Awards and distinctions
August 20th, 2026
At the Swiss Pharma Science Day, held in Bern, Switzerland, Coralie Rey-Gorrez was awarded the Best Poster Prize for her work entitled "Increasing collaboration and gatekeeping between primary care physicians and community pharmacists through Pharmacist-Assisted Medical Teleconsultations”.
August 21th, 2025
During Swiss Pharma Science Day, held in Bern, Switzerland, Pr. Marie Paule Schneider was nominated as “Fellow” of the Swiss Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences (SAPhS) for her outstanding contribution to the advancement of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
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Conference report: https://www.saphw.ch/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/sphsd-2025_conference-report_final.pdf
June 5th, 2025
During the European Implementation Event (EIE), held in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, our colleague Dr. Sarah Serhal received the Patient Involvement and Community Engagement (PICE) Award for her oral communication entitled "Co-creation approach to adapting an interprofessional pharmacy service targeting initiation adherence in Switzerland: myCare Start – Implementation Science project."
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Conference program: https://implementation.eu/eie2025-programme
February 7th, 2025
During the Pharmaceutical Care Network (PCNE) conference, held in Innsbruck, Austria, our colleagues Karima Shamuratova and Dr. Chiara Jeiziner were awarded Best Oral Communication for their work entitled "Optimizing the patient consent processes in community pharmacy services research: a mixed-methods study."
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Conference program: https://www.pcne.org/conference/34/14th-pcne-working-conference
November 7th, 2024
During the Swiss Implementation Science Network (IMPACT) conference, held in Geneva, Switzerland, our colleague Dr. Sarah Serhal was awarded Best Oral Presentation for her work entitled "The preparedness of Switzerland's primary care ecosystem for delivery of an enhanced interprofessional service to optimize patient initiation adherence to long-term medicines."
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Conference program: https://www.unige.ch/impact2024/program-1/program
November 1st, 2023
During the ESCP autumn Symposium, held in Scotland, Pr. Marie Paule Schneider received the Steve Hudson Lecture Award, European Society of Clinical Pharmacy (ESCP). Her presentation was entitled “Innovative interprofessional education models – are schools of pharmacy ready?."
May 11th, 2023
During the SGAIM Spring Congress , held in Basel, Switzerland, Carole Bandiera and her colleagues were awarded the 3rd Prize for Best Free Communication for their study entitled "The differential impact of a 6- versus 12-month pharmacist-led interprofessional medication adherence program on medication adherence in patients with diabetic kidney disease: the randomized controlled PANDIA-IRIS study."
19th November, 2022
During the International Society for Patient Adherence, Compliance and Persistence (ESPACOMP) annual conference, held in Berlin, Germany, Carole Bandiera received the Jean-Michel Métry Poster Prize for the poster presentation entitled “An Interprofessional Medication Adherence Program to Optimize Adherence to Oral Anticancer Therapies: A Randomized Controlled Trial."
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Conference program: https://www.espacomp.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Espacomp2022ProgrammeBook.pdf
November 2020
During the International Society for Patient Adherence, Compliance and Persistence (ESPACOMP) annual conference, held in Seraing, Belgium, Pr. Marie Paule Schneider was the winner of the John Urquhart Memorial Lecture.
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