Established in 2009, the ASHP/ABHP Leadership Award recognizes individuals who have demonstrated exceptional leadership in efforts to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in health care.  Criteria for the award are as follows:

Record of demonstrating leadership in the reduction of racial and ethnic disparities in health care in one or more of the following areas:

• increasing awareness of these disparities among health care providers, health-system administrators, legislators, regulators, third-party payers, and the public;
• promoting a more diverse and culturally competent health care workforce and environment;
• ensuring effective communication with patients and among providers;
• fostering consistent use of multidisciplinary teams and evidence-based guidelines for patient care;
• collecting and reporting data on health care access, utilization, and outcomes by racial and ethnic minorities, and measuring progress toward reducing health care disparities;
• researching, identifying, and disseminating best practices for providing culturally competent care and reducing disparities in health care.

Nominations should state how the nominee meets the criteria for the award.

The award, which is conferred at the discretion of the ASHP and ABHP Boards of Directors, may be given annually to one person and may be presented to the recipient at the ABHP Luncheon at the ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting.  The recipients of the award, which consists of an inscribed plaque, are eligible for an honorarium equivalent to payment of their travel expenses to attend the event at which the award is bestowed. The recipients may offer brief remarks upon acceptance of the award.

Nominating Instructions

ASHP members are invited, annually, to suggest nominees in writing with substantiating evidence. Current ASHP Board members and ASHP staff are not eligible. When the annual call for nominations is issued, a date deadline for nominating is stated.

Current and Past Recipients

2009 - Folakemi T. Odedina, PhD, Professor, Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, College of Pharmacy and Director, Community Outreach & Minority Affairs, Prostate Disease Center, Department of Urology, University of Florida