Call for Nominations
The 2026 Call for Nominations for the NAM Fellowship in Pharmacy opens on March 4, 2026 and closes on June 1, 2026 at 3:00 p.m. ET.
The Boards of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy and the American College of Clinical Pharmacy collaborated for the call for nominations for the 2026 National Academy of Medicine (NAM) Fellowship in Pharmacy. This fellowship supports a pharmacist as an early career health policy or health science scholar. Details about the nomination process may be found in the Guide to Nominations below.
Overview
The fellowship requires a 10- to 20-percent commitment of time for two years, and includes attendance at a one-week orientation to health policy, the NAM Annual Meeting, and the meetings of the fellow’s designated board. Domestic travel expenses are covered for participation in approved fellowship activities. Additionally, the fellow will participate actively in the work of an appropriate expert study committee or roundtable, including contributing to its reports or other products. Studies that would enable the potential for the fellow to contribute to the value of integrating medicine and public health will be identified.
This experience will introduce the NAM Fellow in Pharmacy to a variety of experts and perspectives, including legislators, government officials, industry leaders, executives of voluntary health organizations, scientists, and other health professionals. In addition, each fellow will be assigned to an NAM member who will serve as a senior mentor during the two years of the fellowship.
A flexible research grant of $25,000 will be awarded to each NAM Fellow in Pharmacy, which will be administered through the appropriate department in the fellow’s home institution to advance the fellow’s professional and academic career. This grant is not intended for use as a salary offset for the fellow, and no indirect costs are allowed.
If you have questions about any aspect of the nomination process please contact Lee Vermeulen, AACP Executive Vice President & CEO.
Guide to Nominations
Eligibility Criteria
Nominees for the NAM Fellowship must:
- Be nominated by one of the following:
- A member of the NAM
- The board of directors of AACP (Note: AACP members wishing to secure a letter of nomination from the AACP Board should contact Lee Vermeulen to discuss the submission no later than May 4, 2026.)
- The board of regents of ACCP
- Have completed a Pharm.D. and/or Ph.D. from a relevant field of study in the pharmaceutical and clinical sciences
- Be able to dedicate 10 to 20 percent of time to the fellowship for two years
- Be between four and ten years after completion of post-graduate work OR between five and fifteen years after completion of a Pharm.D.
- Have sponsorship by academic department head or equivalent supervisor
- Have endorsement by the dean or comparable senior leader
- Hold U.S. citizen or permanent resident status at the time of the nomination
Selection Criteria
Nominees will be evaluated by an NAM-appointed committee based on their professional qualifications, scholarship, and quality of professional accomplishments as evidenced through publications and research grants, and relevance of current field of expertise to the work of the NAM.
Preference will be given to those with a demonstrated interest in and focus on advancing pharmacy practice and scholarship.
Application Packet for AACP Nominees
A complete nomination packet must be submitted electronically through the online nomination system and will include the following documents:
- A nomination letter from a member of the NAM, the board of directors of AACP or the board of regents of ACCP (Note: AACP members wishing to secure a letter of nomination from the AACP Board should contact Lee Vermeulen to discuss the submission no later than May 4, 2026)
- Letters of recommendation and endorsement from:
- Department chair or equivalent supervisor
- Academic dean or comparable senior leader
- Other individual(s) familiar with the nominee’s work
- An up-to-date curriculum vitae
- A brief one-page bio
- A one-page personal statement that describes the candidate’s reasons for wanting to be a fellow for this particular program at this phase of their career
Meet the Current NAM Pharmacy Fellow
- 2024–2026 Fellow: Jennifer Bacci, Pharm.D., MPH, is an endowed associate professor in innovative pharmacy practice and co-director of the Center for Pharmacy Practice Transformation at the University of Washington School of Pharmacy.
Previous NAM Pharmacy Fellow
- 2022-2024 Fellow: Inmaculada Hernandez, Pharm.D., Ph.D., is a professor in the Division of Clinical Pharmacy at the University of California, San Diego Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
- 2020–2022 Fellow: Adam Bress, Pharm.D., M.S., is an associate professor and vice-chair for research (population health) in the Department of Population Health Sicences at the University of Utah and an investigator at the VA Salt Lake City Health Care System
- 2018–2020 Fellow: Dima Mazen Qato, Pharm.D., M.P.H., Ph.D., is the Hygeia Centennial Chair and associate professor at the University of Southern California School of Pharmacy and a senior fellow at the USC Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics.
- 2016–2018 Fellow: Jonathan H. Watanabe, Pharm.D., Ph.D., is professor and chair of the Department of Clinical Pharmacy at the University of California, San Francisco School of Pharmacy.
- 2014–2016 Fellow: Steven M. Smith, Pharm.D., M.P.H., is the Chair of Pharmaceutical Outcomes & Policy, Co-Director for the Center for Integrative Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases, and an associate professor in the Department of Pharmacotherapy and Translational Research at the University of Florida College of Pharmacy.
- 2012–2014 Fellow: Samuel G. Johnson, Pharm.D., BCPS, FCCP, is the Vice President of Clinical Solutions at Agilum.