APhA Foundation Announces 2025 Incentive Grant Recipients

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American Pharmacists Association Foundation

Nov 14, 2024, 15:43 ET

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Foundation is pleased to announce the 2024–2025 recipients of the Incentive Grants for Practitioner Innovation in Pharmaceutical Care and the Practice Advancement Grants. A total of 53 pharmacists and student pharmacists from across the country were awarded $1,000 grants as seed money to implement or support an existing innovative patient care service within their pharmacy practice.

The Incentive Grants for Practitioner Innovation in Pharmaceutical Care is the APhA Foundation's longest-running program. With the generous support of the Community Pharmacy Foundation and other partners, these grants have facilitated the development of 775 pharmacy-based projects improving the health outcomes of thousands of patients across the country. Focus areas for this year's 50 Incentive Grant Recipients include cardiovascular health, diabetes management, respiratory therapy, medication safety, and more.

Three pharmacists were awarded the new Practice Advancement Grant, a collaborative opportunity between the APhA Foundation and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The goal of this initiative is to advance collaboration with leaders in communities where confidence in vaccines is low, increase partnerships with public health programs, and to provide equitable health care via vaccination services.

"The APhA Foundation is thrilled to offer a variety of grant funding for innovative patient care in communities across the U.S. These pharmacist-provided initiatives will increase access to essential health services, especially in underserved populations," said Benjamin Bluml, RPh, APhA Foundation executive director and senior vice president of research and innovation. "We are deeply grateful for the Community Pharmacy Foundation, the Rothholz Family, Centers for Disease Control, and our other partners for their collaboration and support for community pharmacy services."

Recipients are listed below.

