Past Poster Recipients

AMCP Foundation 2024 Best Poster Competition Recipients 

AMCP Foundation and Artia Solutions announced the Best Poster Award recipients at AMCP 2024 and Nexus 2024. The Competition hosted authors presenting cutting-edge research where Best Poster judges evaluated their research based on scientific merit, evidence of innovation and practicality, strength and clarity of conclusions, and visual interpretation of data.

The AMCP Foundation and CVS Health are honored to recognize recipients of the AMCP Foundation Best Poster Awards at AMCP 2024. The AMCP Foundation and Artia Solutions are honored to recognize recipients of the AMCP Foundation Best Poster Awards at Nexus 2024.

AMCP 2024 Recipients

	Best Student Pharmacist Poster: Ailsa Watson, PharmD and MMHC Candidate 2025, Lipscomb University, College of Pharmacy: “Assessment of the Implementation of Collaborative Pharmacy Practice Agreements in an Integrated Health System Specialty Pharmacy."
	Best Resident/Fellow Poster: Ai Quynh Nguyen, PharmD, Magellan Rx Management, a Prime Therapeutics Company: “Retrospective Claims Analysis of Opioid-Prescribing Patterns: Single and Combination Agents for Acute Pain and Subsequent Conversation to Chronic Opioid Usage Among Commercial Patients."
	Best Graduate Student Poster: Sun Choi, PharmD, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Pharmacy: “Healthcare Costs Among Patients with Myasthenia Gravis in the United States."

AMCP Foundation 2023 Best Poster Competition Recipients 

AMCP Foundation announced the Best Poster Award recipients at AMCP 2023 and Nexus 2023. The Competition hosted authors presenting cutting-edge research where Best Poster judges evaluated their research based on scientific merit, evidence of innovation and practicality, strength and clarity of conclusions, and visual interpretation of data.

AMCP Foundation is honored to recognize recipients of the AMCP Foundation Best Poster Awards.

Nexus 2023 Recipient 

Best Student Pharmacist Poster: Mackenzie Ellis, PharmD Candidate 2024, Lipscomb University, College of Pharmacy: “Getting to Specialty Treatment in Dermatologic Inflammatory Conditions: Treatment Requirements and Patient Journey.

AMCP 2023 Recipients

	Best Student Pharmacist Poster: Yuqi Lan, PharmD Candidate, University of Washington: “Pharmacist-led quality improvement project to improve patients’ adherence to antidepressant medications in ambulatory setting.”
	Best Resident or Fellow Poster: Adaeze Amaefule, BS, PharmD, Thomas Jefferson University: “Prevalence of major depressive disorder and medication adherence: A multi-employer payer perspective.”
	Best Graduate Student Poster: Bilqees Fatima, PharmD, MS, PhD Fellow, University of Houston: "Patterns of Direct Oral Anticoagulant Adherence After Composite Outcome(s) Among Older Adults with Atrial Fibrillation."

AMCP Foundation 2022 Best Poster Competition Recipients 

AMCP Foundation and CVS Health announced the Best Poster Award recipients at AMCP 2022 and Nexus 2022. The Competition hosted authors presenting cutting-edge research where Best Poster judges evaluated their research based on scientific merit, evidence of innovation and practicality, strength and clarity of conclusions, and visual interpretation of data.

The AMCP Foundation and CVS Health are honored to recognize recipients of the AMCP Foundation Best Poster Awards at AMCP 2022 and Nexus 2022.

Nexus 2022 Recipients 

	Best Student Pharmacist Poster: Kathryn DeStefano, Rutgers University; "Analysis on the Effect of Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs on Recovery Following Athletic Injury."
	Best Resident or Fellow Poster: Howard Schmutz, University of Utah; "Real-World Healthcare Resource Utilization for Patients Who Utilize PReP HIV Therapy."
	Best Graduate Student Poster: Matthew Dickson, University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy; "Hospitalization and Health Service Resource Utilization in Emergency Department Cases of Diabetic Foot Infections, a Nationally-Representative Analysis."

AMCP 2022 Recipients 

	Best Student Pharmacist Poster: Trey Jones, PharmD Candidate, Navitus Health Solutions; "Effectiveness of Mail-to-Prescriber Letters to Facilitate Deprescribing of GLP-1 Agonist and DPP-4 Inhibitor Duplicate Therapy."
	Best Resident or Fellow Poster: Steven Fosnight, PharmD, Trellis Rx; "Health System Specialty Pharmacy's Role in Reducing Readmissions and Improving Access to Medication Among Heart Failure Patients."
	Best Graduate Student Poster: Zahra Majd, PharmD, PhD Candidate, University of Houston College of Pharmacy; “A Motivational Interviewing Intervention To Improve Adherence to ACEI/ARBs Among Nonadherent Patients With Comorbid Hypertension and Diabetes.”

