| American Pharmacists Association | |
| Abbreviation: | APhA |
| Formation: | October 6, 1852[1] |
| Type: | Professional Association |
| Fields: | Pharmacy |
| Headquarters: | American Pharmacists Association Building Washington, D.C. |
| Region: | United States |
| Membership: | More than 62,000[2] |
| Key People: | Michael Hogue (Immediate Past-President) Sandra Leal (President)Theresa Tolle (President-elect)Mary Munson Runge (Past-President) |
| Website: | http://www.pharmacist.com/ |
| Formerly: | American Pharmaceutical Association |
The American Pharmacists Association (APhA, previously known as the American Pharmaceutical Association), founded in 1852, is the first-established professional society of pharmacists in the United States.[3] The association consists of more than 62,000 practicing pharmacists, pharmaceutical scientists, student pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and others interested in the profession. Nearly all U.S. pharmacy specialty organizations were originally a section or part of this association.
Mary Munson Runge became the first woman and the first African-American elected president of this association in 1979; she was president for two terms, from 1979 to 1981.[4] [5] [6]
All members choose one of these three Academies :
The Annual Meeting & Exposition provides a forum for discussion, consensus building, and policy setting for the pharmacy profession. The association's Board of Trustees is responsible for broad direction setting of the; Association;. Policy is developed by the APhA House of Delegates that meets each year at the association's Annual Meeting & Exposition. The House of Delegates has representatives from all major national pharmacy organizations, state pharmacy associations, federal pharmacy and APhA's three academies.
In the second quarter of 2021, APhA received a $202,000 grant from Pfizer to “support effective pharmacy based pneumococcal vaccine immunization services.”[7]
The Association publishes two peer-reviewed journals:[8]
It also publishes: