Nina Ayrapetova (left) accepts the Best Poster Award from ACCP President Gary Matzke.

Joseph Ybarra (left) accepts the Best Resident and Fellow Poster Award from ACCP President Gary Matzke.

Best Student Poster Award Winners Gina Guzzetta (left) and Mark Parmenter (right) pose with ACCP President Gary Matzke.

The winners of the Best Poster Awards from the 2008 ACCP Spring Practice and Research Forum were announced on Tuesday, April 8, 2008, at the conclusion of the day’s poster session in Phoenix, Arizona. In all, 194 abstracts were presented at the Spring Practice and Research Forum. Of these, 80 were reports of original research, 36 described innovative clinical pharmacy services, 47 described original research in progress, and 35 were student submissions. In addition, a number of papers were encore presentations of work that had been presented in abstract form at other scientific meetings.

Mark A. Parmenter and Gina C. Guzzetta, from Midwestern University in Glendale, Arizona, won the Best Student Poster Award for “Diabetes risk, perceptions of risk, and physical activity patterns in an active older adult community.” Mr. Parmenter and Ms. Guzzetta’s coauthor on the poster was Erin Raney. The first runner-up in this category was Helen B. Kim from Touro College of Pharmacy in Vallejo, California, for “Mandating residencies for all pharmacy graduates by the year 2020: a study of existing programs’ plans for expansion.” Ms. Kim’s coauthors were Hien Tran, Quang Bui, Faria Nusrat, Olivia Ng, Christina Thanawiwat, Danielle Richardson, Diane Nguyen, Quan Tran, and Julia Nguyen. The second runner-up was Alyssa M. Walker from the University of Colorado Denver School of Pharmacy for “Lopinavir/ritonavir (LPV/RTV) pharmacokinetics (PK) in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected cytochrome P450 (CYP) 3A5 expressers versus non-expressers.” Ms. Walker’s coauthors were Christina L. Aquilante, Peter L. Anderson, Charles J. Foster, and Jennifer J. Kiser. The other Best Student Poster finalists were Jonathan Badger from the University of Wisconsin School of Pharmacy, Charles J. Foster from the University of Colorado Denver School of Pharmacy, and Tamar M. Rice from Mercer University College of Pharmacy and Health Services.

Joseph V. Ybarra, from St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital in Houston, Texas, won the Best Resident and Fellow Poster Award for “Evaluation of high-dose atorvastatin for prevention of vasospasm in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.” Dr. Ybarra’s coauthors were Thuy D. Nguyen, Miguel Salazar, Kevin W. Garey, Hesham Morsi, Elissa F. Wible, and George A. Lopez. The first runner-up was Jessica Purcell from the Northeast Iowa Medical Education Foundation in Waterloo, Iowa, for “Adherence to osteoporosis and anticoagulation treatment guidelines in acute hip fracture patients.” Dr. Purcell’s coauthors were James D. Hoehns and Kristi Kavanaugh. The second runner-up was LaTonya R. Menefee from the University of Louisiana Monroe, College of Pharmacy in Monroe, Louisiana, with the poster titled “Assessment of third year pharmacy students’ attitudes toward cultural competency before and after an educational intervention.” Dr. Menefee’s coauthors were Gagan Jain, Justin Sherman, Emily Evans, and Lesa Lawrence. The other Best Resident and Fellow Poster finalists were Todd Miano from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center and Megan N. Au from the Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System.

Nina Ayrapetova from Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York, won the Best Poster Award with the poster titled “The incidence of malfunctioning sequential pneumatic compression devices.” Dr. Ayrapetova’s coauthor was Henry Cohen. The first runner-up in the Best Poster competition was Diana Bixner from the Pharmacotherapy Outcomes Research Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, for the poster titled “Clinical and economic outcomes in hepatitis C patients treated with peginterferon alfa-2a or peginterferon alfa-2b plus ribavirin.” Dr. Brixner’s coauthors were Teng-Chiao Chu and Tarek I. Hassanein. The second runner-up was James Backes from the University of Kansas Lipid, Atherosclerosis, Metabolic and LDL-Apheresis Center in Kansas City, Kansas, for the poster titled “Once weekly statin therapy effective and well-tolerated in patients with a prior statin intolerance.” Dr. Backes’ coauthors were Cheryl A. Gibson, Janelle F. Ruisinger, and Patrick M. Moriarty. The other finalists in the Best Poster category were Kelly C. Lee from the University of California, San Diego School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences in La Jolla, California; James Spalding from Astellas Pharma US, Inc., in Deerfield, Illinois; and David A. Sclar from Washington State University in Pullman, Washington.

Each winner received a commemorative plaque and $250 to help offset travel expenses associated with attending the meeting. Serving as finalist judges for the three competitions in Phoenix were Cari Brackett, Lori Dickerson, Paul Dobesh, Marcus Ferrone, Mark Gonyeau, Laura Hansen, Mary Hayney, Brian Hemstreet, David Hoff, Robert MacLaren, Deborah Minor, Jo Ellen Rodgers, Cynthia Sanoski, James Tisdale, and Julie Wright.

The next abstract award competition will be held at the College’s 2008 Annual Meeting, October 19–22, in Louisville, Kentucky. The deadline to submit abstracts for the Annual Meeting is June 13. Abstracts should be submitted online at http://accp.confex.com/accp/2008am/cfp.cgi.