Oyeka receives the 2025 Jon Peyton Hudlow & Mark Tamble Memorial Scholarship

The Texas Society of Health-System Pharmacists Research & Education Foundation (TSHP R&E Foundation) is proud to announce the recipient of the 2025 Jon Peyton Hudlow & Mark Tamble Memorial Scholarship is Ada Oyeka.

The Jon Peyton Hudlow Memorial Scholarship was established in 1999 through funding from the General Fund in memory of Mr. Hudlow (1946-1995). He was a Past President of TSHP and the R&E Foundation who died at the age of 48.

The Mark Tamble Memorial Scholarship was established in April 1996 in memory of Mark Tamble (1930-1995), who was the District Sales Manager of Smith, Kline & French. He received the TSHP Award of Honor and received the TSHP Industry Service Award twice. Mr. Tamble also served on the R&E Foundation Board for many years.

These Hudlow and Tamble scholarships were merged into one combined scholarship in 2013.

Ada Oyeka is a fourth-year pharmacy student at Texas Southern University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, who earned a bachelor’s degree in microbiology before pursuing her passion for pharmacy. Her journey has been fueled by a deep commitment to optimizing patient health outcomes and finding innovative ways to improve access to quality healthcare. Throughout pharmacy school, Ada has taken on leadership and mentorship roles, always looking for ways to uplift those around her. She previously served as president of the TSU Student Society of Health-System Pharmacists (SSHP), a tutor for the TSU College of Pharmacy, TSU representative for the Texas Society of Health-System Pharmacists Student Section Executive Committee, and TSU student representative for the Gulf Coast Society of Health-System Pharmacists (GCSHP). Her active involvement in several professional organizations has helped shape her perspective on pharmacy and leadership.

Currently, Ada serves as Chief Intern in the Memorial Hermann Longitudinal Pharmacist Internship Program (MINT), where she has gained invaluable hands-on experience in healthsystem pharmacy. She has used this opportunity not only to refine her clinical and leadership skills but also to embrace the unpredictable and ever-evolving nature of pharmacy practice. As Ada looks ahead to graduation, she is excited to see where life takes her next. More than anything, she plans to enjoy the journey, embrace the growth, and make the most of every opportunity that comes her way. Outside of pharmacy, she loves traveling, volunteering, and spending quality time with family and friends.

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. 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.

LEARN MORE: https://tshp.org/about_foundation
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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.

If you are interested in joining TSHP as a member or organization, visit https://tshp.org/membership.

For more information, visit https://tshp.org.