Real Research, Presented Virtually

UHCOP Pharm.D. Students Present State-high 30 Research Poster Projects at ASHP Virtual Midyear Clinical Meeting

December 7 — UH College of Pharmacy Pharm.D. students will present a state-high 30 research posters during the American Society of Health System Pharmacists 2020 Virtual Midyear Clinical Meeting and Expo Dec. 6-10. 

The presenters and their projects are: 

• Christina Abraham, "Identifying opportunities for therapy optimization in patients with congestive heart failure post-hospital discharge";
• Annette Augustine, "Evaluation of Subcutaneous Insulin for the Treatment of Mild to Moderate Diabetic Ketoacidosis: A Retrospective Cohort Study";
• Merisha Biju, "Evaluating Appropriateness of Titration and Frequency of Monitoring in Critically Ill Hospitalized Patients Receiving Continuous Neuromuscular Blocking Agent Infusion";
• Jorge Campuzano, "Medication use evaluation of filgrastim and tbo-filgrastim at Doctors Hospital at Renaissance Health (DHR Health)";
• Alyssa Chaplain, "Evaluation of cumulative dose anti-thymocyte globulin in lung transplant for all indications";
• Emily Cooper, "Incidence of infusion reactions during initial bevacizumab intravenous infusion across a hospital system";
• Jennifer Dela Pena, "Evaluation of Pharmacy Student Interventions Within a Longitudinal Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences Program";
• Amanda Gee, "Evaluation of rejection and infection rates in simultaneous heart and kidney transplant recipients";
• Wuenseslao Hernandez, "Change the management of patients with heart failure mirrored analysis at a texas community hospital";
• Kasaandra Ibanez, "Evaluation of intravenous insulin protocol for the management of mild-to-moderate diabetic ketoacidosis: a retrospective cohort study";
• Taylor Jaramillo, "Utilization of antimicrobial prophylaxis for axillary intra-aortic balloon pump placement";
• Alyza King, "Stress ulcer prophylaxis among general surgery patients: an evaluation of an institution-specific protocol for appropriate prescribing";
• Courtney Laird, "Comparison of pharmacist discharge counseling by telephone versus in person on an internal medicine unit in a large academic hospital";
• Tien Le, "Assessing the association of pre-alteplase blood pressure medication administration with door-to needle times";
• Julie Lu, "A Systematic Review of Statins for Preventative Treatment of Migraines";
• Kelvin Lu, "Sensitivity and specificity of immunoglobulin G (IgG) specific enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) antibodies on predominantly cardiac patients with suspected heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT)";
• Alan Luu, "Vancomycin dosing in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients using actual serum creatinine versus rounded serum creatinine";
• Neethu Mathew, "Evaluation of a pharmacy clinical surveillance system to optimize workflow at a community hospital";
• Carlton Menchaca, "Desmopressin utilization at a large academic medical center";
• Hung Nguyen, "Appropriateness of fluconazole dosing practices in the treatment of candida sp. infections at a community hospital";
• Jennifer Nguyen, "Real world data of therapy utilization and length of stay among patients with COVID-19 requiring oxygen supplementation treated with remdesivir";
• Ngan Nguyen, "Clostridioides difficile ribotype 017 (RT017): a systematic review of the epidemiology, clinical outcomes and antimicrobial susceptibility";
• Sobia Noormohammed, "Prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus infections and antimicrobial utilization in the pre- and post-pandemic time period";
• Anh Phan, "Assessment of medication adherence and implementation of targeted interventions to improve disease and utilization management for asthma patients within a Medicaid managed care organization";
• Andrew Reamer, "Evaluation of a pharmacy-led congestive heart failure patient education pilot program";
• Harleen Singh, "Medication use evaluation: concurrent IV push administration of IV diphenhydramine and IV hydromorphone in an inpatient setting";
• Rhea Soltau, "Ivermectin use in COVID positive patients, a retrospective review";
• Sylvia Stefanos, "Analysis of a Community Hospital Diabetic Ketoacidosis Protocol"; and
• Kristen Underbrink, "Clinical evaluation of direct thrombin inhibitor use at a large level I trauma center."