The College of Pharmacy has consistently participated in an annual medication adherence awareness campaign hosted by the National Consumers League entitled “Script Your Future” since its’ inception in 2011. As a participant in the competition, this student-led effort has led NEOMED to take home seven National Awards, including the following:
2014: Communication and Media Outreach Award
2015: Communication and Media Outreach Award
2016: Health Disparities/Under-represented Community Outreach
2017: National Challenge, Health Disparities/Under-represented Community Outreach, and Communication and Media Outreach Awards
2019: Health Disparities/Under-represented Community Outreach Award
The 2019 campaign, led by student pharmacist Shivali Singh, focused on reaching out to patients with respiratory health conditions in the Northeast Ohio community.
With a focus on caring for the community, the College of Pharmacy will continue to provide adherence-focused outreach during the 2020 campaign. This year’s student leaders, Ikenna Ogwuegbu and Virginia San Juan, have started working on plans to incorporate their interprofessional training into practice. The student leaders are working on connections with local underserved, behavioral health, and Latino population locations to design interventions that address the Social Determinants of Health that are often barriers to medication adherence.
For more than 40 years, Northeast Ohio Medical University has worked in collaboration with its educational, clinical and research partners to successfully train health professionals and medical researchers who serve and impact the region and beyond. The University trains students in a team-based, interprofessional environment and offers Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) and Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) degrees, as well as master’s and doctoral degrees and research opportunities in other medical areas. In addition to research conducted within its colleges, NEOMED advances innovation and research in health care through six research focus areas. Visit neomed.edu.