Nearly 200 abstracts will be featured at the AAPP 2026 Annual Meeting. Posters will be displayed Monday, April 20-Tueday, April 21, 2026. Students, pharmacists, and other health care professionals will man their posters on Monday while resident posters will be manned on Tuesday. A special thank you to the abstract reviewers who participated in making these selections.
Congratulations to the eight (8) award finalists in the running for five AAPP research awards in 2026. Award finalists will present their abstracts during the platform presentations on Sunday, April 19, at AAPP 2026. Winners for all categories will be announced on Monday, April 20, 2026.
Award Finalists
Innovative Practices Award
- Kaitlin Halligan, PharmD, BCPP, Psychiatric Pharmacy Practitioner, Catholic Health Systems, Buffalo, NY
Implementation of a Standardized Psychiatric Pharmacist Protocol in an Inpatient Substance Use Disorder Program - Alissa Scalise, PharmD, BCPP, BCPS, Clinical Assistant Professor, The University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy, Kingston, RI and Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner, VA Providence Health Care System, Providence, Rhode Island
Longitudinal Integration of a Psychiatric Pharmacist into Outpatient Neurology Services for Veterans
Original Research Award
- Lamisa Hossain, Pharmacy Intern, UCI School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, Irvine, CA
Insomnia Among Pharmacy Students Using the Insomnia Symptom Questionnaire : A Cross-Sectional Survey Analysis - Amie Throneberry, PharmD, BCPP, Assistant Professor/Clinical Pharmacist, University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy, Nashville, TN
Putting the ‘Person’ in Prescription: The Transformative Power of Lived Experience in Pharmacy Education
Research Trainee Award
- Mariana Gates, Doctor of Pharmacy Candidate 2028, The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy, Austin, TX
Diagnosis and Treatment of Anxiety or Depression Following Clostridioides difficile Infection - Brittany Huffman, PharmD, PGY2 Psychiatric Pharmacy Resident, South Texas Veterans Healthcare System, San Antonio, TX
Retrospective Review of Dual Long-Acting Injectable Antipsychotic Use for Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia - Seo Young Park, PharmD, PGY2 Psychiatry Pharmacy Resident, Montefiore Nyack Hospital, Fairview, NJ
Theory of Planned Behavior Assessment of Experiences and Medication Attitudes in Pharmacist-Led Education Groups
Health Equity Award
- Shuvon Islam, PharmD Candidate 2029, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Paterson, NJ
Assessing the Effectiveness of an Interprofessional Education Program for Reducing Health Professions Student Stigma of Formerly Incarcerated Individuals