Patrick Brady, Bonner Springs, was elected president of the American Pharmaceutical Association's national student organization, The Academy of Students of Pharmacy. Brady is a fourth-year student in KU's Pharm. D. program, an entry-level professional degree program requiring six years of academic study. Angel Eichenlaub, Overland Park, a fourth-year Pharm. D. student, was elected to speaker one of the top positions of the Phi Lambda Sigma Pharmacy Leadership Society House of Delegates, a prestigious leadership organization of professionals, faculty and students.
Membership is on an invitation-only basis.
The speaker is the highest elected position within the House. Both appointments were made at the APhA-ASP's annual convention in San Francisco. As president, Brady will oversee an executive committee that represents more than 18,000 pharmacy students at 82 schools in the United States and Puerto Rico. Brady said he hoped to encourage pharmacy professionals to get involved with the student organization. He also wants to increase leadership development within the organization and promote community awareness and service.