The ACCP Research Institute (RI) Frontiers Fund supports clinical pharmacy researcher development and clinical pharmacy research advancement. Through its Futures Grants Program, the RI Board of Trustees is especially interested in supporting the development of research skills among student, trainee, and early-career ACCP members with a goal of establishing sustained interest and careers in clinical pharmacy research.
This year, the ACCP RI received 40 applications for its new mentored research funding program. Each application was reviewed by an expert panel of reviewers according to the program’s core review criteria. The ACCP RI is pleased to announce the 2015 Futures Grants Program awardees.
Junior Investigator Awards:
- Kyle Burghardt, Pharm.D., from Wayne State University (mentor: Vicki Ellingrod, Pharm.D., FCCP) – Insulin Resistance Induced by Antipsychotic Medication in the Absence of Obesity: Impact of DNA Methylation and Lipids in the Skeletal Muscle.
- Jason Karnes, Pharm.D., Ph.D., BCPS, from the University of Arizona (mentors: Dan Roden, M.D., Kenneth Ramos, M.D., Ph.D., Pharm.B.) – Pharmacogenomics of Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia.
- Kelly Reveles, Pharm.D., Ph.D., from the University of Texas at Austin (mentor: Christopher Frei, Pharm.D., FCCP, BCPS) – Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection Epidemiology and Clinical Risk Prediction in the United States Veterans Health Administration.
Student/Resident Awards:
- Dina Ali from the University of Tennessee (mentor: Robert Parker, Pharm.D., FCCP) – Mechanism of Altered Clopidogrel Metabolism in Diabetes.
- Elizabeth Wood from Auburn University (mentor: Allison Chung, Pharm.D., FCCP, BCPS) – Vitamin D Supplementation in Critically Ill Children: A Prospective Trial and Dose Evaluation.
The ACCP RI Board of Trustees and staff would also like to express their sincere gratitude to the expert reviewers who served on the Junior Investigator and Student/Resident award review committees. Members of the Junior Investigator award review committee were Michael Reed, Pharm.D., FCCP (chair); Christina Aquilante, Pharm.D.; William Baker, Pharm.D., FCCP, BCPS; Edward Bednarczyk, Pharm.D., FCCP; Douglas Boggs, Pharm.D.; Karen Farris, Ph.D.; Judith Smith, Pharm.D., FCCP, BCOP; and Meghana Trivedi, Pharm.D., Ph.D., BCOP. Members of the Student/Resident award review committee were Jeffrey Fong, Pharm.D., BCPS (chair); Varsha Bhatt-Mehta, Pharm.D., FCCP; Ninh (Irene) La-Beck, Pharm.D.; and David Martin, Pharm.D. For more information about the ACCP RI Futures Grants Program, please visit http://www.accpri.org/futures/.