The New York State Council of Health-System Pharmacists Research and Education Foundation
NYSCHP REF Board of Directors 2019- 2020 NYSCHP REF Award Process and Application REF Research Awards REF Award Recipients
NYSCHP REF Board of Directors 2019 - 2020
John Manzo, PharmD, FASHP, Chair New York University Langone Health System
Bruce A. Pleskow, BS, Treasurer Baxter
Shaun Flynn, Secretary NYSCHP
Leigh Briscoe-Dwyer, PharmD, FASHP
Kimberly Zammit, PharmD, BCPS, FASHP Kaleida Health/Buffalo General Hospital
Frank Sosnowski, BS, MS Montefiore Medical Center
Deborah A. Wible, PharmD Northwell Health, Forest Hills Hospital
Marcia Gutfeld, PharmD, MBA Comprehensive Pharmacy Services
Philip Manning, MScPharm, BS Montefiore Medical Center
Gerry Meglio, BS Lilly USA
Rosario (Russ) Lazzaro, MS, RPh NYU Langone Health/Perlmutter Cancer Center
Lisa Phillips, B.S., PharmD, CACP ,BAAP St. John Fisher College (SJFC) and Wegmans School of Pharmacy
Darren Culshaw, PharmD Global Center for Scientific Affairs, Merck Research Labs
Lou Diorio, RPh, FAPhA LDT Health Solutions, Inc.
Angela Cheng, PharmD, BCPS Montefiore Medical Center
Melissa Porricelli, BS Novo Nordisk
Kanika Ballani, PharmD NYU Langone Health/Perlmutter Cancer Center
Joseph Pinto, RPh, MS, MHA, DPLA Mount Sinai Health
Anthony Longo, PharmD Northwell Health NYSCHP BOD Liaison
Submission
The completed application of the project proposal in Microsoft Word or PDF format should be submitted to: Lisa Phillips c/o Shaun Flynn at [email protected] To be accepted, the completed application must be submitted by February 14th, 2020.
NYSCHP REF Award Recipients
1988
Dr. Henry Cohen Glaxo Award: Comparison of Intermittent Infusion vs. Continuous Infusion of Cefuroxime in the Treatment of Lower Respiratory Infections Geriatric Award: Alteration in Theophylline Protein Binding in Critically Ill Patients Steven Benkert, RPh Merck Award: Impact of Monitoring Peak and Trough Plasma Vancomycin Levels Versus Trough Plasma Levels Only on Prescribing Habits and Patient Care: An Outcomes Analysis Rashella Minsteris Pfizer Award: Knowledge of Preventive Behavior of Osteoporosis in Women of Various Age Groups: A survey Dr. Damary Castanheira Robert Wood Johnson Ortho Award: The Effects of Antimicrobial Drug Therapy on Acid Fast Bacilli Smear Negative, Culture Positive Mycobacteria Screening in HIV Positive Patients Dr. Laurie Briceland Demonstration Project Grant: Facilitation and Documentation of PharmD Clerkship Students’ Provision of Pharmaceutical Care by Palmtop Computerization
2000
Dr. Darren Culshaw Pfizer Award: The Impact of MHG Automatic Conversion Program: Atorvastain, Fluvastatin and Pravastatin to Simvastatin Dr. Roy Guharoy Lederle Research Award: National Survey of Therapeutic Substitution Policies and Practices in Academic and Non-academic Hospitals Xue-Min Huang UpJohn Research Award: ThePrevalence of Using an ACE-1 in the Diabetic Patient
2001
Dr. Roy Guharoy Seymour and Elizabeth Katz Award: Non-punitive Medication Error Reporting Systems
2002
Eric Hopson and Nancy Waite Demonstration Project Grant: Refining a Pharmacy-Managed Adult Pnuemococcal Vaccination Model
2003
Dr. Jeanne Marraffa Pfizer Award: TheSsignificance of CYP 2D6 Inhibition by Propoxyphene Dr. Patrick Smith UpJohn Award: Effect of St. John’s Wort on the Pharmacokinetics of Imatinib in Health Volunteers Dr. Bishoy Luka Merck Award: Cost-Effectiveness of Fomepizole Versus Ethanol in the Management of Acute Ethylene Glycol Toxicity Dr. Stephanie Seyse Geriatric Award: Assessment of Digoxin Prescribing for Patient Over 75 Years of Age Dr. Adrienne Smith-McGough Amgen NYSCHP REF Oncology Leadership Award: The Effect of Selected Cytochrome P450 Inhibitors on the Effectiveness of Tamoxifen in patients with Estrogen Receptor Positive Breast Cancer
2004
