APhA-APRS Announces 2009 Postgraduate Best Paper Awards
WASHINGTON, DC - The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) has announced the recipients of the 2009 APhA Postgraduate Best Paper Awards. The award was created by the APhA Academy of Pharmaceutical Research and Science (APhA-APRS) to recognize the author of the best contributed paper (podium or poster session) presented at each APhA Annual Meeting by a postgraduate student.
Annually, APhA-APRS presents up to three awards to postgraduate APhA members in the basic, clinical, and/or economic, social, and administrative sciences categories. To qualify for the award, the person must be an APhA member who was a graduate student, resident or post-doctoral fellow at the time the paper was written.
The 2009 recipients are Robert Alfred Bechtol of Toledo, Ohio; Abhijit S. Gadkari of Madison, Wisconsin; and Johnny B. Roy, MD, of Edmond, Oklahoma. The recipients were chosen during the 2009 APhA Annual Meeting in San Antonio, TX, April 3-6, 2009.
Dr. Bechtol’s poster, “An evaluation of clinical outcomes of a community pharmacy-based medication therapy management program for diabetes and hypertension,” received the Postgraduate Best Paper Award in the Economic, Social, and Administrative Sciences. His co-author was Sharrel L. Pinto.
Dr. Gadkari received the Postgraduate Best Paper Award in the Economic, Social & Administrative Sciences for his podium presentation, “The doughnut hole in Medicare Part D plans: a pharmacy claims database analysis.” David A. Mott, Joshua A. Thorpe and David H. Kreling were the co-authors.
Dr. Roy received the Postgraduate Best Paper Award in the Clinical Sciences for his poster, “Impact of solifenacin on symptom bother, health-related quality of life, and work productivity in patients with overactive bladder: results of a large, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.” Gregory Gilmet, Tom Marshall, David H. Mitcheson, and Jennifer B. Shannon were the co-authors.
About the American Pharmacists Association (APhA)
The American Pharmacists Association, founded in 1852 as the American Pharmaceutical Association, represents more than 62,000 practicing pharmacists, pharmaceutical scientists, student pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and others interested in advancing the profession. APhA, dedicated to helping all pharmacists improve medication use and advance patient care, is the first-established and largest association of pharmacists in the United States. APhA members provide care in all practice settings, including community pharmacies, health systems, long-term care facilities, managed care organizations, hospice settings, and the uniformed services.