November 9, 2021

Documenting the Evolution of Hospital and Clinical Pharmacy: Remembering the Career of Joseph Oddis

This post is from Points, the joint blog of AIHP and the Alcohol and Drugs History Society. Points publishes original reflections about the history of drugs, medicines, alcohol, pharmacy, and…

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November 8, 2021

AIHP Establishes Strategic Priorities

AIHP’s Board of Directors has established four strategic priorities that will guide the Institute’s work and allocation of resources over the next three years. The Board also adopted a comprehensive…

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November 8, 2021

Fischelis Award Presented to Metta Lou Henderson

Executive Director Dennis Birke presented the AIHP Robert P. Fischelis Award to Metta Lou Henderson, PhD, on October 19 at a ceremony at the History of Pharmacy Museum at the…

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October 18, 2021

Global Drug Histories Book Launch and Workshop

To mark the publication of Cannabis: Global Histories by MIT Press in the Autumn of 2021, the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Pharmacy and the American Institute of the History of…

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October 1, 2021

Annual Business Meeting Scheduled for Nov. 18

Mark your calendars!  AIHP’s Annual Business Meeting is scheduled for Thursday, November 18, 2021, beginning at 1:00 pm Central/2:00 pm Eastern. The meeting is designed to allow AIHP’s leaders and…

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September 30, 2021

AACP Pharmacy History Lectures Available for Viewing

AIHP recently posted on its website two videos of lectures addressing important topics in the history of pharmacy. Both videos feature lectures given at annual meetings of the American Association…

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September 2, 2021

AIHP Awards 2021 George Urdang Medal to Olivier Lafont

AIHP Historical Director Lucas Richert, PhD, today announced that Olivier Lafont has been selected to receive the 2021 George Urdang Medal, AIHP’s most prestigious award. AIHP awards the George Urdang…

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September 2, 2021

Pharmacy in History Interview—Rachael Pymm, “Transmitting Medical Exotica”

This post is from Points, the joint blog of AIHP and the Alcohol and Drugs History Society. Points publishes original reflections about the history of drugs, medicines, alcohol, pharmacy, and…

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August 30, 2021

AIHP Awards 2021 Certificates of Commendation

AIHP is pleased to announce that it has awarded 2021 Certificates of Commendation to five individuals and one organization for their notable contributions to the history of pharmacy. The Institute’s…

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August 19, 2021

Pharmacy in History Interview—Kathi Badertscher, “Insulin at 100: Indianapolis, Toronto, Woods Hole, and the ‘Insulin Road'”

This post is from Points, the joint blog of AIHP and the Alcohol and Drugs History Society. Points publishes original reflections about the history of drugs, medicines, alcohol, pharmacy, and…

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