The 44th Annual NPhA/SNPhA National Meeting

Join your fellow SNPhA members at the 2017 NPhA/SNPhA National meeting in Las Vegas.

The meeting is being held from July 28-31, 2017 at the Planet Hollywood Hotel.

Member price for registration is $155 until June 30, 2017.

Registration will be open until July 7, 2017.

http://www.snpha.org/meetings/login.php

Walmart Health Fair

This past weekend, our chapter participated in the nationwide sponsored  Walmart Health Fair. During this events our Diabetes initiative took to a local Walmart in the community to provide education, blood glucose tests, and blood pressure exams.  

April Updates

Our chapter has been busy this month as our members have worked to make a difference in our community. Here are some of the events we have taken part in throughout the month of April.

Harbach-Ripley Neighborhood Centers Health Fair

On April 8th, our members took part in the Harback-Ripley Neighborhood Centers Health Fair. During the event chronic kidney disease education, blood pressure tests, and blood glucose screenings were provided.

Whidby Elementary

Our Operation Immunization and Power to End Stroke initiatives took a visit to Whidby Elementary where they meet with students enrolled in an after school program. During this event our chairs educated the students on immunizations and stroke.

HAWC Health Fair

On April 8th our Community Outreach initiative organized the HAWC Health Fair. During this event, our members provided blood pressure tests, blood glucose tests, and mental health education.

Kidney Health Educator Certification

On April 13th, our Chronic Kidney Disease Chairs organized a kidney educator certification session using the American Kidney Fund online course. During the session, our chairs also gave students an overview on how the American Kidney Fund was started and experiences they had with patients at health fairs.

Omega House

On April 14, our Remember the Ribbon co-chair and the future co-chair for next year assisted Omega House hospice in completing general housekeeping, providing basic patient care, and providing company for mostly HIV positive patients.

Sharpstown Health Fair

On April 15, our Diabetes and Operation Immunization initiatives took part in the Sharpstown Health Fair. During this event, our initiatives provided immunization education, diabetes education, and blood glucose tests.

DIC Pearland Health Fair

On April 15, some of our member attended the DIC Pearland Health Fair. At this health fair, our members provided blood glucose tests, flu vaccination education, and were trained to perform eye exams.

Fourth General Meeting

The fourth general meeting of the semester will be on Tuesday, April 11th at 12 pm in room 130. Come out to get more information and details about the various events that SNPhA is holding and how you can become involved. Our next guest speaker will be Dr. Ekinei Ekim who is currently a PGY1 Resident in Pharmacy Practice at Houston Methodist Hospital.

Lilly Grove Health Fair

Last weekend, our chapter took part in the Lilly Grove Health Fair. During this event, our chronic kidney disease, diabetes, power to end stroke, and smoking cessation initiatives were in attendance to provided education to patients. We also provided screenings for BMI, Blood Pressure, Blood Glucose, and Cholesterol.

Here is one of our members having a conversation about chronic kidney disease.

One of our diabetes chairs (left) and a member engaging in a discussion about type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

Our power to end stroke chairs providing some education on stroke prevention.

One of our smoking cessation chairs talking about the risk factors associated with smoking.

Our members providing various screenings to patients in attendance.