October 28, 2010
Adrienne Giddens, a fourth-year doctor of pharmacy student at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, has received the Future Pharmacist Award through the Next Generation Pharmacist Award Program.
The program, sponsored by Parata Systems and Pharmacy Times, honors pharmacists, technicians, and pharmacy student who embrace and embody the future of pharmacy. The Future Pharmacist Award recognizes a pharmacy student who demonstrates spirit and passion for the profession primarily through academic achievement, along with industry advocacy, patient advocacy, technology innovation, civic leadership, or environmentalism.
Clinical assistant professor Lisa Dinkins, PharmD, who nominated Giddens for the award, says Giddens has worked to revise the way standards of professionalism are assessed.
“Adrienne has served on the Professionalism Committee at the School,” says Dinkins, who teaches in the School’s Pharmaceutical Care Labs. “She has also exemplified professionalism in her interactions with students, faculty, and staff. Additionally, she and I have had many conversations on teaching and assessment of professionalism within the PCL curriculum.”
While she was president of the UNC chapter of the pharmacy fraternity Kappa Epsilon, Giddens also began an outreach program through KE with cancer patients in local hospitals and initiated an education program for undergraduates. She serves as a representative on the Vision 2015 Task Force for the North Carolina Association of Pharmacists. The task force is working to develop a plan for the future practice of pharmacy in North Carolina.
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