Advanced Pharmacy Australia (AdPha) - formerly known as SHPA - offers a number of awards for members who make outstanding contributions to the profession of pharmacy.  These awards recognise excellence and reward dedication and innovation, and we thank the recipients for their contribution to our profession.

• Fred J Boyd Award
• The Australian Clinical Pharmacy Award
• Medal of Merit

AdPha Branch Awards

• Branch Awards

AdPha Members' Awards

• Early Career Pharmacist of the Year
• Technician of the Year
• Hospital Team of the Year

AdPha Training Programs Awards

• Resident of the Year
• Registrar of the Year

Fred J Boyd Award

Established in 1978 in memory of SHPA's Founding President, the Fred J Boyd Award is AdPha's most prestigious award, recognising a member who has made a significant contribution to pharmacy in Australia through outstanding achievement impacting public health and patient care.

Fred J Boyd Award Criteria

The Australian Clinical Pharmacy Award

AdPha members are at the forefront of clinical pharmacy practice; AdPha's Australian Clinical Pharmacy Award recognises the outstanding contributions members make in this area and the crucial role pharmacists play in the patient journey.

Australian Clinical Pharmacy Award Criteria

Medal of Merit

The Medal of Merit is awarded to an AdPha member in recognition of outstanding recent contributions and exemplary effort in pharmacy practice. It was first awarded in 1962 as the Evans Medal of Merit to AdPha's founding president Fred J Boyd.

Medal of Merit Award Criteria

AdPha Branch Awards

Each year AdPha is inspired by the commitment and dedication of our Members and their contribution to pharmacy. The Branch Awards provides the opportunity to recognise the achievements of your fellow AdPha Members. All financial AdPha Members are eligible for Branch Awards, and we encourage you to begin the search and nominate your peers or colleagues!

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See Previous Branch Award recipients.

AdPha Members' Awards

Launched in 2019 and complementing the prestigious annual AdPha Awards (bestowed by the Board of Directors) and AdPha Branch Awards across states and territories, these national awards provide an exciting new platform through which peers recognise the growth, leadership and achievements of a hospital pharmacist, technician or pharmacy assistant, and a hospital team.

AdPha Early Career Pharmacist of the Year

This award celebrates an emerging leader who has undertaken work which addresses one or more of the five national competency framework domains and demonstrates their commitment to leading Australian pharmacy.

2025 Katelyn Jauregui (NSW)
2024 Hana Amer (SA/NT)
2023 Ashleigh Lawrence (WA)
2022 Benita Suckling (Qld)
2021 Megan Clark (Vic)
2020 Phil Tibbits (Tas)
2019 Dr Jacinta Johnson (SA/NT) ('Emerging Leader of the Year' in inaugural year)

AdPha Technician of the Year

This award celebrates a technician or pharmacy assistant whose project, initiative or work demonstrates or promises measurable impact on quality use of medicines, patient care, and/or staff wellbeing.

2025 Karen Donn (WA)
2024 Rhys Wright (SA/NT)
2023 Tara Clayson-Fisher (Tas)
2022 Katie Ambrose (Tas)
2021 Luke Corbett (Tas)
2020 Liza D'Ettorre (Tas)
2019 Gemma Kemsley (Vic)

AdPha Hospital Team of the Year

This award celebrates a pharmacist-led team which has undertaken a multi-disciplinary project, initiative or work which demonstrates or promises measurable impact on quality use of medicines, patient care, and/or staff wellbeing.

2025 Pharmacist-led Parenteral Nutrition Prescribing Team at Fiona Stanley Hospital (WA)
2024 Remote Clinical Pharmacy Service (ACT) 
2023 VAD Pharmacy Project Team (Tas)
2022 The Bedside Medication Management (BMM) Project (Tas)
2021 Western NSW Local Health District Virtual Clinical Pharmacy Service Team (NSW)
2020 The WACHS TeleChemotherapy Cancer Team (WA)
2019 TOPCare Cardiology Project, Ballarat Health Services (Vic)

AdPha Resident of the Year Award

This award celebrates the achievements of AdPha members undertaking the AdPha Resident Training Program, Australia’s first structured, formalised, supported and accredited national pharmacy residency program. The award specifically focuses on improvement and professional development of a Resident candidate as they have progressed through the term of their AdPha Resident Training Program.

2025 Jesslyn Ha (Vic)
2024 Alexandra Lotric (Vic)
2023 Emma Dall'Alba (Qld)
2022 Rhiannon Froude (Vic)
2021 James Ford (Vic)
2020 Mika Varitimos (Qld)
2019 Jacinta Castello (Vic)

AdPha KC Leong Memorial Registrar of the Year Award

The AdPha KC Leong Memorial Registrar of the Year Award, announced for the first time in 2024 as the AdPha Registrar of the Year Award and renamed in 2025 to honour KC Leong, aims to recognise and reward excellence and dedication to advanced pharmacy practice in a pharmacist who has recently completed the AdPha Registrar Training Program. 

2025 Julian Tran (Vic)
2024 Sarah Risdale (Qld)