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Special Interest Group (SIG) Cabinet 

The SIG Cabinet is composed of the administrative officers (chair-elect, chair, immediate past chair, and secretary of knowledge management) of each SIG and the Administrative Board that represents the collective interests of the SIGs. AACP Members may designate up to two SIGs as their Primary SIGs and there is no limit to the number of SIGs they can designate as Informational SIGs. For a full description of each SIG and the officers please see the list of SIGs below.

Mission Statement

The mission of the SIG Cabinet is to ensure that the unique planning, learning and networking needs of AACP members are effectively met through SIG programs, projects and leadership development opportunities.

SIG Cabinet Administrative Board

The SIG Cabinet Administrative Board represents and advocates for the collective interests of the Special Interest Groups (SIGs) of the Association. The Administrative Board provides leadership through efforts to facilitate SIG activities that align with the mission and the strategic plan of AACP.

Jonathan Thigpen (Samford University) Chair
Otito Frances Iwuchukwu (Fairleigh Dickinson University) Chair-elect
Michael J. Fulford (University of Georgia) Immediate Past Chair
Whitney Maxwell (University of South Carolina) Secretary of Knowledge Management
Thomas Maggio (American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy) Staff Liaison

Special Interest Groups (SIGs) 

Administrative and Financial Officers

Leads and partners with our members to contribute financial/administrative expertise in a manner that supports the AACP and its membership in advancing pharmacy education, research, scholarship, practice and service to improve societal health.

Leadership

Amy Carbajal (Auburn University) Chair 
Carrie Cunningham (The University of Texas at Austin) Chair-elect 
Kristin M. Gniazdowski (University at Buffalo, The State University of NewYork) Immediate Past Chair
Travis C. Barnette (The University of New Mexico) Secretary of Knowledge Management
Assessment

Facilitates faculty exchange of ideas and innovations regarding programmatic assessment planning, implementation, and outcome management as it impacts programmatic improvement.

Leadership

Justine S. Gortney (Wayne State University) Chair
Jacqueline M. Zeeman (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) Chair-elect
Jill M. Augustine (Mercer University) Immediate Past Chair
Diana M. Sobiera (University of Connecticut) Secretary of Knowledge Management
Curriculum

Works within the academy to focus on, promote and address key issues related to curriculum in pharmacy schools to ensure that curricula are always meeting the current and future needs of pharmacy graduates.

Leadership

Fawzy Elbarbry (Pacific University Oregon)  Chair
Heather Folz (Notre Dame of Maryland University) Chair-elect
Ahmad Hanif (West Virginia University) Immediate Past Chair
Ahmed Abu Fayyad (Long Island University) Secretary of Knowledge Management
Geriatric Pharmacy

Positively impacts and improves geriatric care and pharmacy education through collaboration and communication of ideas among faculty regarding innovative teaching, clinical practice, research, scholarship, and service activities related to geriatric pharmacotherapy topics.

Leadership

Ashley Campbell (The University of Arizona) Chair
Leigh Ann Mike (University of Washington) Chair-elect
Julie Cooper (High Point University)  Immediate Past Chair
Tasha Woodall (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) Secretary of Knowledge Management
Global Education

Provides a forum for the exchange of information, ideas and programs that pertain to pharmacy education, research and healthcare on a global basis.

Leadership

Ashim Malhotra (California Northstate University) Chair
Mikiko Y. Takeda (The University of New Mexico) Chair-elect
Surajit Dey (Roseman University of Health Sciences) Immediate Past Chair
Abeer M. AlGhananeem (Sullivan University) Secretary of Knowledge Management
Graduate Education

Strengthens pharmacy graduate education and post-doctoral training by fostering a national dialogue that will enable development of programs, courses, and shared resources between institutions.

Leadership

Ana Maria Castejon (Nova Southeastern University) Chair
Omathanu Perumal (The University of New Mexico) Chair-elect
Andrew Coop (University of Maryland) Immediate Past Chair
Natalie Hohmann (Auburn University) Secretary of Knowledge Management
Health Care Ethics

Serves as a resource for members of AACP to exchange ideas and innovations in teaching, research, and patient care related to health care ethics.

Leadership

Christopher T. Owens (Idaho State University) Chair
Catherine O'Brien (University of Arkansas for Medical Scienes) Chair-elect
Jordan Baye (South Dakota State University)  Immediate Past Chair
Katherine Rotzenberg (University of Wisconsin-Madison) Secretary of Knowledge Management
Health Disparities and Cultural Competence

Supports members in their endeavors to design, implement, assess and evaluate research, educational and pharmacy practice initiatives that foster the delivery of culturally and linguistically competent, evidence-based, patient-centered care that effectively address disparate health outcomes.

Leadership

John Allen (University of Florida) Chair
Reshmi Singh (University of Wyoming) Chair-elect
Akesha Edwards (St. John Fisher University)  Immediate Past Chair
Olajumoke Amuwo (Roosevelt University) Secretary of Knowledge Management 
History of Pharmacy

Promotes the teaching of pharmacy history at pharmacy schools throughout North America, advances research and scholarship in the history of pharmacy, disseminates historical information about the profession and fosters the collection and preservation of historical artifacts related to the pharmacy profession.

