APhA seeks candidates for 2016 election cycle

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Pharmacists Association has issued a call for candidates in the 2016 APhA election cycle. It requests applicants for the APhA Board of Trustees, APhA-Academy of Pharmacy Practice and Management and APhA-Academy of Pharmaceutical Research and Science.

One position is open for the office of the president-elect and two positions are open for the board of trustees.

Three member-at-large positions are open in the APhA-APPM Executive Committee, in addition to the new practitioner officer position.

APhA-APRS seeks candidates for APhA-APRS president-elect, postgraduate officer and chair-elect for the academy’s basic sciences, clinical sciences and ESAS divisions.

Candidates must submit the online application by Oct. 1 and attach the following items in the application:

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  High resolution headshot, suitable for publication


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  CV or resume

The 2016 election timeline is as follows:

Oct. 1, 2015: Application deadline for 2016 APhA election cycle

Nov. – Dec. 2015: Nomination Committee meets, election slate announced

March 4, 2016 – May 2, 2016: Voting period for 2016 elections

June 2016: APhA 2016 election results announced

March 24 – 27, 2017: Successfully elected candidates are installed at APhA2017 in San Francisco