Pharmacy student awarded scholarship for academic excellence

SchneesMedSmClass of 2016 pharmacy student Amy Schnees has received a Mary Molina Education Scholarship. This $2,500 award is given to doctoral students who excel academically.  Applicants must either work for or be a dependent of an employee within Molina Healthcare. Schnees worked closely with Belmont Pharmacy Assistant Professor Dr. Edgar Diaz-Cruz to prepare her application.   This summer Amy has been working with Dr. Amy Ham and colleagues at Vanderbilt University to study resistance of targeted drug therapies for colon cancer.