Research Awards

Research and Practice Awards are sponsored by the AAPP Foundation and awarded at each AAPP Annual Meeting held generally in April. Information on submission deadlines and the abstract center will be hosted on the Annual Meeting webpages. Submission dates are generally by mid-January of each year. Available Research and Practice Award categories include original research, therapeutic case report, research trainee, innovative practices, and health equity.

Research Trainee Award

Qualified abstracts include Work in Progress and Original Research. Interim data analysis is required and the first author must be a student, resident, fellow, or within 12 months of completion of training.

Original Research

Abstracts should describe original research in therapeutics, pharmacodynamics, pharmacoeconomics, outcomes, drug utilization, kinetics, genetics and academic pursuits. Abstracts must not have been published in abstract form nor presented as a poster elsewhere before the AAPP 2024 Meeting.

Innovative Practices Award

Abstracts describing the development, justification, documentation, and/or delivery of innovative services or activities applicable to psychiatric and neurologic pharmacy. The descriptive abstract should not duplicate any other poster category and should describe the development of innovative services/activities and should provide background/rationale, a description of the innovative service, the impact on patient care/institution and a conclusion.

Therapeutic Case Report Award

Abstracts describing the various aspects of pharmaceutical care relating to individual psychiatric and/or neurological pharmacy cases. Abstracts should provide a complete patient history including age, gender, time from first diagnosis, social background, and details of, and response to, previous and current treatment(s). Cases should include background, complete patient history, review of literature, and conclusion.

Health Equity Award

Abstracts addressing the impact of social determinants of health on patients with psychiatric disorders or the role of psychiatric pharmacists in helping this patient population attain health equity

