CPNP Announces 2022 Research Award Finalists

Over 200 abstracts will be featured at the 2022 CPNP Annual Meeting. Posters will be displayed Monday, April 25-Tueday, April 26, 2022. Students, pharmacists, and other health care professionals will man their posters on Monday while resident and fellow posters will be manned on Tuesday. A special thank you to the abstract reviewers who participated in making these selections.

Congratulations to the ten (10) award finalists in the running for five CPNP research awards in 2022. Award finalists will present their abstracts during the platform presentations on Sunday, April 24, at CPNP 2022. Winners for all categories will be announced on Sunday evening during the CPNP Forum.

Therapeutic Case Report Award

• Ian R. McGrane, PharmD, BCPP, BCPS, Assistant Professor, The University of Montana Skaggs School of Pharmacy; Providence St. Patrick Hospital, Missoula, MT
  Successful Electroconvulsive Therapy After Failed Pharmacotherapies in an Older Female on Hemodialysis with Bipolar Mania

Innovative Practices Award

• Haley Pals, PharmD, Substance Use Disorder/Psychiatric Clinical Pharmacist, Tomah VA Medical Center, Tomah, WI
  Optimizing the Role of the Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner in Collaborative Buprenorphine Management to Improve Rural Access
• Carolanne C. Wartman, PharmD, BCPS, Resident, Eskenazi Health, Indianapolis, IN

  Describe and Evaluate the Role of a Clinical Psychiatric Pharmacist in a Gender Health Program

Original Research Award

• Christie Costello, PharmD, BCPS, PGY2 Psychiatry Pharmacy Resident, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
  Utilization Of Droperidol Versus Haloperidol For Acute Agitation In Psychiatric Patients Within The Emergency Department
• Carolyn O'Donnell, PharmD, PGY2 Psychiatric Pharmacy Resident, University at Buffalo / New York State Office of Mental Health at the Buffalo Psychiatric Center, Williamsville, NY
  Determining the Impact of High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Levels and their Influence on Movement Disorders in Patients Taking Antipsychotics

Research Trainee Award

• ​Casey Tiefenthaler, PharmD, PGY2 Psychiatry Resident, UC San Diego Health, San Diego, CA
  Antidepressant Prescribing Patterns in Transgender Individuals Diagnosed with Gender Dysphoria and Mood or Anxiety Disorders
• Brittany Weger, Student, High Point University, North Carolina, NC
  Practical Approaches to Antidepressant-Associated QTc Prolongation: A Review of Cases

CPNP Foundation Strategic Goals Award

• Kathryn H. Comanici, PharmD, Regulatory Pharmaceutical Fellow in Drug Information
  Purdue University, FDA, and Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN
  Understanding Pharmacy-Related Barriers to Care in Medication-Assisted Treatment Therapy: Perspectives from Peer Recovery Coaches
• Logan Smith, Student, University of Georgia College of Pharmacy, Athens, GA
  Prevalence of Impostor Phenomenon Among Graduate Students in Pharmacy and Counseling Psychology