Project Lifeline expands as two pioneers receive Excellence in Patient Care Award: Janice L. Pringle, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy Program Evaluation and Research Unit, and Judy Rosser, Blair Drug and Alcohol Partnerships Project Lifeline – a community partnership and research program initiated by the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) [ READ MORE ]

Grammy Award-nominated entertainer to headline evening dedicated to improving patient outcomes and public health Jim Gaffigan – one of only ten comedians who has sold out New York City’s Madison Square Garden – will bring his acclaimed and endearing humor 20 blocks north of that iconic venue to thrill attendees at the [ READ MORE ]

Dr. Michael Fraser, CEO of ASTHO, receives 2018 Excellence in Patient Care Award New York – The National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) Foundation celebrated its 20th Annual Foundation Dinner in New York on November 28. The event raised more than $1.8 million, which will help support evidence-based research, pharmacy education and philanthropic [ READ MORE ]

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 ]