Drake Reiter, a fourth-year student pharmacist in the College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, was announced as the winner of the 2019 Future Pharmacist Award during the Next-Generation Pharmacists Award Gala held on Oct. 25 in San Diego. Sponsored by Parata and Pharmacy Times, the national Next Generation Pharmacist™ awards program honors pharmacists, technicians, students and industry advocates in 11 categories who are defining the future of pharmacy.

The college has a stellar record for the Next-Generation Future Pharmacist Award with more finalists being selected for 7 years of the 10-year history of the award than any other pharmacy program:

• 2010 – Kathryn McDonald Starbuck
• 2012 – Huy Nguyen
• 2013 – Natalie Schmitz
• 2014 – Laura Vollmer (winner)
• 2015 – Natalie Roy
• 2018 – Matt Glasow (winner)
• 2019 – Drake Reiter (winner)

Learn more about this honor and Drake Reiter’s accomplishments.

— Kaylyn Maher, CPHS Communications Coordinator