ACCP’s 2024 Visual Abstract Challenge attracted 20 visual abstract submissions. All submissions were evaluated by three expert reviewers and received criteria-based scores. Individuals with the top five submissions received complimentary ACCP Annual Meeting registrations and ACCP gift codes redeemable for resources of their choice. Congratulations to the finalists!
First place was awarded to Cecilia Schowe, Pharm.D., PGY2 critical care pharmacy resident at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts. Second place was awarded to Lauren St. John, Pharm.D., PGY2 emergency medicine pharmacy resident at UofL Health in Louisville, Kentucky. The other finalists were Kate Aldridge, Pharm.D., PGY2 pediatric pharmacy resident at UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, California; Michael Luvera, Pharm.D., CPh, postdoctoral fellow at University of Florida College of Pharmacy in Gainesville, Florida; and Ashley Prusakov, Pharm.D., scientific communications and medical affairs postdoctoral fellow at ECIR Medical Communications in Reston, Virginia.
The ACCP Visual Abstract Challenge is open to current residents, fellows, and post-Pharm.D. full-time graduate students. It combines skills to evaluate the primary literature with the ability to creatively communicate key components of published research. This innovative and unique competition offers individuals an opportunity to build their visual abstract creation skills for prepublished work in preparation for their own future publications. The challenge will open again for submissions on June 30, 2025. All submissions can be viewed at https://www.accp.com/resfel/vac/abstracts.aspx.
ACCP would like to thank the visual abstract reviewers: Nicole Acquisto, Lilian Azzopardi, Arden Barry, Cari Brackett, Kelly Caudle, Jennifer Cocohoba, Susan Davis, Robert DiDomenico, Abigail Elmes, Erika J. Ernst, Michael Ernst, Julie Farrar, Michelle Fravel, Curtis Haas, Madison Irwin, Jenna Januszka, Tyler Kennedy, Philip King, Tyree Kiser, Christian Kroll, Allissa Long, Qing Ma, M. Shawn McFarland, Amilda Medina, Jenny Nguyen, Charlie Ponte, Laura Ramsey, Claire Schumann, Terry Seaton, Mate Soric, Amanda Sowder, Kevin Sowinski, Sarah Spinler, Paul Stranges, Andrew Webb, Thomas Wert, Samira Zantout, and Barbara Zarowitz.