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É«»¨ÌÃCOP Students Take Top Spot in Texas, Among Top 5 Colleges in Nation for ASHP Midyear Poster Presentations

Dec. 1 — É«»¨Ìà College of Pharmacy Pharm.D. students once again will be presenting the highest number of research posters among their Texas pharmacy school peers at the 2023 American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Midyear Clinical Meeting & Exposition Dec. 3-7 in Anaheim, Calif.

A total of 42 research posters accepted for presentation at the meeting were authored or coauthored by É«»¨ÌÃCOP students, comprising 2.3% of the meeting's 1,800 student posters and among the top five colleges nationwide.

The presenting student authors and their project titles were:

• Raina Abraham, "Evaluation of Midostaurin Initiation Delays for Patients with Newly Diagnosed FMS-like Tyrosine Kinase 3 (FLT3) Mutated Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)";
• Ann C. Adigwe, "Nonadherence to Oral Endocrine Therapy in Underserved Patients with Breast Cancer";
• Gabrielle Alvarez, "Evaluating the Impact of a Pharmacist-Led Virtual Hypertension Clinic on Blood Pressure Control Compared to Standard Care";
• Yusra Arshad, "Early versus Late Initiation of New-Start Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors (SGLT2i) with Acute Decompensated Heart Failure and its Impact on Inpatient Length of Stay";
• Pegah Asadi, "Evaluation of pharmacy to dose vancomycin protocol via AUC/MIC and incidence of acute kidney injury";
• Jiyoon Baek, "Association of Risk of Incident Venous Thromboembolism with Janus Kinase Inhibitors Among Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis";
• Yasmeen Bharde, "Descriptive Analysis of Inpatient Sodium Glucose Co-Transporter 2 Inhibitor Use";
• Sarah Davis, "Evaluation of the Appropriateness of Antimicrobials Prescribed at Hospital Discharge in Pediatric Patients";
• Yash H. Desai, "The Evaluation and Comparison of Glucagon-Like-Peptide 1 and Glucose-Dependent Insulinotropic Polypeptide Agonists in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes in an Ambulatory Care Setting";
• Hanh Do, "Impact of prior proton pump inhibitors exposure on C. difficile infection recurrence rates";
• Serena Draper, "Hemoglobin A1C (HbA1c) Reduction with a Pharmacist-Run Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) Service in a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)";
• Sally Hamdan, "Evaluating the Use of Eravacycline in Patients Admitted to an Acute Care Community Hospital";
• Alexxis-Marie Hutson, "Assessment and Optimization of Neonatal Sepsis Intravenous Antibiotic Turnaround Time at an Academic Teaching Hospital";
• Adriana Ibarra, "Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of Patiromer in the Management of Acute Hyperkalemia";
• Feba Johnson, "Effect of a Pharmacy Research Seminar on Research Confidence Among Pharmacy Residents";
• Petar Jordanov, "Utility of Xpert Carba-R Test in the Management of Carbapenem-Resistant Organism (CRO) Bacteremia";
• Krista D. LaBorde, "Evaluation of Sugammadex Utilization After Implementation of Ready to Administer Intravenous (IV) Syringes";
• Gabrielle Le, "Pharmacist Intervention to Improve Statin Therapy in Persons with Cardiovascular Disease (SPC) and Statin Use in Persons with Diabetes (SUPD)";
• Kevin Le, "Evaluation of the Clinical Impact of Rapid Diagnostic Testing with BioFire FilmArray Blood Culture Identification 2 Panel on Antimicrobial Stewardship Interventions";
• Jennifer Lee, "Antibiotic Selection Compliance in Surgical Patients";
• Daniel Listiyo, "Assessing Duplicate Prescribing of DPP-4 Inhibitors and GLP-1 Agonists, a Medication Use Evaluation";
• Mackenzie A. Luke, "Transition from Levetiracetam to Valproic Acid or Divalproex Sodium in Traumatic Brain Injury Patients: An Exploration of Behavioral Symptoms and Adverse Effects";
• Brielle Karla Magno, "Evaluation of Prior Antibiotic Use in Patients with Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea";
• Maryam Neshastehriz, "Midodrine for Intravenous Vasopressor Weaning";
• Christopher H. Nguyen, "Evaluating the Impact of Bayesian Software for AUC-Guided Vancomycin Dosing in a Community Hospital";
• Elizabeth Nguyen, "Clinical Evaluation of Direct-Acting Oral Anticoagulant Use in Patients at a County Hospital System";
• Hieu C. Nguyen, "Dapagliflozin in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure Patients with Reduced Ejection Fraction versus Mildly Reduced or Preserved Ejection Fraction";
• Ngan N. Nguyen, "Utilization of P2Y12 Reaction Unit Testing with P2Y12 Antiplatelet Therapy in Patients at an Academic Tertiary Hospital";
• Noelle Nguyen, "Evaluation of Tofersen for the Treatment of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) in Adults with Superoxide Dismutase 1 (SOD 1) Mutation for Formulary Addition";
• Alliana M. Posadas, "Evaluation of the Timeliness of Venetoclax Administration on Prognostic Outcomes in Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia at an Academic Medical Center";
• Phillip S. Pruneda, "Assessing Oral Endocrine Therapy Adherence in Breast Cancer Patients in DHR Health Serving Predominantly Hispanic Patients in the Rio Grande Valley";
• Vy N. Quach, "Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors and Angiotensin Receptor Blockers Impact on the Microbiome: Systematic Review";
• Raheleh Rahimzad, "Hispanic Obesity Phenotypes: Comparison of Microbiome Signatures Related to Diet and Occupational Physical Activity";
• Ashlyn Pulliam (equal contributing author), "Assessment of Rifaximin Use in Adult Hospitalized Patients at Two Community Hospitals";
• Amy Shum, "Evaluation of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Reactivation in Solid-Organ Transplant Recipients Treated for Latent Tuberculosis Infection";
• Adam Siddique, "Analyzing the Time to Therapeutic Heparin Levels Utilizing an Institution Specific Low Dose Heparin Protocol in Obese Patients";
• Anna E. Tam, "Evaluation of a Diabetic Ketoacidosis Order Set at a Large Academic Medical Center";
• Sarah R. Thomas, "Blood Pressure management in Pregnancy: A Single Center Evaluation";
• Tyler T. Trinh, "Evaluation of an Antiretroviral Stewardship Program at a Community Hospital";
• Merlyn M. Varghese, "Evaluation of Empagliflozin in Patients with Heart Failure after Hospital Discharge";
• May Vorarath, "A Systematic Review of the Safety of Milrinone in Patients with Heart Failure and Stage 4 or 5 Chronic Kidney Disease"; and
• Abel A. Williams, "Therapeutic Duplication Assessment of Incretin Hormones for Diabetes at a Federally Qualified Health Center Pharmacy."