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ACCP Travel Awards Given for 2015 Global Conference

One of the best ways for students and postgraduate trainees to experience organized clinical pharmacy in action is to participate in an ACCP national meeting.

This fall, through the generous support of individual members and the PRNs, 24 students and postgraduate trainees will have the opportunity to do just that at the Global Conference in San Francisco. Please join us in congratulating the following recipients of the ACCP Global Conference Travel Awards:

Resident/Fellow Travel Award Winners

  • Jacqueline Argamany
  • Matt Bilhimer
  • Joseph Fulginiti
  • Ashley Hedges
  • Kevin Lonabaugh
  • Bernice Man
  • Brandon Martinez
  • Erin McCreary
  • Cory Nelson
  • Kalynn Rohde
  • Cory Weaver

Student Travel Award Winners

  • Carmelo Alonso
  • Umima Baig
  • Marco Custodio
  • Sara DiTursi
  • Gabrielle Furgiuele
  • Abdul Ghorbandi
  • Brian Kurish
  • Ciera Patzke
  • Forrest Ridgway
  • Sahar Torabi
  • Stefanie Underwood
  • Elizabeth Wood
  • Paria Sanaty Zadeh

Travel awards encourage student and postgraduate trainee attendance at ACCP meetings and promote future involvement in the College. Information about the next cycle of travel awards will be available on the ACCP Web site next June. To qualify for a travel award, applicants must be (1) a current resident, fellow, or postgraduate trainee member of ACCP; or (2) a current student member pursuing his or her first professional degree, who has completed at least 1 academic year in a professional pharmacy program. Applicants are required to submit an essay, CV, and letter(s) of recommendation from faculty members and/or preceptors.

ACCP would like to recognize the following individuals for their generous contributions to support the travel awards program. In addition, the following PRNs either contributed to ACCP’s Travel Award Fund or provided their own travel awards:

  • Carmelo Alonso
  • Scott Bolesta
  • Joshua Caballero
  • Maya Campara
  • Amanda Carter
  • Laura Celmins
  • Rebecca Cope
  • Stephanie Crist
  • Nicole Eckard
  • Ann Franklin
  • Ian Hollis
  • Vanthida Huang
  • Jill Kolesar
  • Emili Leary
  • Erin McCreary
  • Gary Milavetz
  • Thu Nguyen
  • Nicholas Norgard
  • Sven Normann
  • Jennifer O’Callaghan
  • Stephen Perona
  • Deborah Raithel
  • Julia Reffert
  • Cynthia Sanoski
  • Sharon See
  • Yasar Tasnif
  • Kathleen Tornatore
  • Toby Trujillo
  • Karen Whalen

PRNs and Chapters

  • Adult Medicine
  • Ambulatory Care
  • Cardiology
  • Central Nervous System
  • Clinical Administration
  • Critical Care
  • Drug Information
  • Education and Training
  • Geriatrics
  • GI/Liver/Nutrition
  • Gulf College of Clinical Pharmacy
  • Hematology/Oncology
  • Immunology/Transplantation
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Nephrology
  • Pain and Palliative Care
  • Pediatrics
  • Women’s Health

Donations to the Travel Award Fund helped support this fall’s awards and will continue to fund awards supporting student and postgraduate trainee attendance at upcoming ACCP national meetings. All donations collected by the Student Travel Award Fund and Resident/Fellow Travel Award Fund are applied directly toward attendee meeting support; no funds are used for administrative or overhead expenses. If you would like to make a tax-deductible contribution to help support future awards, please contact Jon Poynter, Senior Membership Project Manager, at [email protected].