Eighteen investigator-participants and 11 mentors teamed up for 5 days of intensive investigator development at the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy, June 21–25.
This marked the sixth offering of the ACCP Foundation Mentored Research Investigator Training (MeRIT) Program. The 5-day primer session kicked off this individualized, 2-year longitudinal program, which is designed to mentor participants throughout the research process – from research idea and study design to IRB and funding application to data collection, results presentation, and manuscript submission.
>2021 Mentored Research Investigator Training (MeRIT) participants and mentors.
The Foundation’s flagship program, Focused Investigator Training (FIT), was delivered for the 12th time in 2021. FIT delivers an unparalleled, intensive, hands-on grant refinement experience for pharmacist-investigators pursuing funding as a principal investigator from the National Institutes of Health and other similarly competitive sources.
>2021 Focust Investigator Investigator Training (FIT) participants and mentors.
Assisted by skilled and successful research mentors, 2021 attendees concentrated on developing and revising their individual proposals throughout the week. Small-group sessions and individual work time allowed mentees to focus on their individual projects and immediately address questions and the recommended revisions. The small-group sessions were complemented by tip-rich lectures and discussions, one-on-one mentor and biostatistician appointments, and continual revision and feedback on ideas and proposals.
The 2021 MeRIT primer participants will present posters of their proposed research projects during the ACCP Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, October 16–19, 2021. Please stop by to learn about these projects, ask questions, and offer advice to these motivated researchers.
Learn more about the FIT or MeRIT Program by visiting the Foundation booth during the 2021 Annual Meeting or at any time on the Foundation website (www.accpfoundation.org).
Watch for the summer 2022 FIT and MeRIT Program application materials on the ACCP Foundation website, and accelerate your growth as a clinical pharmacy researcher by submitting your letter of intent in February 2022 to attend one of the June 2022 programs. This approach to proposal development and investigator training with experienced and passionate mentors is unmatched by any other pharmacist training program.
2021 Investigator-Participants:
- Titilola Afolabi, Pharm.D.
Midwestern University – Glendale
- Kevin Astle, Pharm.D.
Auburn University
- Michael Buege, Pharm.D.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- Lan Bui, Pharm.D., MPH
Samford University
- David Dadiomov, Pharm.D.
University of Southern California
- Clark Kebodeaux, Pharm.D.
University of Kentucky
- Rebecca Lahrman, Pharm.D., M.S.
The Ohio State University
- Melissa Lipari, Pharm.D.
Wayne State University
- Alex Mills, Pharm.D.
University of Mississippi
- Lee Nguyen, Pharm.D.
University of California Irvine
- Theresa Ofili, Pharm.D., BSPharm, MPH, RN
Texas A&M University
- Erin Pozzolano, Pharm.D.
University of Illinois
- McKenzie (Shenk) Grinalds, Pharm.D., BSPS
Cedarville University
- Nathan Seligson, Pharm.D.
University of Florida
- Meredith Sigler, Pharm.D., B.S.
Texas Tech University
- Huyentran Tran, Pharm.D.
Loma Linda University
- Kim Vo, Pharm.D.
Marshall B. Ketchum University
- Paul Wong, Pharm.D.
University of Southern California
2021 Mentors:
- David Burgess, Pharm.D., FCCP
University of Kentucky
- Vicki L. Ellingrod, Pharm.D., FCCP
University of Michigan
- Karen Farris, Ph.D.
University of Michigan
- Stuart Haines, Pharm.D., FCCP
University of Mississippi
- Jill Kolesar, Pharm.D., M.S., FCCP, BCPS
University of Kentucky
- Jimmi Hatton Kolpek, Pharm.D., FCCP, FCCM, FNAP
University of Kentucky
- Charles E. Leonard, Pharm.D., MSCE
University of Pennsylvania
- Todd Miano, Pharm.D., Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania
- Robert Parker, Pharm.D., FCCP
University of Tennessee
- Denise H. Rhoney, Pharm.D., FCCP
University of North Carolina
- Donglin Yan, Ph.D.
University of Kentucky