Thirteen investigator-participants and seven mentors teamed up for 5 days of intensive investigator development at the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy, June 13–17.

This marked the seventh 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.

2022 Mentored Research Investigator Training (MeRIT) Participants
Front Row (left to right): Wonhee So, Alice Hemenway, Sarah Anderson, Tanvi Patil, Tiffany Tran, Jordan Perrine, Sean Lim.
Back Row (left to right): Kevin Mercer, Megan Feeney, Zach Hovis, Spencer Peh, Sister Michaela Serpa.
Not Pictured: Megan Herink

The 2022 MeRIT participants will present posters of their proposed research projects during the ACCP Global Conference on Clinical Pharmacy in San Francisco, October 15–18, 2022. Please stop by to learn about these projects, ask questions, and offer advice to these motivated researchers.

Learn more about the Foundation’s investigator training programs by visiting the Foundation booth during the Global Conference or at any time on the Foundation website (www.accpfoundation.org/investigator).

Watch for the Summer 2023 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 2023 to attend one of the Summer 2023 programs. This approach to proposal development and investigator training with experienced and passionate mentors is unmatched by any other pharmacist training program.

2022 Investigator-Participants:

• Sarah Marie Anderson, Pharm.D.
  High Point University
• Megan Feeney, Pharm.D., B.S.
  Boston Medical Center
• Alice Hemenway, Pharm.D., MPH
  University of Illinois/Mercyhealth Javon Bea Hospital
• Megan Herink, Pharm.D., MBA
  Oregon State University/Oregon Health & Science University
• Zachary Hovis, Pharm.D.
  Medical College of Wisconsin Pharmacy School
• Sin Yin Lim (Sean Lim), Pharm.D., M.S.
  University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Pharmacy
• Kevin Mercer, Pharm.D., MPH
  Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center
• Tanvi Patil, Pharm.D.
  Salem Veterans Administration Medical Center
• Keng Hee Peh (Spencer Peh), Pharm.D., M.S., B.S.
  University of Kentucky
• Jordan Perrine, Pharm.D., MBA
  University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
• Sister Michaela Serpa, Pharm.D., M.A., B.A.
  High Point University
• Wonhee So, Pharm.D., B.S.
  Western University of Health Sciences
• Tiffany Tran, Pharm.D., BCPP
  Western University of Health Sciences

2022 Mentors:

• David Burgess, Pharm.D., FCCP
  University of Kentucky
• Stuart Haines, Pharm.D., FCCP
  University of Mississippi
• Charles E. Leonard, Pharm.D., MSCE
  University of Pennsylvania
• Robert Parker, Pharm.D., FCCP
  University of Tennessee
• Denise H. Rhoney, Pharm.D., FCCP
  University of North Carolina
• Jo Ellen Rodgers, Pharm.D., FCCP
  University of North Carolina
• Margie E. Snyder, Pharm.D., MPH
  Purdue University