PittPharmacy’s SNPhA chapter was selected as a regional winner in the SNPhA-Walmart Prescription for Service competition in February 2016. Various regional chapters submitted proposals to promote quality, affordable, and accessible healthcare for everyone. The Pitt chapter project submission The HPV Vaccine: The Red Light to Cancer, aims to create awareness and foster discussion to de-stigmatize HPV and the vaccine and to educate the catch-up college-aged population through interactive educational campus events. PittPhamacy SNPhA chapter was awarded a grant to carry out their proposal.
Student organizers of the SNPhA win are top Nayanika Basu, (Class of 2018), Ingrid Pan, (Class of 2017) and Top Triamwong, (Class of 2018). Kaley Hayes, (Class of 2017) was an additional contributor to the winning team.
Carolyn Thorpe, PhD, MPH is the faculty advisor for PittPharmacy’s SNPhA Chapter.
