Northeastern Alumna, Dr. Afton Wagner, Honored with 2017 Prescott Pharmacy Leadership Award
Northeastern Alumna, Dr. Afton M. Wagner, Manager of Federal Affairs for the Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), was honored with the 2017 Prescott Pharmacy Leadership Award during the Annual Meeting of the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) in San Francisco, becoming the first-ever Northeastern alumnus/a to accept this honor. The Prescott Award was established in 1987 by Phi Delta Chi and is given annually to one pharmacist within their first ten years of his/her career. Recipients must have demonstrated “exemplary leadership qualities as a young pharmacist indicative of someone likely to emerge as a major leader in pharmacy over the course of his or her career.” Dr. Wagner joins a distinguished list of previous awardees, including many leaders of national pharmacy associations.