PharmD and Pharmacology-Toxicology students, and a current resident participated in the second annual research symposium hosted by the Student College of Clinical Pharmacy (SCCP) organization and the Pharmacy Practice Division.

Nearly 20 students took the opportunity to present their work and network with peers. Participants focused on a range of topics from diabetes management and the loading dose of warfarin to access points for substance abuse treatment and pharmacy student training. Posters presented by Katherine Beach, DPH-3, Rachel Jenson, DPH-2, and Marlena Taube, DPH-1, were selected as “Best Poster.” The selected students each receive a $500 stipend toward attendance to a scientific or professional conference of their choosing.. The 2017 presenters (alphabetical order) and their respective poster titles are noted below. Biographies of each presenter are available online.

2017 Research Symposium Participants

Srikar Adibhatla, TOX-4
Poster Title: Exploring Regulation of Interspecies Interactions to Activate Silent Biosynthetic Gene Clusters

Katherine Beach, DPH-3
Poster Title: Evaluation of post-procedure warfarin loading dose

Dean Bowen, DPH-1
Poster Title: Controversy over the Cost and Use of PCSK9 Inhibitors

Olivia Fahey, DPH-3
Poster Title: Assessing the impact of food insecurity on diabetes self-care management

Brekk Feeley, DPH-3
Poster Title: Impact of a Video Presentation Assignment on Student Confidence in Presenting Evidence Based Medicine

Brandon Harkonen, DPH-3
Poster Title: Evaluation of Pharmacy Student Training for the Smart Meds Program

Rachel Jenson, DPH-2
Poster Title: Prolonged exposure to β-lactam antibiotics reestablishes sensitivity of daptomycin-nonsusceptible Staphylococcus aureus to daptomycin

Mercedes Kile, DPH-1
Poster Title: Community Pharmacies as Access Points for Substance Abuse Treatment

Joanne Kuznicki, DPH-3
Poster Title: The Outcomes and Challenges of Implementation of a Pharmacy-based Immunization Clinic at a Student-Run Free Clinic

Katie Morgan, DPH-3
Poster Title: Community Pharmacies as Access Points for Substance Abuse Treatment

Michael Nagy, PharmD
Poster Title: Pharmacist Adherence to an Extended Interval of International Normalized Ratio (INR) Follow-up Protocol at Twelve Months

Alexandra Ribaudo, DPH-4
Poster Title: Vaccine response in patients with inflammatory bowel disease

Magdalena Siodlak, DPH-3
Poster Title: Implementation and Evaluation of Discharge Alert Notification Tool for Improvement of Discharge Times and Interdisciplinary Communication

Maralena Taube, DPH-1
Poster Title: Effectiveness of sequential monotherapy followed by combination therapy versus upfront combination therapy against clinical methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates in an in-vitro pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic model.

Cecilia Volk, DPH-1
Poster Title: Association of Staphylococcus aureus alpha-hemolysin and platelet function in clopidogrel-treated patients with bacteremia.

Treashure Wade, DPH-3
Poster Title: Assessing the impact of food insecurity on diabetes self-care management

Youqi Zhang, DPH-2
Poster Title: MMR vaccine responses in patients with inflammatory bowel disease