ISTM Pharmacist Professional Group Awards
ISTM is pleased to offer two awards recognizing pharmacists’ contributions to travel medicine.
The Excellence and Achievement in Travel Health Pharmacy is made based on significant body of work and long-term contribution to the field
The Outstanding New Travel Health Pharmacist Award is given to a new pharmacist practitioner who has made a significant contribution to the field.
Nominations for both awards are currently open. Apply by 15 December 2024. Read below for details and instructions.
Award Process
One Excellence and Achievement in Travel Health Pharmacy Award and one Outstanding New Travel Health Pharmacist Award will be presented at each CISTM (every two years).
Each award includes a certificate of recognition and complimentary registration to that CISTM.
The criteria are informed by the ISTM Professional Development CTH® renewal program, with points allocated for activities such as teaching, publication, clinical involvement, volunteer work, holding CTH®, and more.
Awards are scored using a rubric, with the Excellence and Achievement in Travel Health Pharmacy Award requiring a minimum score of 17 out of 23, and the Outstanding New Travel Health Pharmacist Award requiring at least 12 out of 23.
Awards are based on the review of nomination materials and scoring by an ad-hoc committee of three members of the PPG Steering Council, excluding any nominees. If a committee member has a conflict of interest, a substitute will be chosen from the PPG. The nominees with the highest average rubric scores will receive the respective awards.
Award recipients will be ineligible for re-nomination during the following two ISTM conferences and cannot apply for both awards simultaneously.
Eligibility & Selection Criteria
- ISTM membership in good standing is required to apply for both the Excellence and Achievement in Travel Health Pharmacy Award and the Outstanding New Travel Health Pharmacist Award.
- The Excellence and Achievement in Travel Health Pharmacy Award is based on working in clinical practice as a pharmacist, spending at least 50% of time (~20 hours per week or more) in direct patient-care travel medicine activities, or conducting research heavily focused on pharmacy-related travel medicine issues.
- The Outstanding New Travel Health Pharmacist Award is given to an individual who meets one of the following criteria:
- Graduated with a terminal or professional pharmacy degree (e.g., PharmD, BPharm, PhD) within the last 5 years, with documented clinical practice in travel medicine or a research contribution to pharmacy-related travel medicine issues, or
- Obtained ISTM CTH® certification within the last 5 years and graduated with a terminal or professional pharmacy degree within the last 10 years.
How To Make a Nomination
- Download the appropriate form (PDF).
- Nomination may be by colleague or self.
- Nomination must include CV/resume in addition to a description of the nominee’s contribution(s) to pharmacy-based travel medicine.
- Letter should come from an ISTM member in good standing.
- Nominations for The Excellence and Achievement in Travel Health Pharmacy Award should focus on a body of work with specific consideration for activities and achievements related to travel medicine including holding the ISTM CTH®.
- Nominations for The Outstanding New Travel Health Pharmacist Award may focus on a body of work OR singular project, publication, or initiative with additional consideration for other activities and achievements related to travel medicine including holding the ISTM Certificate in Travel Health (CTH®).