Press Release

ASHP Foundation Awards a Total of $35,000 in Grants to Seven Pharmacy Resident Researchers

The ASHP Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2026 Pharmacy Resident Research Grants. This grant program supports quality research projects conducted by pharmacy residents partnered with senior investigators that advance pharmacy practice and patient care. The ASHP Foundation Joseph A. Oddis Endowment is the primary source of funding for the Pharmacy Resident Research Grant Program.

The grantees listed below each received a research grant of up to $5,000 to study and demonstrate the impact of pharmacist-led disease management and access to medications on patient care and outcomes.

Redefining Prediabetes Care: Pharmacist-Led Continuous Glucose Monitoring to Drive Lifestyle Change
Benedicta Ansong, PharmD, principal investigator, and Kevin Cowart, PharmD, MPH, BCACP, CDCES, senior investigator
University of South Florida, Taneja College of Pharmacy
Tampa, Florida

Pharmacist-Driven Remote Patient Continuous Glucose Monitoring for Medicaid Patients
Jasmine Duarte, PharmD, principal investigator, and Emily Eddy, PharmD, senior investigator
Ohio Northern University
Ada, Ohio
Funded in part by the Dwight R. Tousignaut Memorial Fund

Real-World Outcomes and Predictors of Success in Helicobacter pylori Eradication: A Retrospective Cohort Study of Test-to-Cure Strategies at a Federally Qualified Health Center
Sarai Kasperian, PharmD, principal investigator, and Robert Griffith, PharmD, senior investigator
Terry Reilly Health Services
Nampa, Idaho

Optimizing Opioid Therapy in Hospitalized Internal Medicine Patients: a Pharmacist-led Medication Stewardship Initiative
Anastasia Kurdziel, PharmD, MS, principal investigator, and Mojdeh Heavner, PharmD, senior investigator
University of Maryland School of Pharmacy
Baltimore, Maryland

Voices of Women’s Health: A Survey to Shape Accessible, Pharmacist-Led Care
Mary Kate Schwaemmle, PharmD, principal investigator, and Fallon Harsell, PharmD, senior investigator
Auburn University – Harrison College of Pharmacy
Auburn, Alabama

Culture Change: Evaluating the Impact of a Lower-respiratory tract infection Microbiology Nudge on Antibiotic Optimization in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
Bryce Van Horn, PharmD, principal investigator, and Michael Veve, PharmD, MPH, principal investigator
Henry Ford Health System
Detroit, Michigan

Impact of Home Blood Pressure Monitor Validation Protocol on Hypertension Control in an Internal Medicine Clinic
Alice Voell-White, PharmD, principal investigator, and Kelly Koon, PharmD, BCACP, senior investigator
University of Colorado Denver
Aurora, Colorado

Learn more about the Pharmacy Resident Research Grant and consider supporting future pharmacy resident research by making a gift to the ASHP Foundation. Your contribution can help fund innovative projects and advance pharmacy practice.