Best Poster Award recipients receive a $500 prize, a one-year AMCP Membership, complimentary registration to AMCP 2023, and an engraved plaque.

Thank you to CVS Health for their support of the 2022 Best Poster Competition!

We recognize all the Best Poster Judges who made the Competition possible. Thank you!

AMCP Foundation 2021 Best Poster Competition Recipients 

AMCP Foundation and CVS Health announced the virtual Best Poster Award recipients at AMCP 2021. In Denver, CO at AMCP Nexus 2021, the Foundation and CVS Health hosted an in-person Competition. Authors presented cutting-edge research where Best Poster judges evaluated their research based on scientific merit, evidence that the research conducted was innovative and practical, strength and clarity of conclusions, and knowledge of the subject matter.

The AMCP Foundation and CVS Health are honored to recognize recipients of the AMCP Foundation Best Poster Awards at AMCP 2021 and AMCP Nexus 2021.

AMCP Nexus 2021 Recipients

	Best Student Pharmacist Poster: Na Young Kim, PharmD Candidate and Andy Kim, PharmD, MBA Candidate, Shenandoah University, Bernard J. Dunn, School of Pharmacy; "Effect of Mental Health Impairment and Sociodemographic Factors on Likelihood of Polysubstance Stimulant Use."
	Best Student Pharmacist Poster (Honorable Mention): Ibrahim A. Younis, PharmD, BPharm, Western University of Health Sciences;  "Impact of Biologics on Health-Related Quality of Life Outcomes in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis."
	Best Resident or Fellow Poster: Jessica S. Jay, PharmD, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Pharmacy;  "The Cost-Effectiveness of Pharmacist-Physician Collaborative Care Model vs. Usual Care on Time in Target Systolic Blood Pressure Range in Patients with Hypertension from the Payer Perspective."
	Best Graduate Student Poster: Zasim Siddiqui, MS, PhD Candidate, West Virginia University, School of Pharmacy;  “Budget Impact of Brolucizumab in Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration: A US Payer Perspective Based on Manufacturer and Pro Re Nata Guidelines.”

AMCP 2021 Virtual Recipients

	Best Student Pharmacist Poster: Arvind Katta, PharmD Candidate, Northeastern University, School of Pharmacy;  "Hospital Outcomes Associated with Congestive Heart Failure Among Patients with Bladder Cancer in the U.S."
	Best Resident or Fellow Poster: Nicholas Friedlander, PharmD, Prime Therapeutics;  “Multiple Sclerosis Disease Modifying Drugs: Expenditure, Utilization, and New Start Trends among 15 Million Commercially Insured Members.”

Best Poster Award recipients receive a $500 prize, a one-year AMCP Membership, complimentary registration to AMCP Nexus 2021, and an engraved plaque.

Thank you to CVS Health for their support of the 2021 Virtual Best Poster Competition!

We recognize all the Best Poster Judges who made the virtual Competition possible. Thank you!

AMCP Foundation hosted the Best Poster Competition before AMCP Nexus 2020 Virtual. For this semi-annual Competition, 32 posters were evaluated on scientific merit, evidence that the research conducted was innovative and practical, strength and clarity of conclusions, and knowledge of the subject matter.

Thanks to CVS Health, student pharmacists, residents, and fellows conducted live chats and discussed their cutting-edge research with nearly 2,000 leaders and professionals in the managed care setting.

The AMCP Foundation is honored to recognize recipients of the 2020 AMCP Foundation Virtual Best Poster Awards at AMCP Nexus 2020 Virtual.

	Best Student Pharmacist Poster: Alice Cheng, PharmD Candidate, University of North Carolina, Eshelman School of Pharmacy; “The Clinical and Financial Impact of Modifying Saxenda (liraglitude) Utilization Management.”
	Best Resident or Fellow Poster: Tavan Parker, PharmD, Postdoctoral Fellow with University of Utah Pharmacotherapy Outcomes Research Center; “A Retrospective Analysis of the Clinical and Financial Outcomes of Converting Patients from Originator Remicade to an Inflixmab Biosimilar.”

