Student Pharmacists Awarded APhA Scholarships
Both recipients are third-year students
The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Foundation awarded 19 scholarships this year nationwide, and two of them were awarded to Shenandoah University Bernard J. Dunn School of Pharmacy third-year students.
Mohammad Kaker
Mohammad Kaker was awarded the George F. Archambault Scholarship.
Mohammad is a third-year dual degree PharmD candidate who is also pursuing a Master of Science in Pharmacogenomics at Shenandoah University in Fairfax, VA.
The George F. Archambault Scholarship is the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists’s (ASCP) highest honor.
Sidrah Alam
Sidrah Alam was awarded the Pharmacists Mutual Community Pharmacy Scholarship.
Sidrah Alam is a third-year pharmacy student who is also pursuing a Master of Science in Pharmacogenomics.
Alam also had an article, “It’s a new year. . . with a new dress code,” published recently in APhA’s magazine, Student Pharmacist. Alam was the 2019–20 APhA–ASP Region 2 regional member-at-large. She has also been elected as the 2021-2022 APhA-ASP National member-at-large!
Sidrah Alam was also awarded one of the four national Student Leadership Awards from APhA!
Established in 1983, the APhA Student Leadership Awards recognize outstanding academic achievement and leadership ability in APhA-ASP at the local, regional, and national levels of students who are currently in their next to the last year of pharmacy school.
More about the awards can be found online at the APhA Foundation.