Dr. Danielle Blais Pfizer Award: Comparison of Nursing Assessment of Sedation in Bispectral Analysis in ICU Patients, A Pilot Study Dr. Lisa Charneski Glaxo Research Award: Penicillin Allergy May Be Hazardous to Your Health: Implementation of an Evidence Based Detection Process of True Allergy in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital Marvin Knoeck, Jr Merck Award: Single Dose Rasburicase Plus Oral Allopurinol: An Effective Alternative in the Management of Tumor Lysis Syndrome Dr. Robert DiCenzo Amgen NYSCHP REF Oncology Leadership Award: Optimal Breast Cancer Adjuvant Chemotherapy Dosing in Obese and Overweight Women
2005
Dr. Roy Guharoy Lederle Research Award: Prevalence and Cost Savings of Therapeutic Interchange Among US Hospitals Glaxo Research Award: National Surgical Infection Prevention Guideline: Practice Analysis and Identification of Areas for Improvement in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital UpJohn Award: A Comparison of Patient Medication Knowledge with and without Pharmacists Discharge Consultations Karl Williams Pfizer Award: CDTM Boot Camp Royston Browne Amgen NYSCHP REF Oncology Leadership Award: A Randomized, Open Label Study for Comparing the efficacy of Gelchair® versus Mucositis Cocktail in Reducing chemotherapy Induced oral Mucositis Pain
2006
Dr Roy Guharoy Clinical Pharmacy Services Award: Impact of Adverse Drug Reaction Events (ADRE’s) on Hospital Readmission Seymour & Elizabeth Katz Award: Benchmarking Impact of Multidisciplinary Team Initiated Computerized Physician Order Entry System on System Efficiency, Cost Containment and Improved Patient Outcome Dr. Adrienne Smith-McGough Medication Use Evaluation Award: Factor VIIa and Development of Institutional Prescribing Guidelines at a University Hospital Dr. John Noviasky Infectious Disease Research Award: Onychomycosis Treatment Using Topcial Menthol and Camphor (Aka Vick’s Vapor Rub) or Terbinafine Cream: A Perspective Study
2007
Dr Roy Guharoy Infectious Disease Pharmacy Research Award: Beta-Lactam Allergy-A Myth? A Multi-disciplinary Team Initiated Prospective Intervention Program in Addressing the Challenge
Dr. Adrienne Smith-McGough Clinical Pharmacy Services Award: Project title, “Determining the Optimal Dose of Warfarin in Patients with Thyroid Disorders NYSCHP Southern Tier Chapter Demonstration Project Grant: Leadership Development and Membership Recruitment Dr. Cindy Ippoliti Amgen NYSCHP REF Oncology Leadership Award: Study to Evaluate the Efficacy of Palfermin in HighRisk Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation Recipients
2008
Dr. Elizabeth Phillips The Medication Use Evaluation Research Award: Evaluation of a Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) Scheme for Deep Vein Thrombosis (DV) Prevention Dr. John Noviasky The Geriatric Pharmacy Research Award: Impact of a Geriatric Team on the Outcomes of the Hospitalized Elderly Patient Dr. Reetu Gupta The Clinical Pharmacy Award: Correlation Between MDRD4 or Cockcrofy-Gault Equation and Gentamicin Clearance NYSCHP 50th Anniversary Demonstration Grant: Understanding the Millennial Mind Dr. Jeffrey Steele Amgen NYSCHP REF Oncology Leadership Award: Rasburicase, a recombinant urate oxidase, n reduction of uric acid and prevention of acute renal failure associated with tumor lysis syndrome
2009
Dr. Kelly Jacobs The Pediatric Research Award: Characterization of Sedation Practices in Pediatric Intensive Care Units Dr. Brianne Hefty The Geratric Pharmacy Research Award: Correlation of Gentamicin Clearance with Variations of the Cockcroft-Gualt Equation and Modification of Diet in Renal Disease Equation for the Purpose of Characterizing Renal Function in Older Adults Dr. Ester Kim The Clinical Pharmacy Award: Utilization of Proton Pump Inhibitors at a Tertiary Care Teaching Institution: Consequences of Over-Prescribing Dr Alice Ceacareanu Amgen NYSCHP REF Oncology Leadership Award: Diabetes Pharmacology in Breast Cancer: Quo Vadis?