Recipient name	Practice site	Project title/final report	City, State
Rothholz Family Immunization Education Grants
Evelyn Kim	Ralphs Pharmacy	Technician Roles in Vaccinations: Impact of California Immunization Registry (CAIR) Access on Vaccine Co- Administration Rates in Community Pharmacies	Placentia, CA
Courtney Wittstadt	Professional Pharmacy	Ensuring Childhood Vaccine Access Through Collaboration Among Pharmacy, Community, and School Networks	Baltimore. MD
Residents and their Preceptors Grants
Alyssa Barnes	HealthLinc	Optimizing Awareness: Effective Strategies for Educating Reproductive-Aged Women on Pharmacist- Prescribed Contraception in Indiana	Valparaiso, IN
Emma Brusio	Safeway	Sociocognitive Factors Influencing Community Pharmacist's Intention to Educate Patients on Medication-Induced Genitourinary Adverse Effects (SPI-GAE)	Towson, MD
Bullock, Brittany	Moose Pharmacy	Retrospective Review of an Independent Pharmacist- led Diabetes Management and Education Program in a Medicaid Population	Concord, NC
Carriedo, Michelle	Safeway Pharmacy	Integrating Smoking Cessation Counseling with Immunization Encounters in Community Pharmacy	Livermore, CA
Carter (Rister), Rachel	PrimaryPlus - Morehead	ECO—ROADS: Enhancing COPD Outcomes—RPM, Pulse Oximetry, and Direct Billable Clinical Services	Morehead,KY
Cochran, Alexandra	Trinity Medical Associates	The Clinical Impact of GLP-1 and GIP/GLP-1 Receptor Agonist Access Issues in a Primary Care Setting	Knoxville, TN
Cuffee, Tayana	Buford Road Pharmacy	Evaluation of a Community-Based Pharmacy Point-of- Care Test and Treat Services	Richmond, VA
Daniels, Claire	Kroger Pharmacy	Evaluation of New Patient Outreach on Successful Prescription Profile Transfers to Multiple Sites of a Community Pharmacy Chain	Marietta, OH
Drobny, Abigail	Kroger Health	Enhancing Medication Adherence and Therapy Optimization: The Impact of Pharmacist-Driven Medication Assessment of Injectable Tirzepatide	Bellevue, NE
Duong, Sandra	Fred Meyer	Assessing the Impact of Pharmacist-led Evaluation and Intervention Using the Asthma Impairment and Risk Questionnaire (AIRQ) in Patients with Uncontrolled Asthma	Vancouver, WA
Esquibel, Makhaila	HealthLinc	What Factors Are Associated with Receipt of Over- the-Counter Pharmacy Services Among Patients at a Midwest Federally Qualified Health Center?	Valparaiso, IN
Fleck, Michael	Acme Sav-on Pharmacy	Patient Interest in Utilizing Community Pharmacies for Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) Management	Media, PA
Gallardo Penchi, Fabiola	Osterhaus Pharmacy	Pilot Service of Community Pharmacist Management of Continuous Glucose Monitors in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Not on Insulin Therapy	Maquoketa, IA
Gantman, Anabelle	USC Pharmacy	Assessing College Students' Awareness and Misconceptions About Vaping: Implications for Community Pharmacy Smoking Cessation Programs	Los Angeles, CA
Gurr, Noah	Moose Pharmacy	Implementing a Glucagon Prescribing Protocol in a Community-Based Independent Pharmacy	Mount Pleasant, NC
Hall, Stephen	AM Diabetes	Investigating the Pharmacist Impact on Diabetes Distress and HbA1c—A Study on a Novel Pharmacist Consultation Model Intervening on Diabetes Distress	Bartlett, TN
Harris, Allyson	Smith's	The Effect of Cost and Timely Patient Education About Prescription Delivery on Utilization of Delivery Services	West Jordan, UT
Heggen, Emilie	Towncrest Pharmacy	Implementation and Evaluation of Vivitrol Administration Service in an Independent Pharmacy	Iowa City, IA
Herzog, Austin	Purdue University Pharmacy	Frequency and Characteristics of Patient Information Requests Made by Community Pharmacists During the Delivery of Medication Therapy Management Services for a Self-Insured Employer	West Lafayette, IN
Hilgendorf, Emma	Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy	Impact of a Smoking Cessation Screening Tool in Specialty Pharmacy to Improve Smoking Quit Rates in Adult Multiple Sclerosis Patients	Wauwatosa, WI
Hooper, Clare	Walgreens Co.	Frequency and Characteristics of Prescription Adaptations Made by Chain Community Pharmacists	Indianapolis, IN
Huynh, Tiffany	Albertsons Companies	Mind the Statin Gap—Evaluating Barriers in Pharmacy-Recommended Statin Therapy	Tustin, CA
King, Jacob	Medicine Mart of West Columbia	Evaluating the Discordance of Records Between the South Carolina Immunization Registry and an Independent Community Pharmacy Utilizing a Bidirectional HL7 Immunization Integration	West Columbia, SC
Li, Royce	University Medical Center of El Paso Neighborhood Clinics	Three-Year Impact of Community Pharmacist-led Transitions of Care Model: A Retrospective Analysis	El Paso, TX
Longenecker, Alyssa	Cape Fear Clinic Pharmacy	Assessing the Impact of Certified Pharmacy Technicians Role in Behavioral Health Case Management on Short Form Health Survey 12 Scores	Wilmington, NC
