My desire and passion for developing pharmacy leaders is displayed through the scholarship and innovation of valuable leadership concepts, and the dissemination of findings in publications and presentations at regional, national, and international venues. 

 

From 2012-2023, I have published 33 peer-reviewed articles [20 first author]. For a complete list of Dr. Fierke’s publications, z.umn.edu/FierkeGoogleScholar.

 

I have presented over 100 presentations/poster presentations both nationally and internationally during my tenure as a faculty member. This includes keynote presentations at multiple national conferences. A notable influential scholarship work was the development of an annual Women Impacting Healthcare conference [2012-2016] with over 300+ attendees. For five years, this annual one-day interprofessional conference created collaborative opportunities for health care professions to focus on leadership development skills, network and build a better patient experience. 

 

The scholarly work I conduct has received 4 national awards from the Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP).

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• 2022-2023 AACP Leadership Development Special Interest Group Best Manuscript Award for the manuscript entitled, "Three-part Manuscript Series: Featuring a Virtual Symposium (VS), a Virtual Think Tank (VTT) to create Collaborative Leadership Initiative Plans (CLIPs) and a Virtual Social Networking Hour (VSNH)", American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP)

  • Kerry K. Fierke, EdD - University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy, Whitney Maxwell, PharmD, MBA, BCPS - University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy, Gregory M. Zumach, PharmD, BCP - Oregon State University College of Pharmacy

    • The LD Manuscript Award recognizes a recently published Leadership Development-related manuscript demonstrating excellence.

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• 2022-2023 AACP Leadership Development Special Interest Group Best Poster Award for the poster entitled, "Implementation of an Experiential Rural Health Leadership Initiative to Expand Collaboration, Entrepreneurship, and Leadership", American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP)

  • Whitney Maxwell, PharmD, MBA, BCPS - University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy, Kerry K. Fierke, EdD - University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy

    • The LD SIG Poster Award recognizes a recently presented Leadership Development-related poster demonstrating excellence.

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• 2021-2022 AACP Leadership Development Special Interest Group Best Poster Award for the poster entitled, "Teaching Conflict Management: Customizing Content to Increase Value, Confidence, and Ability during a Pandemic", American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP)

  • Kim Jones, PharmD, BCPS - Union University College of Pharmacy; Kerry K. Fierke, EdD - University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy; and Gardner A. Lepp, PhD - University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy

    • The LD SIG Poster Award recognizes a recently presented Leadership Development-related poster demonstrating excellence.

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• 2021 AACP Leadership Development Special Interest Group, "Innovation in Leadership Award", American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP)

  • The award recognizes, “Creating the LD SIG Virtual Symposium,” that was done by Dr. Fierke University of Minnesota and Dr. Greg Zumach of Oregon State University. According to the nominations committee, this inaugural innovation award “recognizes the important and enduring contribution the Virtual Symposium has provided to the LD SIG, as well as the value of creating in response to challenges.”

    • This Innovation Award recognizes high quality, important, and enduring leadership development contributions to the academy.