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2006 College of Pharmacy Alumni Awards
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COPAA
Past-President Steve Boyd, '00, COPAA President, Elizabeth
Hermsen, '01, Distinguished Alumnus Recipient, Janel Foote,
'74, Early Career Achievement Award Recipient, Janelle
Massey, '89, and COP Dean, Clarence Ueda. |
The Distinguished Alumnus Award
is presented to a living graduate of the UNMC College of Pharmacy to
recognize an individual's noteworthy contributions to the University of
Nebraska Medical Center, the pharmacy profession and to the health of all
people through patient care, basic and clinical research, teaching skills
and/or health services administration. The recipients will demonstrate the
highest principles of the pharmacy profession and serve as a role model for
current and future pharmacy professionals.
Janel Toon Foote graduated from the University of
Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy with a bachelor’s of science
degree in pharmacy in 1974. She went on to earn a masters of science degree
in health administration from the University of Colorado College of
Business.
After graduation from UNMC, Janet worked as a staff
pharmacist in the UNMC inpatient pharmacy. She participated in the early
stages of pharmacy automation using mag card IBM and eventually pharmacy
infant state computerization of pharmacy order entry. She left UNMC to be a
staff pharmacist at Children’s Memorial Hospital in Omaha. She participated
in the move from UNMC campus to Methodist campus. She worked with the
pharmacy and MIS staffsto develop a pharmacy information system integrated
in Methodist Hospital MIS system.
Janel learned to fly and earned her ratings in 1983and
1984. She then began working for National Therapeutic Associates (currently
Rehab Visions) as a pilot. Was promoted to Director of Marketing and then to
Vice President Marketing.
I n 1986, Janel flew the Alkan Highway up to
Fairbanks, Alaska and on up into the Arctic Circle. She camped under the
wing of her Cessna 172 in air campgrounds provided on airports along the
way.
Most currently, Janel was director of pharmacy services
for Mary Lanning Hospital in Hastings.
Janel’s professional, state and community involvement
include the UNMC Rural Health Education Network Steering Committee, UNMC
Future Excellence Steering Committee, American College of Health Care
Executives, American Society of Consultant Pharmacists, Nebraska Pharmacists
Association and many others.
The
Early Career Achievement in Pharmacy Award is presented to an alumnus
who has graduated within the past 20 years (1986 - 2006) from the UNMC
College of Pharmacy. The award recognizes an individual who has made
distinguished achievements and contributions early in their career to the
pharmacy profession, the UNMC College of Pharmacy or the UNMC College of
Pharmacy Alumni Association.
Janelle, or as she is known, Jill, graduated from the
University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy with a doctor of
pharmacy degree in 1989. She completed a geriatric psychopharmacy residency
at Mercer University School of Pharmacy in conjunction with Emory University
in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2004, Jill earned her Masters of Business
Administration degree from Drexel University LeBow College of Business in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
She joined the faculty of
Saint Louis College of Pharmacy and served as the Director of Geriatric
Pharmacy Practice at the Program on Aging at Washington University School of
Medicine while maintaining a clinical practice at the Jewish Hospital of St.
Louis until 1993.
Jill has thirteen years experience
in the pharmaceutical industry support scientific affairs organizations in a
variety of positions at Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and Ortho-McNeil
Pharmaceutical, Inc. She is currently Vice President of Scientific Affairs.
Her responsibilities include creating an organizational architecture that
will provide innovative, efficient, customer-focused, scientific services to
support Ortho-McNeil Neurologics, Inc., Janssen LP, Pricara, Inc., the
Ortho-McNeil Janssen Scientific Affairs Strategic Business Group and the
Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems organization.
Jill has received several awards including the Inovative
Business Award from Bristol Myers Squibb, Optimus Award from Ortho-McNeil
Pharmaceutical and Rising Star Award from Healthcare Business Womens
Association.
Jill resides with her husband and
two children in Basking Ridge, New Jersey.
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