Awardee Benefits

  • $500 honorarium
  • Recognition/announcement at the AAPP Annual Meeting
  • Post-meeting press release announcements
  • Historical recognition on the AAPP website
  • Recognition as an award finalist in the Mental Health Clinician
Past Recipients
Year Recipient Award Download
2025 Kaitlin Grout Health Equity Award view
2025 Mackenzie Pierce Original Research Award view
2025 Leigh Anne Nelson Therapeutic Case Report Award view
2025 Harrison Ferro Innovative Practices Award view
2025 Cody Thomas Research Trainee Award view
2024 Joseph Cusimano AAPP Foundation Strategic Goals Award view
2024 Kevin Kavanagh Original Research Award view
2024 Dozie Dike Therapeutic Case Report Award view
2024 Leigh Anne Nelson Innovative Practices Award view
2024 Kristin Manley Research Trainee Award view
2023 Margaret Agosta AAPP Foundation Strategic Goals Award view
2023 Jessica Jones Original Research Award view
2023 Jonathan Leung Therapeutic Case Report Award view
2023 Heng Chang Innovative Practices Award view
2023 Delaney Brainerd Research Trainee Award view
2022 Logan Smith CPNP Foundation Strategic Goals Award view
2022 Christie Costello Original Research Award view
2022 Ian McGrane Therapeutic Case Report Award view
2022 Haley Pals Innovative Practices Award view
2022 Brittany Weger Research Trainee Award view
2021 Rajkumar Sevak CPNP Foundation Strategic Goals Award view
2021 Carolyn O'Donnell Original Research Award view
2021 Jake Matano Therapeutic Case Report Award view
2021 Erica Davis Innovative Practices Award view
2021 Autumn Walkerly Research Trainee Award view
2020 Rajkumar Sevak
CPNP Foundation Strategic Goals Award
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2020 Colin Maehler
Original Research Award
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2020 Jonathan Leung
Therapeutic Case Report Award
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2020 Shuwen Wu
Innovative Practices Award
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2020 Charles Dorflinger
Research Trainee Award
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2019 Kali Savoca CPNP Foundation Strategic Goals Award view
2019 Kyle Burghardt Original Research Award view
2019 Jessica Putney Therapeutic Case Report Award view
2019 Tyler Casey Innovative Practices Award view
2019 Christine Rarrick Research Trainee Award view
2018 Morgan Karrels CPNP Foundation Strategic Goals Award view
2018 Amy Werremeyer
Original Research Award
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2018 Samantha Vogel
Therapeutic Case Report Award
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2018 Fengyee Zhou
Innovative Practices Award
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2018 Maxx Enzmann
Research Trainee Award
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2017 Jenni-lyn Ladutko CPNP Foundation Strategic Goals Award view
2017 Jack Chen Original Research Award view
2017 Ian McGrane Therapeutic Case Report Award view
2017 Erika Titus-Lay Innovative Practices Award view
2017 Christie Hart Research Trainee Award view
2016 Natalie Valentino CPNP Foundation Strategic Goals Award view
2016 Douglas Boggs Original Research Award view
2016 Cristofer Price Therapeutic Case Report Award view
2016 Richard Silvia Innovative Practices Award view
2016 Nicholas Ong Research Trainee Award view
2015 Kyle Burghardt Original Research Award view
2015 Ian McGrane Therapeutic Case Report Award view
2015 Melissa Brewster Innovative Practices Award view
2015 Lindsey Peters Research Trainee Award view
2014 Jack Chen Original Research Award view
2014 Thomas Smith Therapeutic Case Report Award view
2014 Elizabeth Winans Innovative Practices Award view
2014 Traci Turner Research Trainee Award view
2014 James Stevenson New Investigator Award view
2013 Lisa Goldstone Original Research Award view
2013 Clinton Ross Therapeutic Case Report Award view
2013 Kelly Williams Innovative Practices Award view
2013 James Stevenson Research Trainee Award view
2013 Michael Kemp New Investigator Award view
2012 Douglas L. Boggs Original Research Award
2012 Jonathan G. Leung Therapeutic Case Report Award view
2012 Morgan C. Snyder Innovative Practices Award view
2012 Kristen N. Gardner Research Trainee Award view
2011 Leigh Anne Nelson Original Research Award
2011 Jonathan G. Leung Therapeutic Case Report Award view
2011 Michele McCue Innovative Practices Award view
2011 Rebecca L. Graham Research Trainee Award view
2010 Brandy Singer Innovative Practice Award view
2010 Megan Ehret New Investigator Award
2010 Karen Moeller Original Research Award
2010 Hannah Chandler PharmD Student/Resident Award view
2010 Benjamin Chavez Therapeutic Case Report Award view
2009 Sarah Melton Innovative Practices Award view
2009 Rania Kattura New Investigator Award
2009 Indriani Wang PharmD Student/Resident Award view
2009 Gene Makela Therapeutic Case Report Award view
2009 Alberto Augsten Therapeutic Case Report Award view
2008 Mollie Starkie PharmD Student/Resident Award view
2008 Jeffrey Bishop New Investigator Award view
2008 Charlie Caley Innovative Practices Award view
2008 Richard Perry Therapeutic Case Management Award view
2008 Susan Lakey Post-Doctoral Fellow/Graduate Student Award view
2007 Ryan Carnahan New Investigator Award view
2007 Michelle McCue PharmD Student/Resident Award view
2007 Carissa Brewer PharmD Student/Resident Award view
2007 Richard Silvia Therapeutic Case Management Award view
2007 Jessica Goren Innovative Practices Award view
2006 Courtney Eatmon PharmD/Student Resident Award view
2006 Megan Ehret Post-Doc/Fellow/Graduate Student Award view
2006 Mitsi Lizer Best Practices Award view
2006 Karen Moeller New Investigator Award view
2005 Sandra Dirks Psychiatric Pharmacy Practice Award view
2004 Karen Peralta Psychiatric Pharmacy Practice Award view
2003 Sudha Narayanaswamy Psychiatric Pharmacy Practice Award view
2002 Caroline Warnock Psychiatric Pharmacy Practice Award view