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The NACDS Foundation today announced the national expansion of Project Lifeline, a 15-month community partnership and research program led by the University of Pittsburgh’s Program Evaluation and Research Unit (PERU) to address substance use disorder (SUD). The NACDS Foundation is committing $900,000 to the project extension. “We are thrilled to announce the NACDS Foundation’s ...

NACDS Foundation today announced its Request for Proposals (RFP) awardees. Each award recipient submitted community impact project proposals that seek to address at least one of the following issues: enhancing access to mental health screening and support; implementing innovative approaches to chronic disease prevention and management; and preventing and reducing impact from infectious diseases. In total, the ...

On March 26, a study conducted by the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy Program Evaluation and Research Unit (PERU) and funded by the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) Foundation was published in the American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse (AJDAA). Read The Study The study describes Project Lifeline, a ...

On March 16, the second phase of the NACDS Foundation’s Gaps in Care research project — “Community pharmacist intervention to optimize statin adherence in diabetes care: The GuIDE-S study” — was published in the Journal of the American Pharmacists Association. Read The Study As part of the study, community-based pharmacists and pharmacy teams ...

A recently published NACDS Foundation research project underscores the power of public health and community-based, pharmacy partnerships when it comes to tackling critical health priorities and improving patient health outcomes. The NACDS Foundation-funded study — “Implementation and Evaluation of a Collaborative, Pharmacy-Based Hepatitis C and HIV Screening Program” — analyzed the impact of HIV ...

ADM Brett P. Giroir, MD, receives 2022 Excellence in Patient Care Award NACDS Foundation President Sara Roszak, at right, and NACDS President and CEO and NACDS Foundation Chairman Steven C. Anderson, at left, presented the NACDS Foundation’s Excellence in Patient Care Award to ADM Brett P. Giroir, MD, former assistant secretary for health ...

Former Assistant Secretary for Health in the Department of Health and Human Services and member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force demonstrated tremendous leadership on front lines of COVID-19 response The National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) Foundation will bestow its highest honor to a physician-scientist and innovator whose career has ...

Highly anticipated speaker will bring scientific prowess, unsurpassed media presence, universal acclaim, and compelling personal story to NACDS Foundation’s signature event Renowned astrophysicist and author Neil deGrasse Tyson — director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History and host and cofounder of the Emmy-nominated popular podcast StarTalk — will ...