AMCP 2020 eLearning Days Virtual Best Poster Award Recipients

AMCP's eLearning Days platform showcased more than 200 posters that were to be presented at AMCP Annual 2020. Around 125 of these posters were evaluated for AMCP Foundation Best Poster awards. Abstracts and visual content were judged on scientific merit, the strength of conclusions, clarity, and knowledge of subject matter. This virtual competition was conducted during AMCP eLearning Days, April 20-24. 

Thanks to CVS Health, awards were be made in three categories: Best Student Pharmacist Poster, Best Resident or Fellow Poster, and Best Graduate Student Poster.

The AMCP Foundation is proud to announce the recipients of the 2020 AMCP Foundation Virtual Best Poster Awards.

	Best Student Pharmacist Poster: Waverly Yang, a PharmD candidate at the University of Texas at Austin, College of Pharmacy; "A Retrospective Analysis of Prescription Opioid Claims and Expenditures by Metropolitan Statistical Area Status and County using Texas Medicaid Pharmacy Claims Data."
	Best Resident or Fellow Poster: Kayla Thompson, PharmD, Pharmacy Resident at Gateway Health Plan; “Evaluation of Persistence, Switch Patterns, and Costs among Migraine Patients Utilizing Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide (CGRP) Inhibitors in a U.S. Medicaid Population."
	Best Graduate Student Poster: Shiyu Zhang, MS, a PhD candidate at the University of Texas at Austin, College of Pharmacy; "Progesterone (17-alpha Hydroxyprogesterone Caproate) Utilization and Adherence in Women with a High-Risk Pregnancy: A Study of Two Databases."

“We’re honored to partner with the AMCP Foundation in sponsoring the 2020 Spring Best Poster Awards, which took place during the AMCP eLearning Days in April,” said Mindy Messina, PharmD, clinical vice president of health plans, CVS Health. “This year, we presented the awards virtually — in light of the COVID-19 pandemic — to these individuals and were amazed by their talent. Many congratulations to Waverly, Kayla and Shiyu on their poster submissions, and we wish you the best of luck in your future Pharmacy endeavors.”   

Poster award recipients receive a $500 prize, a one-year AMCP membership, complimentary registration to the AMCP Nexus 2020, and an engraved plaque.

Thank you to CVS Health for their support of the 2020 Virtual Best Poster Competitions! 

We recognize all the poster judges who stepped up to make these virtual competitions possible. Thank you!

 For the first time, the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) Foundation hosed the Best Poster Competition at AMCP Nexus. Authors presented their research during Expo Hall hours and were judged on scientific merit, evidence that the research conducted was innovative and practical, the strength of the conclusions, the relevance of the study to managed care pharmacy practice, the clarity of the material, and the knowledge of the subject matter.

The Foundation is proud to announce the recipients of the 2019 Best Poster Awards at Nexus.

The 2019 recipients are:  

• Best Student Pharmacist Poster: Amy Nguyen, a PharmD candidate at St. John's University, College of Pharmacy; "Improving Pharmacotherapies for Hypertension and Diabetes Among Hispanics." 
• Best Graduate Student Poster: Mina Alsaraf Allo, PharmD, MPH, Pharmacy Resident at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; “Regional and National Real-World Healthcare Resource Utilization, Clinical, and cost Outcomes of Type 2 Diabetes Patients Treated with SGLT2i."
• Best Senior Investigator Poster: Stacey DeCosta Byfield, PhD, MPH, Directory of Research, UnitedHealth Group Research and Development; "Evaluation of Treatment Patterns and Outcomes from Linked Claims plus Clinical Prior Authorization Data in Patients Diagnosed with Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC)."

 

AMCP Foundation Best Poster Competition in the news. 

Thank you to CVS Health for their support of the Best Poster Competition! 

The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) Foundation is proud to announce the recipients of the 2019 AMCP Foundation Best Poster Awards. The competition drew 115 entries. The judging criteria included the paper's scientific merit, evidence that the research conducted was innovative and practical, the strength of the conclusions, the relevance of the study to managed care pharmacy practice, the clarity of the material, and the author's knowledge of the subject matter during his or her presentation.

The 2019 recipients are:  

• Best Student Pharmacist Poster: Hillary Parkin, a PharmD candidate at the University of Utah, College of Pharmacy; "Medication Therapy Management: Outcomes of Telephonic Pharmacist Outreach" 
• Best Resident or Fellow Poster: Hannah Lee-Brown, PharmD, Executive Fellow at Pharmacy Quality Alliance, Interventions Impacting Medication Access: A Scoping Review."
• Best Graduate Student Poster: Eric, Borrelli, PharmD, MBA, a PhD candidate at the University of Rhode Island, College of Pharmacy; "Medicare Part D Spending for Abiraterone and Enzalutamide in 2016."

