March 9, 2009
Joe Heidrick, PharmD, a preceptor for the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, has received an honorable mention in the Individual Practitioner category of the American Pharmacists Association’s 2009 Immunization Champion Awards.
Heidrick, who holds an adjunct assistant professor appointment in the School, is a 2005 graduate of the School’s Community Pharmacy Residency Program and works as the clinical coordinator for Kerr Drugs in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He provides a broad range of immunization services in his practice and coordinated successful community outreach activities in the state’s two largest community fairs, immunizing more than 5,000 people.
This is the first year of the Immunization Champion Awards, which recognize the value and contributions pharmacists provide to improving the vaccination rates of their communities. The more than 150 nominees were evaluated based on the areas of impact, collaboration, originality, and overcoming challenges and opportunities for pharmacists. The awards will be presented during the APhA’s Annual Meeting on April 3-6 in San Antonio, Texas.
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