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The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Academy of Pharmaceutical Research & Science (APhA–APRS) and Academy of Pharmacy Practice & Management (APhA–APPM) today announced the election slate for the 2021 APhA Elections. 

APhA–APPM also announced the Special Interest Groups (SIGs) election slate for the 2021 APhA Elections. The APhA–APPM SIGs are member-driven groups focused on key areas of interest. Ten of the current 11 SIGs will hold an election in 2021.

The elections for these positions will be held March 12–May 3, 2021.

Ballots for the executive committees and sections of APhA–APPM and APhA–APRS and for the APhA–APPM SIGs will be emailed to members on the afternoon of Friday, March 12, 2021, along with ballots for candidates for APhA’s upcoming Board of Trustees elections. Further election and candidate information is available online at the APhA Election webpage. 

APhA–APRS Basic Sciences Section Chair-elect 

Abir El-Alfy, PhD, of Milwaukee, WI
Heidi Mansour, PhD, RPh, of Tucson, AZ

APhA–APRS Clinical Sciences Section Chair-elect

Jackoline M. Costantino, PharmD, BCCP, of San Antonio, TX

APhA–APRS Economic, Social, and Administrative Sciences Section Chair-elect 

Abir Kahaleh, PhD, MS, BPharm, MPH, of Schaumburg, IL
Kevin Lu, PhD, FISPE, BPharm, of Columbia, SC

APhA–APPM President-elect

Nicholas Dorich, PharmD, of Durham, NC
Patricia Fabel, PharmD, BCPS, of Winnsboro, SC

APhA–APPM Executive Committee Member-at-large

Pair One:

Chris Johnson, PharmD, MEd, BCACP, of Little Rock, AR
G. Blair Sarbacker, PharmD, BCACP, FAPhA, of Spartanburg, SC

Pair Two:

Lalymar Havern, PharmD, MS, BCACP, of Del Rio, TX
Deanna Seiler, BS, RPh, PharmD, of Lake Villa, IL

Pair Three:

LCDR Trisha Chandler, PharmD, of Cave Creek, AZ
Jessica Marx, PharmD, BCPS, of Exeter, NH

APhA–APPM Care of Underserved Patients Special Interest Group Coordinator-elect

Lisa Scholz, PharmD, MBA, FACHE, of Deerfield Beach, FL
Anna Staudt, PharmD, of Columbus, OH

APhA–APPM Compounding Special Interest Group Coordinator-elect

Natalie Young, PharmD, FACVP, of Raleigh, NC

APhA–APPM Diabetes Management Special Interest Group Coordinator-elect

Aimee Dawson, PharmD, of South Windsor, CT
Nicholas Lehman, PharmD, BCACP, of Urbandale, IA

APhA–APPM Immunizing Pharmacists Special Interest Group Coordinator-elect

Laura E. Knockel, PharmD, BCACP, of Iowa City, IA
Jennifer (Jenn) Wilson, PharmD, of Waxhaw, NC

APhA–APPM Medical Home/ACO Special Interest Group Coordinator-elect

Darren Mensch, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP, of Wyncote, PA

APhA–APPM Medication Management Special Interest Group Coordinator-elect

Tosin David, PharmD, BC-ADM, of Salisbury, MD
Taylor Elise Mathis, PharmD, MS, BCACP, of Henderson, TN

APhA–APPM Nuclear Pharmacy Practice Special Interest Group Coordinator-elect

David Barnes, RPh, BCNP, of Pompano Beach, FL

APhA–APPM Pain, Palliative Care, and Addiction Special Interest Group Coordinator-elect

Emily E. Leppien, PharmD, BCPS, of Binghamton, NY
Larry Selkow, RPh, BSPharm, of La Quinta, CA

APhA–APPM Preceptor Special Interest Group Coordinator-elect

Ha Phan, PharmD, CDCES, BCACP, of Jackson, MS

APhA–APPM Transitions of Care Special Interest Group Coordinator-elect

Roxane Took, PharmD, BCACP, of St. Louis, MO