College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists

Saklad Memorial Lecture Award

CPNP was honored to present the Saklad Memorial Lecture Award at the April 2009 CPNP Annual Meeting for the twelfth time. The Saklad Memorial Lecture Award celebrates the life and work of the late Judith J. Saklad. Dr. Saklad was a founding member of CPNP and nationally recognized as an innovator of pharmaceutical care to children and adults with serious mental disorders, developmental disabilities and mental retardation.

Dr. Stanley S. Weber was selected by his peers as a senior psychiatric pharmacy practitioner who has achieved a level of professional distinction and like Dr. Saklad, demonstrates the qualities and ideals of professional enthusiasm and a passion for optimizing patient care.

Stanley S. Weber, PharmD, FASHP, BCPP, is currently the Associate Dean for Professional Education and an Associated Professor of Pharmacy at the University of Washington in Seattle. Dr. Weber was recognized for starting psychiatric pharmacy programs in Rhode Island and Washington State, and the training he has provided to residents and fellows in psychiatric practice. 

During his acceptance, Dr. Weber discussed his current efforts to minimize the commoditization of pharmacy education while extending the ability to provide relevant pharmacy services, to inculcate into students an attitude of practice change, and to find methods to make pharmacy a “high touch” health care discipline. 

CPNP Research Awards

CPNP also presented Research Awards at the recently completed 12th Annual Meeting. These awards recognize excellence in investigators presenting abstracts at the CPNP Annual Meeting. Award Finalists presented platform presentations during the meeting and displayed their posters for two days of the meeting.

Innovative Practice Award
Sarah T. Melton, PharmD, BCPP, CGP, University of Appalachia College of Pharmacy, Lebanon, VA
Role of the Pharmacist in Collaborative Care for Mental Health and Addiction Treatment in Medically Underserved Appalachia

New Investigator Award
Rania Kattura, PharmD, MS, Carl R Darnell Army Medical Center, Fort Hood, TX
Relationships Between Ethnicities and Treatment Outcomes in Schizophrenia Patients

PharmD Student/Resident Award
Indriani Wang, PharmD, University of Southern California School of Pharmacy, Los Angeles, CA
Comparison of Propofol Versus Methohexital as Anesthetic Agents for Electroconvulsive Therapy in Treatment of Depression

Therapeutic Case Report Award
Alberto Augsten, Student, NOVA Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Post-Ictal Psychosis Successfully Treated With Quetiapine: A Case Report

Gene Makela, PharmD, BCPP, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
Ephedrine Withdrawal Causes Severe Psychiatric Symptoms: A Case Report

Additional finalists for the awards were as follows

Innovative Practice Award
Bosun Chung, PharmD, University of Southern California School of Pharmacy, Los Angeles, CA

PharmD Student/Resident Award
Debra Dandridge, PharmD, UTHSCSA, San Antonio, TX