U.S. Sports Pharmacy Group

USSPG at #APhA2025 in Nashville! Will you be there? Join our WhatsApp Group! USSPG Leadership Athena Brindle Cannon, PharmD, Mitchell Howard, PharmD, MBA, BCACP, Amanda Ward, Jessica Beal-Stahl, PharmD., Hoai-An Truong, and Alexis Shook, PharmD, CPP and many USSPG members will be attending the American Pharmacists Association's Annual Meeting this weekend and they have a heavy agenda! ?? Join us as we advocate for policy amendments updating APhA’s 1986 Policy on Use of Performance-Enhancing Drugs by Athletes - to see the current policy and proposed amendments visit pharmacist.com/hod. ?? Learn about how pharmacists are pushing boundaries and supporting athlete health with Jess and Athena's #PharmTalk on Saturday morning. ? Drop by and connect with USSPG leaders, members, and Tracy Hagemann at Honest Coffee Roasters (803 Lea Ave, Nashville, TN 37203) on Sunday morning from 9am to 10am! ??? Last but not least, we have conference ribbons! There is no better conversation starter than a USSPG conference ribbon, so email [email protected] to ensure you get a conference ribbon on Friday or find any USSPG Board Member at the conference.

USSPG MEMBER SPOTLIGHT????Meet Catherine Cara , PharmD Candidate at?Washington State University, MS Candidate at Concordia University Chicago, President and Co-founder of AthleteRx at WSU, and USSPG member! Catherine shares what her favorite experience in?#sportspharmacy is, one way she hopes to impact?#sportsmedicine and why she joined the USSPG! We are thankful for all of the ways Catherine has positively impacted USSPG and her continued involvement - Please show her some support in the comments!

USSPG MEMBER SPOTLIGHT ?? Meet Alesia Yanowich Student at University of Colorado, Boulder, Student Assistant to ATCs, and USSPG member! Alesia shares what her favorite experience in #sportspharmacy is, one way she hopes to impact #sportsmedicine and why she joined the USSPG! We are thankful for all of the ways Alesia has positively impacted the athletes she has worked with - Please show her some support in the comments! Thank you to Peyton Anderson, Student Member at Large and Membership Committee Co-Liaison for highlighting our members!

Thank you to the International Sports Pharmacists Network and University of Southern California for supporting the Sports Pharmacy Definition! If you are interested in supporting the Sports Pharmacy Definition, please visit the details document and complete the support survey. Ashley Anderson Michael Kessler, MS, PharmD

After 6 months of reviewing literature, collecting member and expert feedback, and sharing with various professionals in the #sportsmedicine and #sportspharmacy fields, the U.S. Sports Pharmacy Group and Define Sports Pharmacy Taskforce is proud to present the #definition of Sports Pharmacy and the pharmacist's #responsibility statement! To read more about the process of creating the definition, check out our details document: https://lnkd.in/gq9SxVFn. To help unify and strengthen to field of sports pharmacy globally, please publicly support the definition following at the website above ?, like, and share! Thank you to all of our taskforce members Athena Brindle Cannon, PharmD, Jessica Beal-Stahl, PharmD., Claire May, Somer Helvac?, Dr-Marvin Wilson, Michael Kessler, MS, PharmD, and Clement Lachat. And very important acknowledgements to USSPG Board of Directors, Ashley Anderson, Robin Mullen, Adrian MacKenzie, Rhys Llewellyn, Henry McKinner, Mark Stuart, Todd Sorensen, James Smith, Mary Klein, Norman Tomaka, Kevin Walker, PharmD, RPh ??, and Emily Shears

This pop up shop will close in 2 days! Place your orders by February 16, 2025 for some new USSPG merchandise! Share with your networks!! #pharmacists #sportspharmacy #pharmacy #USSPG #popupshop

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USSPG MEMBERS ?? The next Collaborative Conversation is THIS TUESDAY and we have a treat for you! USSPG Chair, Athena Brindle Cannon, PharmD, is partnering with our Scholarship and Research Committee Co-chair, Alexis Shook, PharmD, CPP, and USSPG Member and expert Omar Hajmousa, PharmD to bring a journal club discussion on the JAMA, Journal of the American Medical Association article Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction Years After Cessation of Anabolic Androgenic Steroid Use. USSPG Students! Wondering how to integrate #sportspharmacy into your next journal club assignment? Look no further! The discussion will include tips and tricks on how to choose, evaluate, and present sports pharmacy articles.

We heard that Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow over the weekend, and we know that means 6 more weeks of winter. No worries- the USSPG has you covered- literally. Check out our new pop-up shop full of wintery merchandise! https://lnkd.in/eyZ5aW4K We have fleece jackets! We have sweatpants! We have beanies! We have it all! Check out what is available now! Don't wait too late because the shop will close on February 16! ORDER TODAY!!! #Sports #SportsPharmacy #Pharmacy #Pharmacists #USSPG

PRELAUNCH from the Team Pharmacist Training Taskforce! The premier #specialized training for US Pharmacists, a 5-module masterclass based on our Education Committee Co-Chair, Ashley Anderson’s, decades of work as a #SportsPharmacist in #AntidopingPharmacy with contributions by Jessica Beamon Ruth Beucker Jessica Beal-Stahl, PharmD. and Jessica Jones Find out more at the annual U.S. Sports Pharmacy Group meeting on February 1st! Https://lnkd.in/gzcWihAs Our e-course is an uplift from the USADA HealthPro Advantage and WADA ADEL, *prerequisite* programs. US Center for SafeSport, as well. (HINT: Take those courses now if you want to qualify for the first cohort) Accessible, engaging, and full of clinical pearls, the 5-modules offer knowledge and application-based learning to train #pharmacists to become interpreters of the WADA Prohibited List that US elite athlete can trust. What is *okay* for an athlete to take? This certificate program through the U.S. Sports Pharmacy Group Education Committee, by a vetted Task Force, is something unique for any #pharmacist who wants to #upskill for working with #patientathletes #athletes and #eliteathletes. All Pharmacists can do this, and we believe all should be trained up in antidoping. An amazing #sportspharmacytraining program for members. Join us at the annual meeting to learn how you can be the first on the waitlist! #sportpharmacy #CPD #pharmacycourse #shortcoursesportspharmacy #teampharmacist #teampharmacisttraining #TeamRPhTraining #pharmacycertificate #athletecounseling #medicationsafety