Over 220 abstracts will be featured at the AAPP Annual Meeting. Posters will be displayed Monday, April 17-Tueday, April 18, 2023. 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 AAPP research awards in 2023. Award finalists will present their abstracts during the platform presentations on Sunday, April 16, at AAPP 2023. Winners for all categories will be announced on Sunday evening during the AAPP Forum.
Therapeutic Case Report Award Finalists
Austin De La Cruz, PharmD, BCPP, Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Houston College of Pharmacy, Houston, TX
A Search and Seizure for Relief- The Effective Pharmacological Treatment of Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures (PNES) with Escitalopram
Jonathan Leung, PharmD, BCPP, BCPS, Psychiatric Clinical Pharmacist, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Inflammation with Intolerance after Early Clozapine Exposure: A Rationale for Early CRP Monitoring Beyond Myocarditis
Innovative Practices Award Finalists
Heng Chang, BCPS, Advance Practice Pharmacist, Whiteriver Indian Hospital, Whiteriver, AZ
Outreach Visits by Pharmacist Improves Adherence to Long-Acting Injectable Antipsychotics in a Rural Setting
Megan Ehret, PharmD, MS, BCPP, Professor, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
Training Pharmacy Students to Administer Long-Acting Injectable Medications
Original Research Award Finalists
Jessica Jones, PharmD, BCPP, Clinical Psychiatric Pharmacist, San Diego County Psychiatric Hospital, San Diego, CA
Is a Partial Initiation of Paliperidone Palmitate Effective at Reducing Emergency Psychiatric Encounters?
Monica Zolezzi, MS, PhD, RPh, Assistant Professor, College of Pharmacy, Qatar University, Doha
Words Matter: Analysis of the Language Used When Documenting in the Medical Records of Mental Health Patients
Research Trainee Award Finalists
Delaney Brainerd, PharmD, PGY-2 Psychiatric Pharmacy Resident, Iowa City VA Healthcare System, Iowa City, IA
Clozapine and Risk of Hematologic Malignancies in Veterans with Schizophrenia
Kelly Wylie, MS, Student, University of Cincinnati James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy, Cincinnati, OH
A Retrospective Review of Readmission Rates in Patients Initiated on Long-acting Injectable Antipsychotics During Psychiatric Hospitalization
AAPP Foundation Strategic Goals Award Finalists
Margaret Agosta, PharmD, Pharmacist, UC San Diego Health, San Diego, CA
Preliminary Evaluation of Psychiatric Pharmacist Services in the Outpatient Setting
Audrey Long, Student, NDSU, Fargo, ND
Evaluating the Impact of Photovoice on Self-Stigma Levels Among Individuals with Substance Use Concerns