Grant Recipients to Present Posters in San Antonio

For the first time ever, 10 posters from CPNP Foundation grant-funded projects will be presented at the CPNP Annual Meeting! We are thrilled that all grant recipient posters were accepted for the event and cannot wait to see the results of these projects.

COVID-19 Care Grants

Thanks to the generous support of Dr. Joni Fowler, new programs allowing for increased access to care by psychiatric pharmacists and other team members were launched.

Project: Enhancing Psychiatric Care in the COVID Era through Pharmacy-Based Long-Acting Injectable Delivery (Poster #304)
Principal Investigator: Samantha Catanzano, PharmD, BCPP, Clinical Assistant Professor, Behavioral Health Pharmacist, UT Austin College of Pharmacy
Grant Amount: $5000

Project: Implementation of a Psychiatric Pharmacist driven Mental Health COVID-19 Continuation of Care Clinic (Poster #362)
Principal Investigator: Andrew Michael Williams, PharmD BCPP BCGP, Senior Clinical Pharmacist, Behavioral Health Pharmacies, Riverside University Health System
Grant Amount: $3000

Project: Increasing Access to Psychiatric Care During a Global Pandemic through Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner Telehealth Services (Poster #208)
Principal Investigator: P. Brittany Vickery, PharmD, BCPS, BCPP, Associate Professor Wingate University School of Pharmacy, The Free Clinics
Grant Amount: $3700

Learn more at cpnpf.org/grants/covid

Student Chapter Impact Grants

These new grants showcase the impact of student chapters on their local community.

Project: Access to Inclusive & Culturally Competent Mental Healthcare in Pharmacy Students & Residents (Poster #216)
Student Chapter: University of North Carolina (UNC)
Grant Amount: $4,000

Project: Assessment of college students’ attitudes and knowledge on opioid overdose and naloxone education and evaluating the effectiveness of a new naloxone distribution program (NaloxoneSC) at the University of Southern California (Poster #203)
Student Chapter: University of Southern California (USC)
Grant Amount: $1,000

Project: Improving Student Access to Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) (Poster #217)
Student Chapter: Purdue University
Grant Amount: $1,000

Learn more at cpnpf.org/grants/studentchapterimpact

Defining the Future Grants

These residents and students are helping define the future of psychiatric pharmacy practice and care! Learn more about the Defining the Future grant program and view recipient posters at cpnpf.org/grants.

Kathryn Collins, PharmD, MSPH, PGY2 Psychiatric Pharmacy Practice Resident, Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center: “Improving Documentation and Patient Education on Psychotropic Drug-Drug Interactions” (Poster #415)

Logan Smith, Pharmacy Student, University of Georgia College of Pharmacy: “Prevalence of Impostor Phenomenon Among Graduate Students in Pharmacy and Counseling Psychology” (Poster #109)

Casey M. Tiefenthaler, PharmD, PGY2 Psychiatric Pharmacy Resident, UC San Diego Health: “Antidepressant Prescribing Patterns in Transgender Individuals Diagnosed with Gender Dysphoria and Mood or Anxiety Disorders” (Poster #106)

Kira Voyer, PharmD, PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Resident, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver Health Medical Center: “Effects of a Mindfulness Intervention on Burnout of Pharmacists in a Safety Net Health Care System” (Poster #493)

Learn more at cpnpf.org/grants/dtf