Recognition for pharmacists
January 30, 2012
TWO Australian pharmacists were
honoured with Australia Day
awards last week, former PSA
Queensland Branch President,
Warren Blee, and pharmacist and
author Beverly Snell.
Blee, a pharmacist since 1979,
was awarded the Medal of the
Order of Australia in the General
Division (OAM) for service to the
pharmaceutical industry and to the
Australian Navel Cadets.
During his career Blee has served
as the President of the
Pharmaceutical Society of
Australia’s Queensland Branch
(1997-1999), it’s Vice President
(1995-1997) and as a Councillor
since 1991.
Blee has also served as the
Alternate National Director (PSA);
Chair, Finance and Audit
Committee; Chair, Membership
Working Group; Chair, Honours and
Awards Committee; Trustee of the
Hugh and Mary Darragh Trust; and
as a Member, Queensland Health
Minister’s Advisory Committee,
1997-1998.
He is also a Fellow for the
following organisations: Society of
Hospital Pharmacists, Australian
College of Pharmacy, Australian
Institute of Management and CPA
Australia.
“Warren is very well known in
pharmacy circles and his work for
the profession over the years has
been outstanding,” said National
President of the Pharmaceutical
Society of Australia, Grant Kardachi.
“Warren has also characterised
the great principles for which the
profession stands in his work as a
community pharmacist and as a
pharmacist who has always been
available with help, advice and a
friendly face for customers and
patients.
“He has also been very active in
the PSA and has been instrumental
in the operation of a wide range of
PSA committees and working
groups and his participation in these
areas has been untiring,” he added.
The second Australian pharmacist
to receive a Medal of the Order of
Australia in the General Division
(OAM) this year, Beverley Snell,
garnered her honour for Service to
International Health.
Hailing from Victoria, Snell is an
ongoing consultant to the World
Health Organisation, and is also a
Member, Governing Council, Health
Action International Asia-Pacific,
since 2010.
Snell was the Organiser of the
first Sub-Regional Workshop on
National Drug Policies for Pacific
Island Nations, Fiji, 1996; Co-
Adviser at subsequent annual
Regional Workshops; and has
undertaken a number of short term
consultations to review national
drug policies in countries such as
East Timor, 2000; Kiribati, 2004;
Fiji, 2007; Solomon Islands, 2009;
Cambodia, 2010; and Tuvalu, 2010.
She is also a Mentor to the
Australian Volunteers in Pacific
Island Countries’ Health Ministries,
has been a Contributor to the
National Standard Treatment
Guidelines; was actively involved
with ensuring professional
development assistance for Health
Care Workers in Eritrea, in the
1990s; and served as an Essential
Drugs Adviser, Refugee Health Unit
and Primary Health Program,
Ministry of Health, Somalia, 1980-
1985.
Snell is also a Moderator, E-Drug,
International Email Discussion
Forum on Essential Medicines; as
well as an Essential Drugs and
Community Health Specialist,
Centre for International Health,
Burnet Institute; and served as a
Member, Primary Health Care
Team, Victorian Aboriginal Health
Service, and Pharmaceuticals
Adviser between 1992-1999.
Finally, Snell is the Founder and
Coordinator, Aboriginal Health
Subject, Master of Public Health
Course, Monash University; and
Co-Author of Where There
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