PharmGradWishlist is excited to continue the 2022 graduating class's Large Item Lottery! Racially and ethnically minoritized pharmacy graduates from across the country submit large-item requests to PGWL along with their wish lists. PGWL leadership randomly selects an individual for a coordinated fundraiser to support getting them their large item. If you are a graduating URM student, do not hesitate to submit your information at www.Pharmgradwishlist.org/sponsee-signup Now fo

PharmGradWishlist is excited to continue the 2022 graduating class's Large Item Lottery! Racially and ethnically minoritized pharmacy graduates from across the country submit large-item requests to PGWL along with their wish lists. PGWL leadership randomly selects an individual for a coordinated fundraiser to support getting them their large item. If you are a graduating URM student, do not hesitate to submit your information at www.Pharmgradwishlist.org/sponsee-signup We are

Residency recruitment is in full swing! Both sides of the process, whether it be applying or recruiting, offer daunting roads, especially for many underrepresented pharmacists and future pharmacists. How do we create a more equitable process in our mission to diversify healthcare? In episode six of the Brighter Horizons podcast, Judah Brown, PharmD, BCCCP, co-founder and advisory team member of the #PharmGradWishList leads a power-house panel of current pharmacists and philan

#PharmGradWishList is ecstatic to announce the funding of scholarships to support the transition to post-graduate pharmacy education for 20 Black, Indigenous, and persons of color (BIPOC) future pharmacists! Back in late August, we called upon the pharmacy community to support our commitment to equity within the pharmacy profession with the goal of fundraising five $500 scholarships to offset the cost of the post-graduate training application process. …and you all heard the c

Do you endorse #PharmGradWishlist and its mission? Donate to support our student members? Want to help grow minority representation in pharmacy via multiple pathways? Have pharmaceutical care experience and the skills to share and coach others? Then you are the pharmacist we are looking for! We are seeking pharmacist mentors from across all aspects of pharmacy to support underrepresented minority pharmacy students in their transition into the profession and beyond. The routin

Looking toward “Brighter Horizons” and vibrant futures, #PharmGradWishList hopes to amplify the voices of our rising stars. A movement for change often starts with one step and forward momentum to incite a fire that can fuel the success of many. On Episode 4 of the “Brighter Horizons” podcast, Dr. Ja’Miera Stuart discusses how that one leap of faith has positively affected the trajectory of her career and the outlook for the pharmacy profession. This go-round, leadership team

Dr. Christine Nguyen - University of the Pacific '21 The #PharmGradWishList team is proud to announce the production of our home-grown podcast, “Brighter Horizon”. Brighter Horizon will uphold, uplift, and amplify previously silenced voices, providing a stage to show the world the impact of diversifying healthcare. This platform demonstrates a glimpse of the brighter horizon we have to look forward to given these up and coming rising stars. Our first episode of the exclusive

The #PharmGradWishList leadership and advisory teams are pleased to announce the 2021 Pharmacy Residency Scholarship Program! The residency application and interview process is associated with significant costs and financial burden, including but not limited to application fees, travel to national conferences, and interview travel expenses. The costs for applications alone can be prohibitive to many students seeking postgraduate training. We are pleased to offer scholarships

As mentioned on our first podcast episode, the #PharmGradWishlist team is excited to launch a series of podcasts featuring our newly-minted PharmD graduates who have been sponsored by the PGWL movement. On June 24, 2021, Leadership Team member Dr. Caroline Ko had the chance to conduct our first interview with Dr. Henry Agyeman via Zoom. Dr. Agyeman is a recent graduate of the James L. Winkle School of Pharmacy at the University of Cincinnati and is beginning his PGY1 Pharmacy

Dr. Shoghi Agbortoko (Twitter: @RxEasy) is a recent 2021 PharmD graduate from MCPHS in Boston, MA. He has been diligently studying to take the NAPLEX pharmacist licensure exam this coming week. On the afternoon of Friday, 6/18 a devastating three-alarm fire destroyed most of his belongings. A fire that started on the third floor of his apartment building was extinguished for several hours. Since Shoghi's apartment was located on the first floor of the building, most of his be

The leadership team learns about Dr. Ja'Miera Stuart and how we can support her!

It's 2005 and you decided to join the internet community, what's the first thing you do? Start a blog! Naturally, as a movement that started on social media, we have avoided long-drawn-out written projects and thus haven't needed a blog. Alas, there are some of us in this group old enough to remember our own personal blogs and MySpace pages... which has us continuing to grow and challenge how we communicate with the growing #PharmGradWishlist community. Bear with us as we try