Leah Bishop, second-year pharmacy student, was one of five pharmacy students in the nation among 689 applicants to receive a 2020–2021 CVS Health Minority Scholarship. Bishop will receive an $8,000 scholarship and national recognition. The American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy and CVS Health partner offer the annual scholarship program. The purpose of the scholarship is to reduce challenges and financial barriers that underrepresented minority students who are pursuing a PharmD degree face and to support them in caring for an increasingly diverse population of patients as part of a health care team.

“I am honored to have received this scholarship,” said Bishop. “Not only will it help with the financial burden pharmacy school can have, but it serves as an affirmation to me that I have chosen the right career. In the future, when I’m a pharmacist, I look forward to advocating for each of my patients to receive the same quality of care.”

Read more about Bishop and the CVS Health Minority Scholarship.

— Kaylyn Maher, College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences