The ACCP Foundation Frontiers Fund supports clinical pharmacy researcher development and research advancement. Through the Futures Grants program, the Foundation Board of Trustees is especially interested in supporting the development of research skills among students, trainees, and early-career ACCP members to establish sustained interest and careers in clinical pharmacy research.

Futures Grants applications were reviewed by an expert panel according to the program’s core review criteria. The ACCP Foundation congratulates the 2021 Futures Grants program awardees.

Junior Investigator Awards:

	Gustavo Alvira-Arill, Pharm.D., Infectious Disease Pharmacy Fellow, University of Tennessee Health Science Center: “Variability of Biofilm Formation in Staphylococcal Species and Impact on Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infection Rates in Pediatric Patients Receiving Different Parenteral Lipid Formulations.” Mentor: Jeremy Stultz, Pharm.D.
	Lan Bui, Pharm.D., MPH, BCPS, Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice, McWhorter School of Pharmacy, Samford University: “Association of Opioid Utilization in the Medical Intensive Care Unit and Opioid Prescriptions at Hospital Discharge in Opioid Naïve, Mechanical Ventilated Patients.” Mentor: Joshua Swan, Pharm.D., MPH
	Anne Jones Gonzales-Luna, Pharm.D., BCIDP, Research Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Translational Research, The University of Houston College of Pharmacy: “Vancomycin Resistance in Clostridioides difficile Infection.” Mentor: Kevin Garey, Pharm.D., M.S.

Resident Awards:

	Aaron Chase, Pharm.D., PGY2 Critical Care Resident, Augusta University Medical Center and University of Georgia College of Pharmacy: “Characterization of Circulating Extracellular Vesicles-Containing-miR-223/142 in Human Samples from Two ARDS Network (FACTT and ALTA) Trials.” Mentor: Duo Zhang, Ph.D.
	Rachael Stone, Pharm.D., PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Resident, University of Virginia Health: “Correlation Between CYP2C19 genotype and P2Y12 Assay in Patients Receiving Clopidogrel After Acute Ischemic Stroke.” Mentor: Bradford Worrall, M.D., M.Sc.

Student Awards:

	Trenton Flanagan, 2023 Pharm.D. Candidate, University of Oklahoma: “Effect of Endotoxemia on Colchicine Plasma Levels.” Mentor: Nicholas Schwier, Pharm.D.
	Neeraja Kadiyala, 2024 Pharm.D. Candidate, University of Illinois College of Pharmacy: “Novel Aminoglycoside Treatment Strategies for KPC-Producing K. pneumoniae.” Mentor: Zackery Bulman, Pharm.D.
	Noor Ahmed Nahid, MPharm, 2024 Ph.D. Candidate, University of Florida: “Impact of CYP2D6 Genotypes and Inhibitors on Opioid Therapy in Patients with Pain.” Mentor: Julie Johnson, Pharm.D.

The ACCP Foundation Board of Trustees and staff also wish 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 Jason Barreto, Kyle Burghardt, Alex Chan, Kimberly Daugherty, Chris Destache, Hyma Gogineni, Jason Karnes (Chair), Qing Ma, Jeannine McCune, David Rogers, Mikiko Takeda, Sony Tuteja, and Michael Ujhelyi. Members of the Student/Resident Award Review Committee were Theodore Cory (Chair), Abbie Leino, Claire Mach, Janelle Perkins, and Jason Schafer.