2010
Dr Alice Ceacareanu The Clinical Pharmacy Award: Evaluating the prognostic value of adiponectin levels in diabetics with breast cancer - Role of insulin sensitizers Dr Ashley Wieldon-Woodruff The Infectious Disease Pharmacy Research Award: Development of a vancomycin dosing nomogram to target trough levels of 15-20 mg/L in a tertiary care teaching hospital Dr Amber Ng Amgen NYSCHP REF Oncology Leadership Award: Evaluation of safety and efficacy of collapsed-dose palifermin (Kepivance®) for oral mucositis prophylaxis in patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation at The Mount Sinai Medical Center (MSMC)
2012
Dr Tiffany Bias The Infectious Disease Research Award: Impact of Pharmacy Driven Intervention to Reduce Time to Initiation of Empiric Antibiotic Therapy. Dr. Rachael Aletti The Pharmacy Administration Research Award: A Comparison of Pharmacists and Technicians in checking automatic unit dose medications in an academic teaching hospital. “Tech check Tech” Dr. Angela Cheng The Clinical Pharmacy Services Research Award: Prospective Study to Evaluate the Impact of Direct Pharmacist Care on the Clinical Outcomes of Heart Failure Patients in a Collaborative Care Setting Dr. Ashley Richardson The Seymour and Elizabeth Katz Award: Optimizing Patient Care Through Interprofessional Education
2013
Roopali Sharma The Infectious Disease Research Award: Outcomes of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia and Cancomycin MIC in Hemodialysis Patients THE HIV PHARMACY RESEARCH AWARD: Use of Aspirin and Statins for primary prevention of myocardial infarction and stroke in HIV patients Elizabeth Hansen The Clinical Pharmacy Services Research Award: Evaluation of the feasibility and utility of a pharmacist centered collaborative drug therapy management program for oncology based symptom management Helene Maltz The Clinical Pharmacy Services Research Award: Impact of Pharmacist-provided Education on Heart Failure Readmission Kobi Nathan The Medication Use Evaluation Research Award: Increasing Risk Awareness for Torsades de pointes: Evaluating QTc-prolonging Medication Use and Monitoring in Hospitalized Patients
2014
Roopali Sharma The Infectious Disease Pharmacy Research Award: Gram Negative Bacteremia: Are Short courses of Antimicrobial Therapy Feasible? Jason Chheda The Clinical Pharmacy (CPS)Services Research Award: Comparing Overall Congestive Heart Failure 30 Day Readmission Rates In Patients Utilizing the eMedonline Telephone System versus a Historical Control Group Eric Sidman The Clinical Pharmacy (CPS)Services Research Award: Transitions of care of anticoagulated patients: are current practice enough? Rebecca Cope The HIV Pharmacy Research Award: Evaluating the Effects of an Interdisciplinary Practice Model with Pharmacist Collaboration on HIV Patients Co-morbidities
2015
Amy L. Dzierba The Critical Care Pharmacotherapy Award: Pharmacokinetics of midazolam in adults undergoing extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
Corey M. Hale The Infectious Diseases Pharmacy Research Award: Comparison of AUC:MIC calculations with vancomycin trough serum concentrations in patients with confirmed MRSA infection
Maria A. Sorbera The Infectious Diseases Pharmacy Research Award: Evaluation of sofosbuvir and simeprevir combination therapy in an HCV/HIV co-infected population Martin Strait The Infectious Diseases Pharmacy Research Award: Outcomes in community acquired pneumonia with a doxycycline containing regimen versus traditional regimens
