Press Release
Katie J. Suda Receives ASHP Foundation 2024 Literature Award for Sustained Contributions
The ASHP Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2024 Literature Awards, funded through the Joseph A. Oddis Endowment Fund. The awards recognize pharmacists who have made significant contributions to biomedical literature.
Award for Sustained Contributions
The recipient of the Literature Award for Sustained Contributions is Katie J. Suda, PharmD, MS.
Suda is a professor at the University of Pittsburgh Schools of Medicine and Pharmacy, as well as the director of the Transition to Independence Program, and a clinical pharmacy specialist and research health scientist with the VA Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion. She received a Doctor of Pharmacy from Drake University and a master’s in epidemiology from the University of Tennessee. Postdoctoral training includes a residency at Baptist Memorial Healthcare and a fellowship at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
She has published more than 250 research articles centered on pharmacoepidemiology and the effectiveness of implementation strategies to improve prescribing, and her work has informed national policy on antibiotic and opioid stewardship.
Suda is a two-time recipient of the ASHP Foundation Literature Award for Drug Therapy Research (2007, 2020) and received two Impact Paper in Infectious Disease Pharmacotherapy Research Awards from the Society of Infectious Disease Pharmacists (2007, 2018). In addition, she has twice been recognized with an American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Social and Administrative Sciences Research Publication Award (2018, 2024), as well as the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Antimicrobial Stewardship Scholar Award (2020), and the Shepard Science Award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2017).
Awards for Innovation, Research Projects
The Literature Awards also recognize the authors of significant and impactful articles published in 2023 that demonstrate the value of the pharmacy workforce in patient care and outcomes. The 2024 awardees are:
Innovation in Pharmacy Practice
Jai N. Patel, PharmD
Co-Authors: Sarah A. Morris, PharmD, Donald C. Moore, PharmD, Laura W. Musselwhite, MD, Karine E. Lopes, MS, Alicia Hamilton, BS, Nury Steuerwald, PhD, Sarah L. Hanson, PharmD, Chris Larck, PharmD, Kristen Swift, RN, Mathew Smith, BS, Kunal C. Kadakia, MD, Seungjean Chai, MD, Jimmy J. Hwang, MD
"Addressing Barriers to Increased Adoption of DPYD Genotyping at a Large Multisite Cancer Center,” American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy
Pharmacy Practice Research
Dave L. Dixon, PharmD
Co-Authors: Karissa Johnson, MSc, PhD, Julie Patterson, PharmD, PhD, Carlo Marra, BSPharm, Ross T. Tsuyuki, PharmD, MSc
“Cost-Effectiveness of Pharmacist Prescribing for Managing Hypertension in the United States,” JAMA Network Open
Resident Research
Sydni Martinez, PharmD
Co-Authors: Michael D. Nailor, PharmD, Devika Sindu, MD, Sofya Tokman, MD, Rajat Walia, MD, Lauren Cherrier, PharmD
“Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Letermovir Compared to Valganciclovir for the Prevention of Human Cytomegalovirus Disease in Adult Lung Transplant Recipients,” Transplant Infectious Disease
Student Research
Dakota Sicignano, PharmD
Co-Authors: Kimberly Caroti, PharmD, Adrian V. Hernandez, MD, PhD, C. Michael White, PharmD
“The Impact of Psychedelic Drugs on Anxiety and Depression in Advanced Cancer or Other Life-Threatening Disease: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis,” American Journal of Clinical Oncology
You can read more about our Literature Award recipients and their research at ashpfoundation.org/litawards.