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The Rufus A. Lyman Award is presented annually to the author(s) of the best paper published in the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education.

Selection Criteria

• Papers considered for the Lyman Award include manuscripts representing original research and/or other scholarly work that have been published in regular issues 1 to 10 of the preceding year/volume of the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education. Addresses of Association officers, editorials, reports or papers commissioned by AACP are not considered. Papers that have been previously published or published in substantially the same form before are not eligible for the award. Papers in AJPE's publication ahead-of-print (PAP) section are not eligible.
• Manuscripts will be judged by the following criteria:
  a. Utility and significance to pharmacy education
  b. Originality
  c. Research methodology and Analysis
  d. Writing style

Method of Selection

• Nominations for the Lyman Award may come from three sources: a) the chair of each section with consultation with the administrative board of that section; b) a member of the Editorial Advisory Board; and c) members of the Lyman Award Committee.
• The Lyman Award Committee is composed of the editor of AJPE, the recipient of the award from the previous year, and five members appointed by the president. The editor will serve as chair of the committee. An alternate will also be appointed each year in the event a member’s paper is under consideration.
• At the conclusion of the evaluation process, the Lyman Award Committee will recommend the paper that has garnered the most number of votes to the AACP Board of Directors for the award. The committee may recommend that the award not be presented in any given year.

Award

The award shall consist of an appropriately inscribed plaque. If the paper selected is authored by more than one person, each author shall receive a plaque. Recipients are honored during the AACP Annual Meeting.

Past Award Recipients

2024

"NAPLEX Preparation Program Characteristics and Resources Associated With First-Time Exam Pass Rates" 

Authors: Diana M. Sobieraj, Pharm.D., FCCP, BCPS; Aleda M.H. Chen, Pharm.D., Ph.D., FAPhA; Michael P. Kelsch, Pharm.D., BCPS; Lisa Lebovitz, J.D., M.S.; Sarah A. Spinler, Pharm.D., FAHA, FCCP, FSHP, AACC; Mary E. Ray, Pharm.D.

Institutions: University of Connecticut; Cedarville University; North Dakota State University; University of Maryland; Binghamton University, The State University of New York; The University of Iowa

2023

“Deficiencies of Traditional Grading Systems and Recommendations for the Future”

Authors: Jeff Cain. Ed.D.; Melissa S. Medina, Ed.D.; Frank Romanelli, Pharm.D.; Adam M. Persky, Ph.D.

Institutions: University of Kentucky; University of Oklahoma; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

2022

“Addressing the Need for Ethnic and Racial Diversity in the Pipeline for Pharmacy Faculty” 

Authors: Hope E. Campbell, Pharm.D,; Angela M. Hagan, Ph.D.; Caroline A. Gaither, Ph.D. 

Institutions: Belmont University; University of Minnesota

2021

"A Historical Discourse Analysis of Pharmacist Identity in Pharmacy Education"

Authors: Jamie Kellar, Pharm.D; Elise Paradis, Ph.D; Cees P.M. van der Vleuten, Ph.D; Mirjam G.A. oude Egbrink, Ph.D; Zubin Austin, Ph.D, MISc

Institutions: University of Toronto (Canada) and Maastricht University (Netherlands)

2020

"Aiding Transformation from Student to Practitioner by Defining Threshold Concepts for the Pharmacists’ Patient Care Process"

Authors: Claire Kolar, Pharm.D, Ph.D and Kristin K. Janke, Ph.D

Institution: University of Minnesota

2019

"Assessing Students Impressions of the Cultural Awareness of Pharmacy Faculty and Students"

Authors: Nicholas G. Popovich, Ph.D.; Clara Okorie-Awé, Ph.D., Ed.D.; Stephanie Y. Crawford, Ph.D.; Fabricio E. Balcazar, Ph.D.; Rosalyn P. Vellurattil, Pharm.D.; Terry W. Moore, Ph.D.; Allison E. Schriever, Pharm.D.

Institution: University of Illinois at Chicago

2018

"Blended Simulation Progress Testing for Assessment of Practice Readiness"

Authors: Neal Benedict, Pharm.D.; Pamela Smithburger, Pharm.D., M.S.; Amy Calabrese Donihi, Pharm.D.; Philip Empey, Pharm.D., Ph.D.; Lawrence Kobulinsky; Amy Seybert, Pharm.D.; Thomas Waters; Scott Drab, Pharm.D.; John Lutz, B.S; Deborah Farkas, Ph.D.; Susan Meyer, Ph.D.

Institutions: University of Pittsburgh and WISER Education and Simulation Facility, Pittsburgh

2017

“Development and Application of a Stepwise Assessment Process for Rational Redesign of Sequential Skills-Based Courses”
Authors: Casey E. Gallimore, Pharm.D.; Andrea L. Porter, Pharm.D.; and Susanne G. Barnett, Pharm.D. 