Ly, Vivian	Western University of Health Sciences / 986 Pharmacy	Barriers to Implementing and Maintaining Smoking Cessation Services in Independent Community Pharmacies Across Different States in the United States	La Verne, CA
May, Karissa	Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy	The Effects of Pharmacists' Intervention and Education on SABA Overuse in Medicaid Patients	Kansas City, MO
McDonald, Dana	Albertsons Safeway - Denver Division	Evaluation of Pharmacist Comfort and Readiness for Prescribing Services for HIV PEP/PrEP After Completing an Educational Video	Centennial, CO
McKenzie, Kendall	H-E-B Pharmacy	Assessing the Effectiveness of Patient–Pharmacist Communication During Medication Counseling in Texas Community Pharmacies	Austin, TX
Milunovic, Teona	Walgreens	Effectiveness of Glycemic Control Education Delivered by a Community Pharmacy Resident	Chelsea, MA
Moshayedi, Venoos	USC Pharmacies	Assessing the Effectiveness of a Standardized Workflow Training in Minimizing Vaccine Errors in Pharmacy Practice	Glendale, CA
Nelson, Allyson	Atlantis Pharmacy	Empirical Validity of Serum Creatinine Availability in a Community Setting and Impact of Medication Dosing	Atlantis, FL
Nguyen, Lillian	986 Pharmacy	Addressing Social Determinants of Health in the Homeless Population: Determining Change in Health Care Access	La Verne, CA
Omotoyinbo, Opeyemi	MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Pharmacy	Implementing Long-Acting Injectable (LAI) Medications in a Comprehensive Strategy for Opioid Abstinence	Dubuque, IA
Pack, Raylee	Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy	Assessment of Patient-Perceived Disease Burden in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis on Oral Therapy by a Community Specialty Pharmacist	Nashville, TN
Patrick, Bennett	Mathes Pharmacy	Uncovering Care Gaps: Parent Perspectives on Gaps in Type 1 Diabetes Management for Children Aged 8–12 Years in Kentucky and Southern Indiana	New Albany, IN
Pham, Brenden	Fred Meyer	Impact of Targeted Outreach on Immunization Rates of Patients with Diabetes	Vancouver, WA
Pinkovsky, Victoria	Riverside Village Pharmacy	Evaluating Patient and Provider Perceived Effectiveness and Satisfaction with Riverside Village Pharmacy's Clinical Wound Care Service	Nashville, TN
Rountree, Grayson	Kroger Pharmacy	Exploring the Influence of Behaviors and Personalities of Pharmacy Leaders on Retention and Resilience in a Community Pharmacy Setting	Knoxville, TN
Salcedo, Lillian Avery	Kroger Pharmacy	Evaluating Pharmacist Directed Care for Eligible Kroger Employees: An Analysis of Dietitian Consultation Adoption Rates and Employee Satisfaction	Roanoke, VA
Schneider, Sarah	University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy/ PA Pharmacist Care Network (PPCN)	Identifying Best Practices for Social Determinants of Health Referrals in Community Pharmacies	Pittsburgh, PA
Shen, Joseph	Osco Drug (Jewel-Osco Pharmacy)	Illinois Health Professional Students' Awareness and Perceptions of Community Pharmacist-Provided Clinical Services	Chicago, IL
Sumra, Faiza	Kroger Health	Evaluation of Social Determinants of Health Assessment Models in Community Pharmacy	Cincinnati, OH
Thompson, Semya	Campus Health Pharmacy	Assessment of Pharmacist-led Workflow Intervention on COVID-19, Influenza, and Pneumococcal Vaccinations in College Students with Asthma and Diabetes	Chapel Hill, NC
Truman, Destanie	Greenwood Pharmacy	Evaluation of Community Pharmacy Outreach Events to Screen for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)	Waterloo, IA
Ward, Raney	Bremo Pharmacy	Evaluating Patient Willingness for Influenza Testing and Treatment in a Community Pharmacy Setting and Urgent Care Settings	Richmond, VA
Warren, Dani	Wiggins Family Medical Center and Pharmacy	An Evaluation of a Pharmacist-led Chronic Condition Management Telehealth Program on Clinical Outcomes for Patients with Diabetes	Carrollton, GA
Whitfield, Courtney	Realo Drugs	Evaluating Provider Satisfaction with the Role of Clinical Pharmacists in Delivering Chronic Care Management Services within an Accountable Care Organization	New Bern, NC

Recipient name		Practice site	Project title/final report		City, State
Practice Advancement Grants
Gamston, Courtney	Auburn University Health Care and Education Clinic and Pharmacy			Boosting Community Immunization Rates: Partnering with Schools for Success		Auburn, AL
Phan, Ha	Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Mississippi			Addressing Parent and Caregiver Pediatric Vaccination Administration Hesitancy in an Independent Community Pharmacy Setting		Jackson, MS
Morris, Whitney	Tennessee Pharmacists Association			Establishing Partnerships Between Rural Public Health Departments and Local Pharmacies to Enhance Vaccination Referral Processes		Nashville, TN