Utah Student Pharmacist Alliance (USPA)
Utah Student Pharmacist Alliance is a local umbrella organization that provides student programming for our entire student body and supports all of our national organization local chapters. The purpose of USPA is to foster the professional development of student pharmacists; to enhance learning of the pharmaceutical sciences; to promote career development and opportunity awareness; and to facilitate cooperation and integration among the various student pharmacist organizations at the University of Utah.
Objectives
To promote the pharmacy profession and the role of the pharmacist in the American health care system.
To provide information to students about career options in all areas of pharmacy including: hospital and health systems; chain store; community and independent; government and armed services; pharmaceutical manufacturing and distribution; managed care; and academic and educational.
To encourage student involvement in national and state professional pharmacy organizations and to encourage students to remain involved in these organizations after graduation.
To sponsor and organize educational and service programs to strengthen students clinical knowledge, professional, business and leadership abilities.
To educate the public about health care issues and the pharmacists role in providing services to manage and control these issues.
To promote pharmaceutical research and the acquisition and dissemination of new pharmacy based knowledge.
2012-2013 STUDENT ORGANIZATION OFFICERS
Utah Student Pharmacist Alliance (USPA)
President: Emmeline Tran
President-Elect: Hannah Pratt
Vice-President Membership: Carolyn Sandstrom
Vice-President Student Affairs: Keith Chow
Vice-President Public Relations: Andy Dwenger
Secretary: Hilary Garland
Treasurer: Nancy Ajwani
Historian: Devin Stock
President APhA-ASP: Eve Van Wagoner
President-Elect APhA-ASP: Hannah Spinner
President ASHP: Laura Sower
President-Elect ASHP: Nick Vamianakis
President NCPA: Cole Sloan
President-Elect NCPA: Nick Cox
President AMCP: Erin Gellis
President-Elect AMCP: Jessica Patton
HSSC representatives: Jonathan Newbold, Nick Estrada
UU-NCPA Chapter President Elect: Cole Sloan
Faculty Advisors:
USPA: Dave Young
APhA-ASP: Dave Young
ASHP-SSHP: Sarah Stephens
AMCP: Michael Goodman
NCPA: Jim Ruble
ISPOR: Michael Goodman
Rho Chi, Beta Epsilon chapter (2012-2013 officers to be elected)
President: Benjamin Bruno
Vice President: Scott Nelson
Treasurer: Sean Berrett
Secretary: Sydney Tew
Historian: Huong Nguyen
Faculty Advisor: Karen Gunning
Phi Lamda Sigma
President: Katherine Walter
Vice President: Emily Turley
Treasurer: Matt Alvey
Secretary: Stephanie Adams
Faculty Advisor: Brandon Jennings
Student Advisory Committee (SAC)
P1: To be elected
P2: To be elected
P3: To be elected
P4: Ethan Allen
ASUU
Senate: Hannah Pratt
Representative: Michael Isham
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
Student Representatives:
Eve Van Wagoner (P3)
Hannah Spinner (P2)
Andrew Dwenger (P2)
STUDENT ORGANIZATION ADVISORS
Julien Ta (P2)
Nicholas Cox (P2)
Constitution & Bylaws
Student Chapters
Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy
Academy of Student Pharmacists
Student Society of Health Systems Pharmacists
National Community Pharmacists Association
State Organizations
Utah Society of Health-System Pharmacists
National Organizations
Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy
American Pharmacists Association
American Society of Health System Pharmacists
National Community Pharmacists Association