Institution: University of Wisconsin-Madison

2016

“Towards an Operational Definition of Clinical Competency in Pharmacy”
Authors: L. Douglas Ried, Ph.D. and Charles A. Douglas, Ph.D., MBA

Institutions: University of Texas at Tyler and Texas A&M University 

2015

“Is a Pharmacy Student the Customer or the Product?”
Author: David A. Holdford, Ph.D.

Institution: Virginia Commonwealth University

2014

"Development and Validation of the Student Perceptions of Physician-Pharmacist Interprofessional Clinical Education (SPICE) Instrument"
Authors: David S. Fike, Ph.D.; Joseph A. Zorek, Pharm.D.; Anitra A. MacLaughlin, Pharm.D.; Mohammed Samiuddin, M.D.; Rodney B. Young, M.D.; and Eric J. MacLaughlin, Pharm.D.

Institutions: University of the Incarnate Word, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

 

For all the past Lyman Award recipients, visit AJPE.

Pharmacy SuRGE (Scholarship, Research and Graduate Education)

Pharmacy SuRGE is an AACP initiative to bring together leaders from pharmacy schools to advance research, research training and graduate education.  SuRGE meetings provide an opportunity to discuss and develop strategies for supporting research, identify opportunities for collaboration, and share experience in navigating the changing research regulation and funding landscape. SuRGE is envisioned as a starting point for activities that can be continued through AACP affiliate groups such as the Graduate Education Special Interest Group (SIG.) 

Quarterly SuRGE meetings are held from 1–2:30 p.m. ET on the third Tuesday of March, June, September and December. Please contact Dorothy Farrell for more information.

The next Pharmacy SuRGE meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 17, 2026. 

Dr. Marlon Fuller will show attendees how to foster a sense of belonging and build pathways for student success at the new AACP Institute this October.

Dr. Marlon "Doc" Fuller is a distinguished philanthropist, inventor, author, entrepreneur, pharmacist, keynote, and investor, who also balances life as a devoted father of four. With his wife, Christina, he co-founded CoolKids.org, a nonprofit that provides financial literacy education to children aged 8 to 16, impacting over 30,000 lives.

AACP Learn, our new Learning Management System, enables you to engage in professional development opportunities from anywhere, anytime.

The Community Pharmacy Student Scholar Leaders participated in monthly 2-hour sessions, completed pre- and post-session assignments, and presented a graduation poster highlighting what they learned from the program and their vision for the future of community-based pharmacy practice.

1. Abbi Kidd, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
2. Allison Chan, University at Buffalo-SUNY
3. Allison Notestine, The University of Toledo
4. Allison Welsh, North Dakota State University
5. Allyson Nelson, University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis
6. Amir Giurgius, University of Missouri-Kansas City
7. Andrew Mullins, Virginia Commonwealth University
8. Anisha Jackson, Samford University
9. Anna Ingamells, University of Nebraska Medical Center
10. Anna Robichaud, High Point University
11. Ashley Joseph, University of the Sciences in Philadelphia
12. Baleigh Goddard, University of Charleston
13. Brittany Bullock, The University of Iowa
14. Bruno Onwukwe, The University of Texas at Austin
15. Caleb Nelson-lange, University of Minnesota
16. Caroline Eason, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
17. Casey Hourigan, Feik School of Pharmacy
18. Christopher Le, University of Illinois Chicago
19. Corey McLemore, Union University
20. Delancy Anderson, The University of Mississippi
21. Desiree Molina, Idaho State University
22. Elizabeth Jenkins, The University of Mississippi
23. Erin Lomenick Pearson, The University of Mississippi
24. Gretchen Erdmann, Butler University
25. Gwyneth Thomas, Shenandoah University
26. Haley McKeefer, University of North Texas Health Science Center
27. Haley Weaver Owens, Harding University
28. Hannah Nebel, The University of Iowa
29. Janki Patel, The University of Iowa
30. John White, The University of Mississippi
31. Jonathan Marquess, University of Georgia
32. Jonathan Reynolds, University of Georgia
33. Jordyn Koontz, Temple University of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
34. Kayla Huber, Washington State University
35. Kirsten Adkins, Palm Beach Atlantic University
36. Leda Moreno, Nova Southeastern University
37. Leilanie Crespo Hernandez, University of Florida
38. Libby Baines, Samford University
39. Mai Tram Nguyen, University of Colorado
40. Mariam Mekhael, Chapman University
41. Marissa Narvaez, University of the Incarnate Word
42. Monica Samaan, Temple University of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
43. Morgan Oettinger, University of Wisconsin-Madison
44. Natalie Novak, Mercer University College of Pharmacy
45. Nicholas Hammond, Idaho State University
46. Rachel Thurman Hopper, Ohio State University
47. Samantha Paddock, D'Youville College
48. Samuel Smith, Mercer University
49. Shannon Habba, Wayne State University
50. Theresa Ho, University of Illinois Chicago
51. Thomas Barish, University of Pittsburgh
52. Thomas Taylor, University of South Carolina
53. Tin Tran, The University of Iowa
54. Trisha Otwell, University of Houston College of Pharmacy
55. Victoria Stone, Touro College of Pharmacy - New York