Leadership

Jessica Mercerhill (The Ohio State University)  Chair
Andrea Kjos (Drake University) Chair-elect
Karen Nagel-Edwards (Midwestern University) Immediate Past Chair
Eric L. Welch (University of Kentucky) Secretary of Knowledge Management
Laboratory Instructors

Improves laboratory course content by providing direction for laboratory courses in the professional pharmacy curricula.
 

Leadership

Kali M. VanLangen (Ferris State University) Chair
Stephanie Hunziker (Southern Illinois University Edwardsville) Chair-elect
Kelly Bach (Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences) Immediate Past Chair
Sara R. Richter (University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis) Secretary of Knowledge Management
Leadership Development

Supports the development of leaders in all facets of the pharmacy profession and the Academy.

Leadership

Kyle Turner (The University of Utah) Chair
Charlotte A. Farris (Texas A&M University) Chair-elect
Kathryn J. Smith (The University Iowa) Immediate Past Chair
Kristin A. Garling (The University of Texas at Austin) Secretary of Knowledge Management
Minority Faculty

Facilitate networking; leads multi-institutional research in the area of minority recruitment, retention, and promotion at majority and minority schools of pharmacy; Addresses any deficiencies in the collection and reporting of data; encourages and supports minority representation in leadership, and identifies and brings to AACP’s attention, issues of importance to, and from the perspective of minority faculty.

Leadership

Malaika R. Turner (Howard University) Chair
Frank North (Texas A&M University) Chair-elect 
Careen-Joan Franklin (Howard University) Immediate Past Chair
Trishia Shaw (Chicago State University) Secretary of Knowledge Management
Pediatric Pharmacy

Facilitates pediatric faculty collaboration and communication of ideas and innovations in teaching, research, practice, and service activities related to neonatal and pediatric pharmacotherapy that will positively impact student learning.

Leadership

Amanda Capino (The University of Mississippi) Chair
Norman E. Fenn, III (Manchester University) Chair-elect
M. Petrea Cober (Northeast Ohio Medical University) Immediate Past Chair
Caroline Sierra (Loma Linda University) Secretary of Knowledge Management 
Pharmacogenomics

Provides an interdisciplinary academic forum for the exchange of ideas and resources pertinent to the effective teaching of pharmacogenomics and pharmacogenetics in the professional curriculum of colleges/schools of pharmacy and facilitates the implementation of pharmacogenomic sciences and technologies in the member institutions.

Leadership

Amy-Joan L. Ham (Belmont University) Chair
Marina Galvez-Peralta (West Virginia University) Chair-elect
Cheryl D. Cropp (Samford University) Immediate Past Chair
Kristen Ward (University of Michigan) Secretary of Knowledge Management
Public Health

Works to enable the Academy to focus on issues and impacts that serve to protect, promote, enhance the health and well-being of all people and the environment; and prevent disease in a global framework.

Leadership

Jennifer Bhuiyan (St. John's University) Chair
Prashant Sakharkar (Larkin University) Chair-elect
Julia Kalabalik-Hoganson (Fairleigh Dickinson University) Immediate Past Chair
Jennifer Ko (Chapman University) Secretary of Knowledge Management 
Self-Care Therapeutics/Nonprescription Medicine

Facilitates faculty exchange of ideas and innovations regarding teaching methodology, experiential education, research and scholarly activities in the self-care arena and to positively impact student learning.

Leadership

Sneha Srivastava (Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science) Chair
Kendall Guthrie (University of Missouri-Kansas City) Chair-elect
Sara E. Lynch (Binghamton University) Immediate Past Chair
Rashi Waghel (Wingate University) Secretary of Knowledge Management
Student Services

Represents all aspects of student services activities within a college or school of pharmacy and brings together professional staff, faculty and administrators to discuss issues of importance in the student activities arena.

Leadership

Krystal L. Ward (The University of New Mexico) Chair
Justin Samuel (The University of Texas at Austin) Chair-elect
Katie S. McClendon (The University of Mississippi) Immediate Past Chair
Molly Minze (Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center) Secretary of Knowledge Management
Substance Use Disorder

Promotes and enhances professional and public education concerning substance abuse, to promote and foster the provision of appropriate substance abuse assistance and recovery support for professionals and the public, and to promote scholarly inquiry concerning substance abuse as it impacts the profession of pharmacy and the public whom we serve.

Leadership

Carolanne Wartman (The University of Mississippi) Chair
Casey Gallimore, University of Wisconsin-Madison) Chair-elect
Samantha Odem (William Carey University) Immediate Past Chair
Laura C. Palombi (University of Minnessota) Secretary of Knowledge Management
Technology in Pharmacy Education and Learning

Help institutions and the members of the Academy integrate educational technologies that positively impact student learning and the processes of teaching, learning and assessment.

Leadership

Ashley Woodruff (University at Buffalo, The State University of New York)  Chair
Kathryn Litten (The University of Texas at Austin) Chair-elect
Sara N. Trovinger (Manchester University) Immediate Past Chair
Kathryn Sawyer (University of Illinois at Chicago) Secretary of Knowledge Management
Women in Academia

Supports the recruitment, retention and advancement of women in academic careers; cultivates leadership of women faculty; facilitates networking; and identifies and brings to the Association’s attention issues of importance to, and from the perspective of, women faculty.

Leadership

Angela Chu (Roseman University of Health Sciences) Chair
Elizabeth A. Hall (University of Tennessee) Chair-elect
Amy Henneman (Belmont University) Immediate Past Chair
Jessica H. Brady (The University of Louisiana at Monroe) Secretary of Knowledge Management
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