2016
Peter J. Aiello The Pediatric Pharmacy Research Award: Implementation of a Pharmacist Led Medication Management Program in a Pediatric Sickle Cell Ambulatory Care Clinic
Victor Chen The Pediatric Pharmacy Research Award: Clinical Outcomes of NICU Patients with Staphylococcus epidermis Treated with Vancomycin
Pavel Goriacko The Medication Use Evaluation Award: Safety of Dabigatran versus Warfarin in Chronic Liver Disease Jason Babby The Geriatric Pharmacy Research Award: A Basic Approach to Reduce Inappropriate Dosing of High Risk Drugs in Elderly Patients Cory Hale The Infectious Diseases Pharmacy Research Award: Characterization of Drug-Related Problems in Patients Receiving Outpatient Antimicrobial Therapy
Demetra Tsapepas The Clinical Pharmacy Services Research Award: Innovating in Pharmacy Practice, Virtual Medication Education for Organ Transplant Recipients
2017
Danielle R. Longo The David Adelman Pharmacovigilance Award: Integrating an ambulatory care pharmacist into the transitions of care process at an academic medical center for patients on high risk medications.
Joshua V. Schrader The Geriatric Pharmacy Research Award: Readmission Rates Associated with High-Risk Medication Prescribing in Elderly Patients.
Bejoy Maniara The Infectious Diseases Pharmacy Research Award: Assessing the risk of nephrotoxicity associated with non-renally adjusted intravenous polymyxin B compared to traditional dosing.
Victoria Huang The Infectious Diseases Pharmacy Research Award: Risk factors for readmission in patients with outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy.
Nikki Bhogal The Clinical Pharmacy Services Research Award: Pharmacy-Led Interventional Bundle to Reduce Readmissions: COPD Medication Management, Disease State Education and Discharge Phone Calls.
Nikki Bhogal The Seymour & Elizabeth Katz Memorial Fund Award: Improving Patient Satisfaction Scores and Reducing Readmissions: A Pharmacy and Nursing Collaboration.
2018
Billy Sin The Clinical Pharmacy Services Research Award: Implementation of a novel practice model to mitigate opioid utilization in the emergency department.
Grace Shyh The Clinical Pharmacy Services Research Award: Opioid stewardship: Establishing best practices in acute pain management to promote safe and effective opioid use.
Brian T. Mogle The David Adelman Pharmacovigilance Award: Optimizing vancomycin therapeutic drug monitoring by identifying area under the concentration-time curve thresholds for efficacy and nephrotoxicity in a real-world population of adults patients with MRSA bacteremia: a retrospective cohert analysis.
Bejoy Maniara The Infectious Diseases Pharmacy Research Award: Assessment of dual-carbapenem treatment efficacy in patients with infections caused by carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae or Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Julia Sessa The Infectious Diseases Pharmacy Research Award: The Impact of the Duration of Antibiotic Therapy in Community-Onset Pneumonia Patients on Readmission Rates: A Retrospective Cohort Study.
Matthew Li The Medication Use Award: Impact of Home Psychotropic Medication Reinitiation of Intensive Care Unit Delirium.
Bejoy Maniara The Joseph Pinto Resident Essay Award
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