Ruling Research

UHCOP Students Take Top Spot in Texas, Among Top 5 Colleges in Nation for ASHP Midyear Poster Presentations

Dec. 1 — University of Houston 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 UHCOP 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."