ACCP congratulates the recipients of the Best Poster Awards from the 2021 Annual Meeting. Virtual poster sessions were held on the evenings of October 19 and 20, with authors available for real-time online question-and-answer sessions alongside their posters. In all, more than 450 posters were virtually presented at the Annual Meeting. Papers described original research, innovative clinical pharmacy services and programs, case reports, systematic reviews/meta-analyses, and student, resident, and fellow research-in-progress.

Best Poster

Mohamed Saad from Al Wakra Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar, won the Best Poster Award for “Clinical Outcomes of Intravenous Immunoglobulin Therapy in COVID-19 Related Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: A Retrospective Cohort Study.” Saad’s coauthors were Husain Ali, Moustafa Elshafei, Hassan Mitwally, Mohammad Alwraidat, Asra Aroos, Nissar Shaikh, Dore Ananthegowda, Mohamed Abdelaty, Saibu George, Abdulqader Nashwan, Ahmed Mohamed, and Mohamed Khatib, also from Hamad Medical Corporation.

The other finalists in the Best Poster competition were Julie Murphy from the University of Toledo College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences in Toledo, Ohio; Paul Stranges from the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy in Chicago, Illinois; and Jon P. Wietholter from the West Virginia University School of Pharmacy in Morgantown, West Virginia.

Murphy presented “Impact of a Pharmacy Procedure on Direct Oral Anticoagulant Use at an Academic Medical Center.” Her coauthors were Laura Heckenmueller, Ryan Strausbaugh, and Jordan Zitzman, also from the University of Toledo College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences; and Dominic Ruta, Mary Cait Smith, and Rachel E. McLuckie from the University of Toledo Medical Center.

Stranges presented “Changes in Postoperative Opioid Utilization After Pharmacist-Led Order Set Standardization and Education for Total Knee and Hip Arthroplasty at an Academic Medical Center.” His coauthors were Kenil Patel and Mathew Thambi, also from the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy; Aimee Bobko from the Department of Orthopedics, University of Illinois at Chicago; and Connie Yan from the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy Department of Pharmacy Systems, Outcomes & Policy.

Wietholter presented “Personality Type Impact on Second-Year Pharmacy Academic Performance in Integrated Systems-Based Therapy Courses.” His coauthor was Lena M. Maynor, also from the West Virginia University School of Pharmacy.

Best Resident or Fellow Poster

Julie Farrar won the Best Resident or Fellow Poster Award for “Evaluation of a Patient-Specific, Targeted-Intensity Pharmacologic Thromboprophylaxis Protocol in Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19.” Farrar’s research was conducted when she was a PGY2 critical care resident at the University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences in Aurora, Colorado. Her coauthors were Tyree Kiser, also from the University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences in Aurora; Toby Trujillo, Scott Mueller, and Lyra Beltran from the UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora; and Kathryn Hassell from the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Denver.

The other finalists in the Best Resident or Fellow Poster competition were Jenna Goetz, Ulyana Kucherepa, and Ting-Ting Wu.

Goetz presented “Evaluation of Percutaneous Impella Ventricular Assist Device Induced Thrombocytopenia.” Goetz’s research was conducted when she was a PGY1 resident at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, Iowa. Her coauthors were Ryan Hobbs and Heather Bream-Rouwenhorst, also from the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City; Michael O’Brien and Alexander Toyoda from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts; and Phillip Horwitz from the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine in Iowa City.

Kucherepa presented “Self-Assessment of Cultural Competency Within a First-Year Required Pharmacy Course.” Her coauthor was Mary Beth O’Connell from Wayne State University Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in Detroit, Michigan.

Wu presented “Ketamine Analgosedation Increases Incident Delirium in Critically Ill Adults.” Wu is a critical care pharmacy research fellow at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. Wu’s coauthors were Sally Ko and John Devlin, also from Northeastern University; and Rens Kooken and Mark van den Boogaard from Radboud University Medical Center in Nijmegen, Netherlands.

Best Student Poster

Jiajie Guan from the University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences in Buffalo, New York, won the Best Student Poster Award for “Association Between Potentially Inappropriate Medication Prescribing and Health-Related Quality of Life Among U.S. Older Adults.” Guan’s coauthors were David M. Jacobs, Robert G. Wahler, and Collin M. Clark, also from the University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences; and Jennifer Stoll and Ranjit Singh from the University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.

The other student finalists in the Best Student Poster competition were Lyra Beltran from the University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences in Denver, Colorado; Kevin Cheng from the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy in Chicago, Illinois; and Micaleigh D. Noll from the Duquesne University School of Pharmacy in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Beltran presented “Evaluation of Anti-Xa Level Monitoring in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients on a Targeted-Intensity Thromboprophylaxis Protocol.” Her coauthors were Julie Farrar, Scott Mueller, Cecilia Nguyen, and Tyree Kiser, also from the University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences in Denver; Toby Trujillo from UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora; and Kathryn Hassell from the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Denver.

Cheng presented “30-Day and 90-Day Readmissions Between Genotype-Optimal and Genotype-Suboptimal Antiplatelet Therapy Following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.” His coauthors were Christian San Andres, Emen Salam, Jin Han, and James C. Lee also from the University of Illinois Chicago College of Pharmacy in Chicago.

Micaleigh Noll presented “Impact of a Pharmacist-Led Intervention on High-Intensity Statin Prescribing Following Acute Myocardial Infarction.” Noll’s coauthors were Cassidy E. Oberst, Jordan O. Fyock, Hailey M. Martin, Anthony J. Guarascio, David E. Zimmerman, Branden D. Nemecek, Jordan R. Covvey, and Courtney A. Montepara, also from the Duquesne University School of Pharmacy; and Om N. Talreja and Colleen A. Elston from Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh.

The winners were selected by a panel of poster judges after virtual judging that took place during the October 19 poster session. Presenting authors were given 5 minutes to present their research to the judges, followed by 10 minutes of a question-and-answer session. Winners were announced on Wednesday, October 20, and each winner received a plaque.

Serving as judges for the Best Poster competition were Sheryl Chow, Andy Meisner, Richard Parrish, and Mike Ujhelyi. Serving as judges for the Best Resident or Fellow Poster competition were Curtis Haas, Karen Kier, Jason Lancaster, Steve Lemon, and Paul Reynolds. Serving as judges for the Best Student Poster competition were Brad Boucher, Radha Manian, Doreen Pon, Michael Reed, and Dustin Spencer.