Cullins receives the 2025 Gene Lake Scholarship

The Texas Society of Health-System Pharmacists Research & Education Foundation (TSHP R&E Foundation) is proud to announce the recipient of the 2025 Gene Lake Scholarship is Duke A. Cullins.

The Gene Lake Scholarship was established in 2001 in honor of Gene Lake, who served as a member of the R&E Foundation Board of Directors and as Fundraising Chair. Gene received the TSHP Distinguished Service Award and the TSHP Industry Service Award for his support of pharmacy in the West Texas region while working for Abbott Laboratories. Preference is given to students who live in the West Texas ( see map) area Mr. Lake served during his career with Abbott.

"I am a P4 pharmacy student in Lubbock who is eagerly awaiting graduation in May," said Cullins. "I am so excited for the opportunities that lie ahead of me after graduation. I have already began applying for jobs in my home, Lubbock area. I moved here back in 2016 with my family and completed my pharmacy school prerequisites. During this period, I started working as pharmacy technician at Covenant Medical Center. My passion for teamwork and leadership grew in this role and followed me through my years of pharmacy school at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy.

"Within the PharmD program, I set myself academic goals that I have been blessed to achieve," continued Cullins. "My passion for critical care and oncology grew as I progressed through didactic and experiential curriculum. I hope to utilize my hospital pharmacy skillset to serve my Lubbock community as soon as I am licensed. In my final semester of the program, I turn my sights to preparing for the NAPLEX and MPJE. Looking back, I am so thankful to all of those who have taught me and for the experience I’ve had. Going forward, I know that this same network and experience will help me to become the pharmacist I’ve always wanted to be."

This honor was presented April 4 during the 2025 Texas Society of Health-System Pharmacy (TSHP) Annual Seminar at the Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas in Irving, TX. TSHP’s Annual Seminar is the largest educational and networking meeting of student pharmacists, career pharmacists, new practitioners, technicians, and industry professionals in Texas. With a focus on quality patient care and medication safety, registrants may select from many educational and networking activities, including dozens of hours of live programming each year and events catered to students as well as. TSHP Annual Seminar programs are designed to maintain and enhance the knowledge, skills, and abilities of pharmacy professionals in health-systems across Texas.

Testimonials from past scholarship recipients have gone on record noting how crucial TSHP's financial assistance has been to them. Read what several past scholarship winners had to say at https://tshp.org/scholartestimony.

For more information on scholarships, visit https://tshp.org/scholarships. Bookmark the link & return this fall to apply for next year's scholarships.

About the TSHP R&E Foundation
The TSHP Research & Education (R&E) Foundation has been supporting our pharmacy community in Texas since 1977, reminding us of our shared strength in helping one another. Scholarships of $500 to $1,500 are awarded to undergraduate and graduate students based on financial need, academic ability and career interest. The R&E Foundation also offers the CAB Bond Memorial Research Grant, which assists researchers in pursuing original research and worthwhile projects that result in improving health outcomes for Texans.

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About TSHP
The Texas Society of Health-System Pharmacy includes current pharmacists, student pharmacists, industry associates and other classifications. The organization began in 1949 when its first annual seminar for hospital pharmacists was held at The University of Texas College of Pharmacy in Austin. Twenty-five founding members came together to form what has become one of the leading health-system pharmacy societies in the country with a dynamic professional membership association which serves Texas health-system pharmacy professionals dedicated to the mission, vision, core values, philosophy, soul, spirit, and motto of TSHP.

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