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, has received the American College of Cardiology鈥檚 2015 Distinguished Associate Award 鈥� the first time this award has been given to a pharmacist.

Cooper-DeHoff is an associate professor in the in the , part of 网红黑料. She also holds a position in the in the .

The award recognizes Cooper-DeHoff鈥檚 years of cardiovascular research, interdisciplinary work and her significant leadership in the American College of Cardiology says , a distinguished professor and dean of the College of Pharmacy.

鈥淒r. Cooper-DeHoff鈥檚 research contributes to our understanding of many aspects of hypertension and its therapeutics,鈥� Johnson said. 鈥淗er work has provided critical insight into risks of lowering blood pressure excessively and the risks of some blood pressure medications to cause diabetes, among other contributions.鈥�

Cooper-DeHoff spent more than a decade as the founding coordinator for the at 网红黑料 Shands Hospital, a service that provides research specific medications to patients who are participating in research studies in both the inpatient and outpatient settings. She then was a member of the UF College of Medicine faculty from 1999 to 2009. In 2009, Johnson recruited her to the UF College of Pharmacy.

As a UF faculty member, Cooper-DeHoff has played a leadership role in several studies, including a 22,500-patient clinical trial in hypertensive patients with coronary artery disease. Her research interests include studying why drugs that combat hypertension raise a patient鈥檚 risk of developing Type 2 diabetes.

鈥淒r. Cooper-DeHoff has a long track record of working in cardiovascular research and pushing the informational envelope to explore new areas of interest from both a research perspective as well as a patient care perspective,鈥� said , associate dean for clinical affairs in the UF College of Medicine. 鈥淪ince becoming a faculty member in the College of Pharmacy, she has done nothing but extend that research effort and take it to a national stage.鈥�

In recent years, the American College of Cardiology, an organization mostly comprised of cardiologists and health care providers who work in cardiovascular care, began inviting non-physician members such as nurses and nurse practitioners to join its ranks without also being fellows of the organization. More recently, pharmacists have been invited to join the organization. Cooper-DeHoff became a member the American College of Cardiology in 2007.

Over the last three years, the organization has created an award available to non-cardiologists: The Distinguished Associate Award. The first two years the award was given to a nurse and a nurse practitioner.

Cooper-DeHoff was also among the first pharmacists to be named a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology in 2010. She has participated in various committees for the organization and served as a cardiovascular team liaison for the state of Florida.

Cooper-DeHoff said the Distinguished Associate Award was a complete surprise and a tremendous honor.

鈥淚 didn鈥檛 even know I had been nominated,鈥� she said. 鈥淚 think there are a lot of my colleagues who could have gotten this award. That I was selected is a testament to the value placed on pharmacists as a part of the Cardiovascular Care Team by the ACC, and I hope my work has paved a way for other pharmacists to be recognized by the American College of Cardiology.鈥