The Robert K. Chalmers Distinguished Pharmacy Educator Award is named for the late Robert K. Chalmers, former AACP president and distinguished educator and recognizes excellence in pharmacy education. The award recognizes an individual’s excellence in pharmacy education and consists of an inscribed glass sculpture and complimentary registration to the AACP Annual Meeting.
Volwiler Research Achievement Award
The Volwiler Research Achievement Award was established as the research prize in academic pharmacy to honor the late Ernest H. Volwiler, former president and research director of Abbott Laboratories. The intent of the Award is to recognize annually an individual within the ranks of pharmacy education recognized by his or her peers as one of the leading research workers in a given area of the pharmaceutical and clinical sciences, pharmacy practice and the social and administrative sciences, and for outstanding contributions to the respective disciplines. This award consists of a glass sculpture and complimentary registration to the AACP Annual Meeting.
Paul R. Dawson Award for Excellence in Patient Care Research
The intent of the Paul R. Dawson Award for Excellence in Patient Care Research is to recognize annually an active scientist within the ranks of pharmacy education as a leader in the broad range of research related to health services delivery directly affecting patient outcomes, including basic, clinical, translational and health services research. Since 2015, the award criteria include all research that has made sustained contributions to the quality of patient outcomes. This award consists of a glass sculpture and complimentary registration to the AACP Annual Meeting. The award was endowed by Amgen in honor of its former Vice President of Marketing and Sales Paul R. Dawson.