In addition, an Honorable Mention was presented to Shiyu Zhang, PhD Candidate, and Gladys Brown, PharmD Candidate, University of Texas at Austin, College of Pharmacy, "Evaluation of Progesterone (17 a-Hydroxyprogesterone Caproate) Utilization and Adherence in Women with High-risk Pregnancy Covered by Texas Medicaid."

	Best Student Pharmacist Poster Award: Hillary Parkin, University of Utah, College of Pharmacy
	Best Resident or Fellow Poster Award:  Hannah Lee-Brown, PharmD, Pharmacy Quality Alliance
	Best Graduate Student Poster Award: Eric Borrelli, PharmD, MBA, University of Rhode Island, College of Pharmacy
	Honorable Mention: Shiyu Zhang, PhD Candidate, and Gladys Brown, PharmD Candidate, University of Texas at Austin, College of Pharmacy

Poster award recipients receive a $500 prize, a one-year AMCP membership, complimentary registration to the AMCP Nexus 2019, and an engraved plaque.

AMCP Foundation Best Poster Competition in the news. 

Thank you to CVS Health for their support of the 2019 Best Poster Competition! 

The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) Foundation is proud to announce the recipients of the 2018 AMCP Foundation Best Poster Awards. The competition drew 112 entries. The judging criteria included the paper's scientific merit, evidence that the research conducted was innovative and practical, the strength of the conclusions, the relevance of the study to managed care pharmacy practice, the clarity of the material, and the author's knowledge of the subject matter during his or her presentation.

The 2018 recipients are:  

• Best Student Pharmacist Poster: Irfan Khan and Bridgitte Azzi, Touro College of Pharmacy; "First-Line Treatment of Schizophrenia: Are Children ad Adolescents Benefiting from Newer, More Frequently Prescribed Second Generation Antipsychotics?" 
• Best Resident or Fellow Poster: Sage Bagwell, PharmD, a PGY1 resident at University of Massachusetts Medical School, Commonwealth Medicine in Clinical Pharmacy Services; "An Evaluation to Determine the Most Cost-effective Site of Care for Delivery of High-cost Infused Medications in a State Medicaid Population."
• Best Graduate Student Poster: Casey Tak, MPH, a PhD candidate at the University of Utah, College of Pharmacy; "Effect of a Prescription Order Requirement for Pharmacist-Administered Vaccination on Zoster Vaccination Rates.

	Best Student Pharmacist Poster Award: Irfan Khan and Bridgitte Azzi, Touro College of Pharmacy
	Best Resident or Fellow Poster Award:  Sage Bagwell, PharmD, University of Massachusetts Medical School
	Best Graduate Student Poster Award: Casey Tak, MPH, University of Utah, College of Pharmacy

Poster award recipients receive a $500 prize, a one-year AMCP membership, complimentary registration to the AMCP Nexus 2018, and an engraved plaque.

AMCP Foundation Best Poster Competition in the news. 

Than you to CVS Health for their support of the 2018 Best Poster Competition! 

 The Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) Foundation is proud to announce the recipients of the 2017 AMCP Foundation Best Poster Awards. The competition drew 107 entries. The judging criteria included the paper's scientific merit, evidence that the research conducted was innovative and practical, the strength of the conclusions, the relevance of the study to managed care pharmacy practice, the clarity of the material, and the author's knowledge of the subject matter during his or her presentation.

The 2017 recipients are:  

• Best Student Pharmacist Poster: Arianna Kee, Rutgers University; Economic Evaluation of High Cost Predictive Factors for Acute Bacterial Skin and Skin Structure Infection (ABSSSI): A Retrospective Analysis" 
• Best Resident or Fellow Poster: Kameron Kelly, PharmD, a PGY1 resident at VIVA Health and a graduate of Samford University's McWorther School of Pharmacy; "Predictive Modeling: An Analysis of Select Oncolytic Drug Cost through the Commercial Medical and Pharmacy Benefits"
• Best Graduate Student Poster: Sanket Shah, MBBS, a primery care physician who is a PhD candidate in Health Economics and Outcomes Research at the University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy; "Cost Comparison Analysis of Recurrent Clostridium difficile treated with Fecal Microbiota Transplants vs. Antimicrobial Therapy"

	Best Student Pharmacist Poster Award: Arianna Kee, Rutgers University
	Best Resident or Fellow Poster Award:  Kameron Kelly, PharmD, VIVA Health
	Best Graduate Student Poster Award: Sanket Shah, MBBS, University of Texas at Austin, College of Pharmacy

Poster award recipients receive a $500 prize, a one-year AMCP membership, complimentary registration to the AMCP Nexus 2017, and an engraved plaque.

