The College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists (CPNP) is pleased to announce the recipient of the 2016 Judith J. Saklad Memorial Award, Sally Guthrie, PharmD, BCPP, FACCP. Dr. Guthrie is a Professor at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
This award is presented annually to a senior psychiatric pharmacy practitioner who has achieved a level of professional distinction and represents the qualities and ideals of professional enthusiasm, a passion for optimizing patient care, and continuing dedication to the practice of psychiatric pharmacy. The Saklad Memorial Award is named after the late Judith J. Saklad, and will be presented at the 2016 Annual Meeting on the evening of Sunday, April 17.
Those who nominated Dr. Guthrie had this to say:
“Dr. Guthrie has a rich history of both clinical pharmacy practice with over 24 years of practice as well as original research pursuits using her fellowship training at the National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse. She continues to engage in original research to further her list of grants, publications, posters, and book chapters which totals over 120 pieces of scholarship work, much of which focuses on pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and neurotransmitter systems within substance abuse as well as general reviews.”
“She is an excellent clinician with a solid research program and a wonderful teacher. She loves working with students and they love her as well. She has devoted her career to the field of substance abuse and has successfully sustained her research program in this often shifting funding environment while maintaining a balance in her personal life.”
Dr. Guthrie graduated Magna Cum Laude from The University of the Pacific School of Pharmacy in 1979 and completed a Clinical Pharmacy Residency at Duke University Medical Center from 1979-80. At the end of a National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAA) fellowship in 1986, Sally decided that the best fit for her talents would be an academic position. She was hired as an Assistant Professor of Pharmacy at The University of Michigan College of Pharmacy.
Through the University of Michigan Substance Abuse Research Center (UMSARC), Sally began collaboration with Dr. Edward Domino, a distinguished researcher in Pharmacology. Sally helped Dr. Domino develop two NIDA-funded RO-1 grants in 1997 and 2006, respectively and was able to secure a NIDA funded RO-3 in 2011.
Sally is proud of her 60 peer-reviewed research publications but is more proud of her 30-year teaching career, during which she mentored 28 pharmacy students with their research projects and precepted from 2 to 8 students each year during their experiential rotations in psychiatry. Most recently she has taught in a Sports Medicine elective and has over the years made a variety of ‘guest appearances’ in Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmacy Ethics, and Pharmacy Investigations courses.
Congratulations to Dr. Guthrie!
About CPNP
We at CPNP envision a world where every individual with a psychiatric or neurologic disorder has a care team that includes a neuropsychiatric pharmacist accountable for optimal medication therapy. As the voice of the specialty, our mission is to advance the reach and practice of neuropsychiatric pharmacists. The College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists (CPNP) is a professional association of over 1800 members who work directly with patients and caregivers to apply specialized clinical knowledge and skills, educate and train healthcare professionals and develop new knowledge in order to improve health outcomes for those individuals with psychiatric and neurologic disorders. Members apply evidence-based, cost-efficient best practices as a member of a treatment team to achieve patient recovery and improved quality of life.