51’s Stephanie Nichols named inaugural fellow of national psychiatric pharmacists’ association
Stephanie Nichols, Pharm.D., M.P.H. ’22, associate professor of pharmacy practice in the 51 School of Pharmacy, has been named an inaugural Fellow of the American Association of Psychiatric Pharmacists (AAPP).
Fellow status is the highest honor bestowed to members of the AAPP, founded in 1998 as the College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists and renamed AAPP in 2022, whose membership represents nearly 3,000 individuals committed to advancing psychiatric pharmacy practice. The organization’s fellow designation recognizes members who have distinguished themselves and demonstrated excellence in advancing the goals and mission of AAPP and promoting public awareness of the profession.
Eligible applicants must have maintained active membership in AAPP for 10 or more years; provided significant service to AAPP; provided evidence of psychiatric pharmacy knowledge, experience, and expertise; and demonstrated their leadership in the specialty by contributing to education, research, and advocacy.
“AAPP holds a large space in my heart and has helped shape me into the psychiatric pharmacist I am today and who I will be tomorrow. I get tremendous joy out of the service I provide to AAPP on committees and editorial boards, and I learn so much from my peers every day,” Nichols reflected. “Being named an AAPP fellow is a great honor for me, and it feels particularly special to be part of the inaugural class. I feel humbled to find my name among the list of other newly named fellows and proud to be part of such a strong, supportive, and amazing community.”
Nichols earned her Doctor of Pharmacy from the University at Buffalo and completed an inpatient pharmacy practice residency at MaineHealth Maine Medical Center (MHMMC) in Portland, the state’s largest hospital, where she currently serves as an instructor for the affiliated psychiatric residency program and a core faculty member for the MaineHealth addiction medicine fellowship program.
At MHMMC, Nichols and her students are involved in providing direct care to patients with psychiatric and substance use disorder needs, responding to psychopharmacotherapy consults and making recommendations to prescribers, educating patients and health care professionals, and participating in population health endeavors including co-development of order-sets, policies, and procedures.
Nichols is a board-certified psychiatrist pharmacist and 2018 fellow of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy. She is additionally a 2022 graduate of
The AAPP 2025 class fellows will be recognized at the AAPP Annual Meeting on April 28 in Salt Lake City.