardee will receive a $20,000 scholarship. The goal of the scholarship program, which was funded by the CVS Health Foundation, is to support students who face financial barriers in pursuit of education including, but not limited to, those who identify as an underrepresented minority student, a student with a disability, or a student with previous or current military service.
Recipients of the 2024 CVS Health/AACP Community Pharmacy Health Equity Award for Student Pharmacists are:
- Anna Azuz, Wayne State University
- Tasneem Elbashir, University of Maryland Eastern Shore
- Roseline Agyekum, Howard University
- Celina La, Western University of Health Sciences
- Isabella Serna, University of Southern California
- Eldina Memic, The University of Texas at Austin
- Christine Nguyen, Creighton University
- Rachel Graham, University of California, San Diego
- Ambar Rodriguez Caldero, University of Puerto Rico
- Luis Díaz-Pagán, University of Puerto Rico
- Catherine Lu, Saint Joseph's University
- Juniki Langle, Campbell University
- Maheen Polani, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
- Juliana Guevara-Montañez, University of Puerto Rico
- Maria Newlon, Northeast Ohio Medical University
- Richard Schaefer, Concordia University Wisconsin
- Erica Jones, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
- Karelys J. Cosme-Rodríguez, Medical University of South Carolina
- Kevin Amon, Campbell University
- Talia Harvey, South University
- Ally Lockhart, Wayne State University
Nearly 200 submissions were received for the 2024 scholarship. In their application essays, recipients described how their lived experiences have contributed to their success in advocating for health equity and the well-being of individual patients in underserved communities across the United States. They also described their vision for improving healthcare through advocacy in the future.
We would also like to thank the 83 AACP members who served as application reviewers. We could not host this scholarship without you!
To read the full press release and learn more about each recipient, click here.
Best,
Danielle
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Danielle Stubbs
Associate Director of Student Recruitment and Diversity
American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
Arlington VA
703-479-3840
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