The 2014 Student Government Relations Award was recently presented to PittPharmacy students by The Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association (PPA) during their Annual Conference held September 2014. This award appropriately salutes the school which has gone above and beyond in the area of advocacy work. Points were awarded for participation in legislative day, meetings with legislators, PAC awareness, and other innovative advocacy efforts.
The University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy had a total of 126 student attendees, 42 of whom held legislative appointments, on legislative day to advocate for advancing pharmacy practice. Not only were they involved with legislative day, they also hosted a press conference in conjunction with Representative Seth Grove on the importance of the Immunization Bill for public health and for pharmacists.
Accepting the award for PittPharmacy are class of 2016 members Aaron Devanathan and Kelsey Moss.
