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Tom Lodise Receives ASHP Foundation 2025 Literature Award for Sustained Contributions

The ASHP Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2025 Literature Awards, partially supported by Samson Medical Technologies and Medi-Dose. The awards recognize pharmacists who have made significant contributions to biomedical literature.

Award for Sustained Contributions

Thomas P. Lodise, PharmD, PhD, is Professor at Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (ACPHS) and an Infectious Diseases Clinical Pharmacy Specialist at the Stratton VA Medical Center in Albany, New York.

With over 23 years of experience in infectious diseases (ID) clinical care and research, Lodise's work integrates pharmacometrics, outcomes research, and epidemiology to enhance care for patients with antimicrobial resistance (AMR) infections.

Lodise has authored more than 250 peer-reviewed articles and currently serves as PK Scientific Lead for the NIH-funded Antibacterial Resistance Leadership Group (ARLG) and is a member of the Executive Committee for the United States Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (USCAST). In addition, he is the Scientific Editor for the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy and Pharmacotherapy and serves on several journal editorial boards.

Annual Awards for Authors of Published Research

The Literature Awards also recognize the authors of significant and impactful articles published in 2024 that demonstrate the value of the pharmacy workforce in patient care and outcomes. The 2025 awardees are:

• Drug Therapy Research
  Taryn Eubank, PharmD, BCIDP
  
  Co-Authors: Chetna Dureja, PhD, Kevin W. Garey, PharmD, Julian G. Hurdle, PhD, Anne J. Gonzales-Luna, PharmD
  
  “Reduced Vancomycin Susceptibility in Clostridioides Difficile is Associated with Lower Rates of Initial Cure and Sustained Clinical Response"
  
  Clinical Infectious Diseases


• Innovation in Pharmacy Practice
  Allen Flynn, PharmD, PhD
  
  Co-Authors: Katherine D. Mieure, PharmD, MBA, Conor Myers, PharmD, MS
  
  “Using Name Overlap Analysis to Understand Medication Name Search Safety”
  
  American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

• Pharmacy Practice Research
  Ryan Rivosecchi, PharmD, BCCCP
  
  Co-Authors: Elizabeth Foster, PharmD, James Coons, PharmD, Elena A Puccio, BS, Danine Sullinger, PharmD, Rachel Ibrahim, MD, Joseph Ibrahim, MD, Gavin W. Hickey, MD, Edward T. Horn, PharmD, Vincent Mosesso, MD
  
  "Clinical Outcomes Associated with Diltiazem Use in Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction After Implementation of a Clinical Support System”
  
  Annals of Pharmacotherapy

• Resident Research
  Brandy Hernandez, PharmD
  
  Co-Authors: Patrick M. Wieruszewski, PharmD, Jason N. Barreto, PharmD, MSc, et al
  
  “Challenges in Renally Eliminated Medication Use: Evaluating Cystatin C and Serum Creatinine eGFR Discordance”
  
  Pharmacotherapy

• Student Research
  Jacob Govel, PharmD
  
  Co-Authors: Robert W. Seabury, PharmD, Elizabeth A. Asiago-Reddy, MD, MS, Ramiro Gutierrez, MD, MPH, Katie Parsels, PharmD, Wesley Kufel, PharmD
  
  “Evaluation of Shorter Versus Longer Antifungal Treatment Durations for Candida spp. Urinary Tract Infections Among Hospitalized Adults,”
  
  Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

You can read more about our Literature Award recipients and their research at ashpfoundation.org/litawards.