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Broward Sheriff’s Office Honors Pharmacy Professor
Jennifer Fass, PharmD, CPh, a clinical assistant professor of pharmacy practice and Drug Information Center at NSU’s College of Pharmacy (COP), was honored at the Broward Sheriff’s Office (BSO) Annual Awards Ceremony on Mar. 25 at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts. BSO Sheriff Al Lamberti presented Fass with the Sheriff’s Special Recognition Award for her efforts to prevent prescription drug abuse through Operation Medicine Cabinet, a prescription drug take-back program.
Jennifer Fass, PharmD, CPh, and BSO Sheriff Al Lamberti
Fass has worked with the BSO for two years. Operation Medicine Cabinet provides individuals with an opportunity to dispose of unwanted, unused and expired medications. As of January 2011, the drug collection tally was 24,026 controlled substances and an estimated 152,400 non-controlled drugs that were destroyed. Fass’ COP Drug Information Center rotation students have also played an active role in assisting with Operation Medicine Cabinet.
Fass was featured in the BSO’s official newsletter Signal 14 with NSU student pharmacist Lingyun Lu, which can be found at the following link: http://sheriff.org/_files/_signal14/2011-01-01.pdf. Fass’ involvement in prescription drug take-back programs was also recently published in the American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy located at the following reference: Fass JA. Prescription drug take-back programs. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2011; 68:567-570.