CEO of Association of State and Territorial Health Officials has demonstrated public-health leadership, including work on opioid-abuse epidemic Arlington, Va. – The National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) Foundation will bestow its highest honor to a public-health professional who has contributed distinguished leadership in addressing the opioid-abuse epidemic and in advancing maternal and [ READ MORE ]

Former NACDS Foundation Faculty Scholar Kimberly McKeirnan has accomplished a lot in advancing patient access to care in the wake of her experience as a scholar. Kimberly McKeirnan remembers that even as a child growing up in a small town in Washington she was frustrated when someone got sick because they [ READ MORE ]

Partnership extends year-round on priority public health issues Pictured here at the 36th Annual March of Dimes Gourmet Gala, from left to right, are U.S. House of Representatives Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Judy McCarthy, Kris Toomey, U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA), NACDS Foundation President Kathleen Jaeger, and NACDS Foundation Chairman and NACDS [ READ MORE ]

As part of the NACDS Foundation’s collaboration with the March of Dimes on issues involving maternal and neonatal health, the Foundation is working to raise the awareness about ways to use fortified corn masa flour as a strategy to help reduce birth defects. Studies funded by the March of Dimes and its partners [ READ MORE ]

NACDS Foundation President Kathleen Jaeger, at the April 23 event at which the NACDS Foundation awarded six traditional merit-based awards in the amount of $20,000 each, and two diversity scholarship awards for $15,000 each. The merit-based scholarships fund patient-centered, community-based coursework or other curriculum innovations. Palm Beach, Fla. – The NACDS Foundation [ READ MORE ]

Arlington, Va. – The National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) Foundation today announced the participants for the 2018-2019 Faculty Scholars Program. Six faculty members from pharmacy schools and colleges nationwide have been selected as members of this year’s class to complete the educational program designed and executed in collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh. [ READ MORE ]

Umair A. Shah, M.D., M.P.H., (center) executive director and local health authority for Harris County (Texas) Public Health, received the 2017 NACDS Foundation Excellence in Patient Care Award for his exceptional work on Hurricane Harvey response and recovery efforts in Houston this year. NACDS Foundation President Kathleen Jaeger (left) was joined by NACDS President [ READ MORE ]

Gretchen Carlson, an advocate for children’s health and for women in the workplace, will join an evening dedicated to public health. Acclaimed broadcast news anchor and journalist to deliver compelling and timely insights Arlington, Va. – The 19th Annual National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) Foundation Dinner will feature remarks [ READ MORE ]