Henry Mann receives Lifetime Achievement Award from UK College of Pharmacy
Henry J. Mann, PharmD, FCCP, FCCM, FASHP, dean and professor at The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy, received the University of Kentucky (UK) College of Pharmacy’s Lifetime Achievement Award and was inducted into the college’s Hall of Distinguished Alumni on April 21.
Dean Mann received his Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy in 1976 and PharmD in 1980 from UK, where he also completed an American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) residency as R89 under the direction of Dr. Paul F. Parker.
“I frequently think back to when I was a part of the University of Kentucky program and I still see links to practice, service, teaching and research that have survived over four decades,” Dean Mann said. “My appreciation for being recognized by my alma mater cannot be overstated. I love having been a small part of the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy and I will always be a proud Kentucky Wildcat.”
Following his time at UK, Dean Mann rose through the faculty ranks at the University of Minnesota (1980-2009), where he also served as associate department head for pharmacy practice, associate dean for professional and external relations and associate dean for clinical affairs. Dean Mann was the founding director of the interdisciplinary Center for Excellence in Critical Care at the University of Minnesota and the national research network Partnership for Excellence in Critical Care.
Prior to becoming dean at The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy in 2013, Dean Mann was dean at the University of Toronto, where he directed the implementation of the first English-language entry-to-practice PharmD program in Canada. While dean at the University of Toronto, he also served the Association of Faculties of Pharmacy of Canada as chair and a member of the Council of Deans, vice-president and a member of the Board of Directors.
Dean Mann has presented and published widely on applying pharmacology and pharmacotherapy principles to critically ill patients. His contributions to research and practice have been recognized by election as a Fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine, the American College of Clinical Pharmacy and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.
Dean Mann has received numerous awards, including the ASHP Research and Education Foundation Research Award and the University of Minnesota Technology Enhanced Learning Award. He has also received the University of Minnesota Pharmacy Alumni Society Faculty Recognition Award and Weaver Medal for Outstanding Contributions.
UK selected him to receive the Paul F. Parker Award, which is given to recognize a resident of their program who has made outstanding contributions to pharmacy practice. He also was selected to provide the inaugural Thomas S. Foster Lecture (2013) at UK and received the national Rho Chi Lecture Award at the Rho Chi Annual Meeting in 2021.