UF Jacksonville APhA-ASP Chapter

📋 It’s officially time! Applications for Operation Chairs are now open to members who are interested in pursuing a leadership position within APhA-ASP JAX. Operations serve as core pillars within the organization, involved with promoting healthcare outreach and advocacy for the pharmacy profession. More details can be found in the Google Form!

Deadline is APRIL 17 at 11:59 PM‼️‼️

📢 Our last GBM of the school year approaches! Please join us this Friday, April 10 during student org hour as we wrap up the highlights for APhA. We would also like to welcome Lt. Rachel Helgemoe from the US Navy to speak on her experience with pharmacy in the military.

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📢 Election time is coming up! Join us next week on Tuesday March 31 during student org hour as we host our March GBM, alongside the moment we all have been waiting for.. student elections! Come out to support your peers.

NOTE! Please keep in mind the location change. This GBM will be held in BANQUET.

🤩 This past weekend, APhA-ASP JAX hosted their annual heath fair at the Riverside Arts Market! Our operations have spread awareness to the Jacksonville community on health care and conducted various tests (BP and blood glucose). We are deeply thankful for all chairs and volunteers that have come out to help!

📢 It’s that time of the year! The 2026 APhA-ASP JAX student elections are coming up soon on March 31, 2026. This post details what positions are open to run for, which includes a SIGN-UP sheet through the QR code. The final day to submit interest is MARCH 30 at 6:00 PM! Elections will be held the following day during student org hour. Come support your peers as they may potentially become the future of this organization. 🙌

NOTE! Interested in being a chair for an Operation? Stay tuned for future info regarding applications.

☢️ Today, APhA-ASP JAX’s Tyler Harris (3PD) hosted a nuclear pharmacy workshop! Nuclear pharmacists were invited to speak upon the career and inform students about the future of nuclear sciences within pharmacy. During this mini-lab, students had hands-on experience with eluting saline from a generator, making kits that are ready for shipment, and maintaining quality control processes.

March 2026 marks National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. To bring awareness to CRC, APhA-JAX would like to highlight a meaningful reflection from one of our current pharmacy students:

“Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month is personal to me. 💙

For those who don’t know, my mom went for a routine screening around age 50 (what used to be the recommendation), and her doctor found more polyps than he’d ever seen in one patient. After further testing, she was diagnosed with a genetic mutation on the APC gene, one that I’ve since learned I carry too.

Fortunately, none of the polyps were cancerous, but they showed me just how lifesaving screening can be. After all, colorectal cancer is one of the most preventable cancers when caught early.

As future pharmacists, we can educate, advocate, and encourage patients to get screened. Yes, the prep is tough, but the benefit far outweighs the risk.
By helping patients navigate screening, we can turn awareness into action and prevention. 💙”

- Ashley Trussell, 2PD (Class of 2028)

The Jacksonville Area Sexual Minority Youth Network (JASMYN) is an organization that supports LGBTQIA+ youth and young adults with a variety of services including a sexual health clinic, mental health counseling, housing support, and more. Help support this beautiful organization by donating to their Food and Hygiene Pantry. ⭐️

Here is a link to their accepted items and more ways to support:

https://penguin-bronze-7xwk.squarespace.com/s/Food-and-Hygiene-pantry-sheet-2025.pdf 

There will be a box in the student annex to place your donations from March 2nd to March 27th.

📢 Please join us on February 16, 2026 in Charter during student org hour to hear updates regarding upcoming events and student elections! This event is being held alongside ACCP’s and PediaGators’ GBMs. There is an opportunity to hear from 2 pediatric pharmacists and a potential internship at Wolfson’s/Baptist Health! Visit the JAX PediaGators page to find more details.

Yesterday, student pharmacists and faculty from the UF COP APhA-ASP took a visit to the Florida State Capitol to attend the annual Legislative Days! Students engaged in political advocacy for the pharmacy profession and had numerous opportunities to speak with Florida legislators on the matter. This event was also held with numerous pharmacy schools across the state as pharmacy students come together to address the importance of pharmacy in today’s world. 👏

📢 Happy New Year’s to everyone! To start off the beginning of 2026 and a new semester, we invite everyone to our first GBM of the year this upcoming Friday (Jan 16) during student org hour. Hear on updates regarding plans for the semester and many more to offer!