Specialty Pharmacy Research Grant
Specialty Pharmacy Care in Rheumatoid Arthritis Research Grant
In 2022, the ASHP Foundation, in collaboration with ASHP offered a competitive research grant program to support prospective projects focused on specialty pharmacy services provided to patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis.
In this unique program, grantees engaged virtually with a group coach to support research progress and presented their research results at the “Specialty Pharmacy: Demonstrating the Impact on the Care of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis” educational session at the 2023 ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting & Exhibition in Anaheim, California. The panel is pictured, at right, with cohort facilitator Autumn Zuckerman, PharmD and Barbara Nussbaum, PharmD of the ASHP Foundation.
The grantees and their projects are:
Specialty Pharmacy Initiated Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in RA Patients
Linda Chen, PharmD
Pharmacy Manager, Baylor Scott & White Health
Proactive Therapeutic Drug Monitoring Based Adalimumab Therapy Optimization in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Amanuel Kehasse, PharmD, PhD
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Boston Medical Center Health System
Evaluation of an Embedded Rheumatology Specialty Clinical Pharmacists within an Integrated Health System
Jeffrey Lew, PharmD, BCPS
Managed Care Pharmacist, MultiCare Health System
Assessing the Impact of an Integrated Health System Specialty Pharmacy Model on Clinical Disease Activity Index (CDAI) in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Thuyvan Thi Phan, PharmD, BCPS, CPP
Clinical Pharmacist. UNC Health
Measurement and characterization of clinical, operational, and financial interventions and outcomes for Rheumatoid Arthritis patients at a Health System Specialty Pharmacy
Karen Thomas, PharmD, PhD, MBA
Outcomes Coordinator, Specialty Pharmacy Services, University of Illinois Chicago