Clinical Research to Improve Patient Outcomes

By Kara Sweet

Collin Clark.

Collin Clark was selected as a Best Poster finalist

The 2019 American College of Clinical Pharmacy Annual Meeting provided an opportunity for faculty, students and alumni to demonstrate their productivity in clinical research.

The meeting was held in October in New York, N.Y.

Members of the UB School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences presented 10 posters. Collin Clark, PharmD ’17, clinical assistant professor, pharmacy practice, was selected as a Best Poster finalist for his poster titled “Potentially inappropriate medication prescribing is associated with increased health care utilization and costs among older adults in the United States.”

A reception was also held for friends and alumni of all New York State schools of pharmacy, with more than 120 attendees.

Posters Presented

MeRIT Project: Comprehensive Medication Management for High Risk Patients in the Primary Care Setting: A Deprescribing Approach Merit-10
Christopher Daly (PharmD/MBA ’12), clinical assistant professor; Collin Clark (PharmD ’17), clinical assistant professor; Alison Oddi (PharmD ’20); Robert Wahler (PharmD ’00), clinical associate professor; David Jacobs (PharmD ’11), assistant professor

Transplantation Immunosuppressive Pharmacology Research Program
Kathleen Tornatore (PharmD ’81), professor

Four-Factor Prothrombin Complex Concentrate for Reversal of Apixaban and Rivaroxaban
Maya R. Chilbert (PharmD ’17), clinical assistant professor

Comparative effectiveness of vancomycin versus linezolid for the treatment of acute pulmonary exacerbations of cystic fibrosis
Nicholas Fusco (PharmD ’10), clinical associate professor; Calvin Meaney (PharmD ’11), clinical associate professor; William Prescott (PharmD ’02), clinical professor

Prevalence and Predictors of Potentially Inappropriate Medication Prescribing among Older Adults in the United States: A Population-based Study
Leslie Aurelio (PharmD ’20); Collin Clark (PharmD ’17), clinical assistant professor; Steve Feuerstein, data analyst; Amy Shaver (PharmD ’18); Robert Wahler (PharmD ’00), clinical associate professor; Christopher Daly (PharmD/MBA ’12), clinical assistant professor; David Jacobs (PharmD ’11), assistant professor

Acute Kidney Injury in Critically Ill Patients on Vancomycin with Concomitant Piperacillin/Tazobactam, Cefepime, or Meropenem: A Drug-Shortage Driven Quasi-Experimental Study
Atul Dilawri (PharmD ’20); Melissa McGowan (PharmD ’19); Colleen McKinney (PharmD ’19); Kimberly Zammit (BS ’86 & PharmD ’00); Lisa Voigt (BS ’99 & PharmD ’02); Calvin Meaney (PharmD ’11), clinical associate professor

Zidovudine in combination with a beta-lactam regimen, aztreonam/avibactam, increases efficacy and bacterial killing
Hubert Chua (PharmD ’20); Nicholas Smith (PharmD ’18, MS ’18 & PhD ’20); Patricia Holden, lab technician; Brian Tsuji, professor

Teaching cultural awareness to pharmacy students through a refugee education training session
Zakiya Rhodie (PharmD/MPH ’22); May Thander (PharmD ’22); Gina Prescott, clinical associate professor

Analysis of an Interprofessional Hotspotting Pilot Program for Super-utilizers
Gina Prescott, clinical associate professor; Habib Rahman (PharmD ’21); Cecilia Fratus (PharmD ’21); Devon Coffey (PharmD ’20); Hannah Lu (PharmD ’20); Christopher Daly (PharmD/MBA ’12), clinical assistant professor

Evaluation of erythropoiesis-stimulating agent dose adjustments for target hemoglobin attainment in hemodialysis patients
Kateryna Zarunda (PharmD ’20); Calvin Meaney (PharmD ’11), clinical associate professor