Apply Here 2025 Class of AAPP Fellows The AAPP Fellow Program Is Intended To: Grant recognition to individuals demonstrating excellence in advancing the practice of psychiatric pharmacy.
Searching for Solutions
This award will recognize individual AAPP member efforts and accomplishments in increasing patient access to high quality mental health care in exceptional and distinctive ways. This may include activities that increase access to psychiatric pharmacist-led interprofessional care. Examples include reduction and/or mitigation of social determinants of health for people living with mental illness, increased access to novel treatments and/or clinical interventions through research, etc.
The Early Practitioner Award will recognize the efforts of psychiatric pharmacists in the first 5 years of practice or 5 years after completion of post doctoral training. Recipients will have demonstrated commitment to AAPP and its mission to “advance the reach and practice of psychiatric pharmacy and serve as the voice of the specialty.” The recipient serves as a role model for future leaders within AAPP and Psychiatric Pharmacy.
This award will recognize individual AAPP members who impact change benefiting patient access to care for individuals living with mental illness and/or the profession of psychiatric pharmacy through advocacy with policymakers and/or decision-makers. Advocacy activities under consideration include those with federal and state government as well as other policymaking entities (e.g., regulatory bodies, state boards of pharmacy, agencies, standards bodies, health system administrators, etc.).
ASAM Provides Benzodiazepine Tapering Tools
ASAM has expanded its benzodiazepine tapering resource suite to support clinicians and patients.
MOUD and the Role of Pharmacists in Treating and Engaging Patients
AAPP members Michelle Geier, PharmD, APh, BCPP, FAAPP; Michelle Colvard, PharmD, BCPP; and Rebecca Hoss, PharmD, BCPP represented AAPP and psychiatric pharmacy in presenting a session on the important role of psychiatric pharmacists in treating and engaging patients with MOUD. Speakers detailed their practice models and the significant impact they make as psychiatric pharmacists in various settings including in public health, an outpatient SUD clinic, and a hospital system. We appreciate their contributions and advocacy on behalf of psychiatric pharmacy.
SUD Scoop Series
Each 30-minute webinar offers a dynamic, peer-driven discussion focused on complex substance use disorder cases. Free to AAPP members! Click the link to learn more and register.
Do You Oversee a Residency or Fellowship?
It is time to update the directory of Psychiatric Pharmacy Residency Programs. We want your help to self-identify if you participate in residencies. By adding your information to the site, you can raise the visibility of your program among those with a strong interest in psychiatric pharmacy. NEW fields allow you to include your recruitment open-house information.
Member News: October 2025
The important work of AAPP member Mark Schneiderhan is highlighted in this article as are the funding cuts that will reduce access to these services and impact the training of new clinicians.
Brianna Englett was promoted to Director of Pharmacy for Cardinal Health.
Megan Ehret completed the AACP Academic Leadership Fellows Program (AFLP).