The Iowa Pharmacy Association (IPA) is pleased to announce the 2025 recipient of the Robert G. Gibbs Distinguished Pharmacist Award is Jay Currie, BS Pharm, PharmD, FCCP, FAPhA, of Mount Vernon. The award was presented on June 5 at the association’s 2025 Annual Meeting in Des Moines.

Jay Currie is Clinical Professor Emeritus and former chair of the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science at the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy in Iowa City, recently completing 40 years as a faculty member. Currie founded and served 15 years as program director for the college’s multi-site PGY-1 Community Pharmacy Practice Residency, the first accredited multi-site program and the longest continually accredited program in the U.S.

Currie is a graduate of the University of Iowa, with bachelor of science in pharmacy and Doctor of Pharmacy degrees in 1980 and 1984, respectively. Currie was a founding faculty member of the Iowa Center for Pharmaceutical Care (ICPC), a collaborative partnership between Iowa’s two colleges of pharmacy and the Iowa Pharmacy Association. He is a published author and researcher on topics related to implementation of advanced practice care services in community pharmacies, as well as teaching and learning in pharmacy curricula.

Currie served as IPA President from 2007-2008 and in countless other roles for the association and IPA Foundation. As one nominator put it, “I don’t know of anything Jay hasn’t done.”

The Robert G. Gibbs Distinguished Pharmacist Award recognizes a pharmacist for outstanding contributions to the pharmacy profession and Iowa Pharmacy Association. The award is the highest recognition given to a pharmacist by IPA and is named in honor of IPA’s past Executive Officer, Robert (Bob) Gibbs, who served the association from 1959-1979.