ONU pharmacy prof earns national award

Ohio Northern University pharmacy professor Dr. Karen Kier was recently recognized as a winner of one of the 2020 Next-Generation Pharmacist awards, an annual program that recognizes outstanding pharmacists, technicians, student pharmacists and industry advocates. Kier, a professor of clinical pharmacy, director of assessment, and director of the HealthWise Drug and Health Information Center at ONU, was named the winner in the "Lifetime Leadership" category, which recognizes those who have made significant contributions to the pharmacy industry overall that resulted in meaningful improvements in the quality of patient care, improved delivery models and pharmacy's role on the health care team. In her 35-plus-year career in pharmacy, Kier has worked in drug information, ambulatory care, curriculum development and more. She has been on the forefront of innovation in the profession of pharmacy and has developed countless improvements within the practice of drug information. Her other honors include being the first pharmacist in Ohio to receive the highest professional award for pharmacists in Ohio offered by the Ohio Pharmacist Association and the Ohio Society of Health-System Pharmacy: The Beal Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Pharmacy Profession and the Walter M. Frazier Award for Sustained Contribution to Health-System Pharmacists, respectively.