2024 Award for Sustained Contributions

Katie J. Suda, PharmD, MS

Dr. 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. 

Dr. 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).