Press Release

Four Pharmacists Receive Award to Advance Leadership and Training in Sterile Compounding

The ASHP Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of the inaugural ASHP Foundation Compounding Sterile Preparations (CSP) Training Awards.

This awards program helps pharmacists with CSP responsibilities to participate in educational sessions, networking opportunities, and the ASHP Sterile Compounding Designated Person Training at ASHP Pharmacy Futures 2025 in Charlotte, North Carolina.

The recipients are:

• Kirre Hannan, PharmD
  Pharmacist, MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center
  Waterloo, Iowa

• Ashley Hellermann Rankin, PharmD
  Pharmacy Supervisor, Aspirus Health
  Stevens Point, Wisconsin

• Janine Ohler, PharmD, BCPS
  Clinical Pharmacist, Ascension Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan
  Manhattan, Kansas

• Kourtney Shewmaker, PharmD, MBA, BCPS
  System Pharmacy Manager, Ephraim McDowell Health
  Danville, Kentucky

The sterile compounding training is a 1 ½ day immersive program to train and assess the competency of individuals assigned by an organization to be responsible and accountable for sterile compounding operations. It includes live didactic and practical sessions on viable sampling plans, restoring cleanroom certification after excursions, and CSP use times from compounding to administration.

ASHP Foundation CSP Training Awards are supported by donations to the Lawrence A. Trissel Pharmacy Legacy Fund, which supports initiatives that advance pharmacy workforce training in leading research or compounding sterile preparations.