AMCP Foundation Best Poster Competition in the news. 

The Foundation seeks a funding partner to support the Best Poster Competition with a grant or sponsorship request of $10,000. Grants in support of Foundation programs count toward overall corporate membership sponsorship levels for the AMCP National Meetings. Questions? Contact AMCP Foundation Executive Director Paula Eichenbrenner.

 This year’s Best Poster Competitions drew 114 participants, up from 66 presentations in 2015. The posters were judged on criteria including the paper’s scientific merit; evidence that the research conducted was innovative and practical; the strength of the conclusions; the relevance of the study to managed care pharmacy practice; the clarity of the material; and the knowledge of the author regarding the subject matter during his or her presentation.

The 2016 recipients are:

• Best Student Pharmacist Poster Award: Leann McDowell, MS, University of California, San Francisco, “Cost-effectiveness of nivolumab-ipilimumab combination therapy compared to monotherapy for metastatic melanoma from a U.S. societal perspective.”
• Best Resident or Fellow Poster Award: Mi Jung Lim, PharmD, Anthem Pharmacy Solutions, “The Impact of a Proactive Pilot Program to Improve Adherence in Medicare Members.” 
• Honorable Mention this year for the Best Graduate Student Poster Award: Nathan Pauly, University of Kentucky, “Fifty State Analysis of The Impact of Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs on Rates of Opioid Prescribing in The United States.”

	Best Student Pharmacist Poster Award: Leann McDowell, MS, University of California, San Francisco
	Best Resident or Fellow Poster Award:  Mi Jung Lim, PharmD, Anthem Pharmacy Solutions
	Honorable Mention this year for the Best Graduate Student Poster Award: Nathan Pauly, University of Kentucky

The poster award recipients receive a $500 check, a one-year AMCP membership, a complimentary registration for the AMCP Nexus, and an engraved plaque.

AMCP Foundation Best Poster Competition in the news. 

The Foundation seeks a funding partner to support the Best Poster Competition with a grant or sponsorship request of $10,000. Grants in support of Foundation programs count toward overall corporate membership sponsorship levels for the AMCP National Meetings. Questions? Contact AMCP Foundation Executive Director Paula Eichenbrenner.

 The AMCP Foundation Best Student Pharmacist Poster and Best Resident or Fellow Poster, which took place at AMCP's 27th Annual Meeting & Expo in San Diego, CA, drew a record 66 poster presentations. The 2015 recipients were: 

• Best Student Poster: Aashish Surti, University of California, San Francisco, “Industry Diagnostic Test Information Provision versus Expectations” 
• Best Graduate Student, Resident or Fellow Poster: Shivali Shah, CVS Health, “Evaluation of Treatment Adherence and Persistence Based on Dosing Frequency and Route for Self-administered Disease-modifying Therapies in Multiple Sclerosis” 
• Honorable Mention: Graduate Student, Resident or Fellow Poster: Ahmed Guhad, CVS Health, “Utilization and Cost Metric Analysis on the Impact of a PA Program Targeting Compound Claims” 

The posters were judged on criteria including the paper’s scientific merit; evidence that the research conducted was innovative and practical; evidence that the results of the study match the paper’s conclusions; the relevance of the study to managed care pharmacy practice; the clarity of the material; and the knowledge of the author regarding the subject matter during his or her presentation.

The posters were evaluated by 7 Academy members: Amanda Bain, Heather Bonome, Jody Allen, John Barrett, Julie Howard, Tracy McDowd and Viviana Hathaway.

The poster award recipients receive a $500 check, a one-year AMCP membership, a complimentary registration for the AMCP Nexus 2015 this October in Orlando, and an engraved plaque. 

	Best Student Poster Recipient: Aashish Surti, University of California, San Francisco
	Best Graduate Student/Resident/Fellow Recipient: Shivali Shah, CVS Health
	Honorable Mention: Best Graduate Student/Resident/Fellow Recipient: Ahmed Guhad, CVS Health