Abstracts Committee Chair Ijeoma Onyema, PharmD, BCPP, is pleased to recognize the 2026 AAPP Research and Practice Award winners and finalists. Announced April 20th during AAPP’s 29th Annual Meeting, these awards recognize excellence in investigators presenting abstracts at the AAPP Annual Meeting. Award finalists presented platform presentations and displayed their posters during the meeting. Research and Practice Awards are sponsored by the AAPP Foundation.
Award Winners
Innovative Practices Award
- 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
- 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
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
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
Research Trainee Award
- 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