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SAS Section - Summer Research Exchange Mentorship Program

AACP Social and Administrative Sciences (SAS) Section

2025 Program Student Application Now Open

The AACP Social and Administrative Sciences (SAS) Section Summer Research Exchange Mentorship Program application cycle for 2025 is now open. A list of 2025 projects can be found below. The program is intended to foster interest in research and SAS-related graduate education among student pharmacists and is open to current/upcoming P1-P3 students.

Program Components and Application Criteria

Student participants will complete an 8 to 12-week summer research experience between May 1st and August 15th with a SAS faculty member outside their home institution, building their professional network and skills for residency, fellowship, and further graduate studies.
The program can be virtual or in person.
Students who will begin P4 rotations during Summer 2025 are not eligible to apply.
Applications undergo a review process and students are selected for the program and matched with a research mentor outside their home institution on a competitive basis.

For the 2025 program, the American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education will once again be offering $2,500 scholarships for 5 especially meritorious applications to support student pharmacists as they pursue research with host mentors outside of their home institutions. Not all students admitted to the exchange program will receive a scholarship. The number of students admitted to the program is limited by the number of research mentors available. Each year, a cohort of approximately 20-30 students is admitted into the program; of these students, 5 are selected to receive the AFPE scholarship based on merit.

Although not required, the majority of students go on to present the results of their summer projects at national conferences. A final report describing the summer research activities is required for all students.

Interested students should complete the program application and upload a copy of their Curriculum Vitae (CV). One letter of recommendation from a home school mentor/advisor is also required; mentors will be contacted with instructions for uploading their letter upon submission of a complete application. The application and all materials must be submitted by April 15, 2025. Program and award decisions will be sent out in early May 2025.

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2025 Project List

Research Mentor and Institution	Dates	Brief Description of Project(s)
Abby A. Kahaleh, South University	6/1 - 7/28	Systematic literature review on student's topic of choice related to public health.
Albert Wertheimer, Touro College of Pharmacy	6/10 - 8/15	Projects dealing with outcomes research, managed care, health economics, international matters.
Jagdish C. Joshi, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine	6/1 - 8/15	1) Lung infectious disease and COPD and the role of cytokines in resolution of inflammation. 2) Investigation of the mechanistic role of cannabinoids in the resolution of lung inflammation. 3) Gut microbiota disturbance and metabolic disorder.
Jayoung Han, Fairleigh Dickinson University	5/12 - 7/31	Factors affecting Alzheimer's disease symptom manifestation, including cognition and function, after diagnosis based on biomarkers (assist with literature reviews and basic data management).
Katie Leslie, Sullivan University	6/1 - 7/31	Exploring the lived experiences of patients navigating the structural determinants of health when accessing care through interviews, video, audio, or narrative cases with the goal of using this information as a teaching resource to teach structural competency/humility as outline in COEPA/Standards 2025.
Kevin Fuji, Creighton University	5/26 - 8/11	1) A qualitative and/or mixed methods study of the degree to which pharmacist-trained researchers have completed KL2 training. 2) PharmD/PhD faculty, their experiences, and how the dual-degree has shaped their career trajectories.
Lindsey Hohmann, Auburn University	6/1 - 7/31	Survey regarding opioid misuse or other substances of abuse.
Motolani Adedipe, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences	5/1 - 8/15	Co-developing interventions to enhance quality of life and manage comorbidities for cancer survivors, specifically among underserved populations.
Natalie Hohmann, Auburn University	6/1 - 7/31	Conduct a survey on an Alzheimer's and dementia-related topic.
Nate Rickles, University of Connecticut	6/1 - 8/15	1) To identify barriers and facilitators of advanced pharmacy services related to mental healthcare in community pharmacy practice. 2) Development and preparation of a manuscript introducing readers to a new methodological technique and its value for pharmacy practice. 3) Comparative analysis of pharmacy practice environments across the globe.
Prashant Sakharkar, Larkin University	5/1 - 7/31	1) Assessing health outcomes in patients with chronic conditions using secondary databases. 2) Evidence synthesis using systematic review and meta-analysis.
Qian Ding, Ferris State University	5/15 - 7/31	Cross-sectional secondary dataset analyses using Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) focusing on rheumatoid arthritis, or large b cell diffused lymphoma cancer.
Robert C. Haight, University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth	6/1 - 8/15	Assess the relationship between learning in a TBL-Based Pharmacy curriculum and the development of affective domain skills/attributes/traits.
Ruth Jeminiwa, Thomas Jefferson University	6/1 - 7/31	Real-world outcomes of young adults with asthma.
Teresa M. Salgado, Virginia Commonwealth University	6/16 - 8/8	Longitudinal analysis of the dissemination of statewide protocols in Virginia.

The scholarship recipients for 2024 were:

Angela Abraham, Western New England University – host mentor Abby A. Kahaleh, South University School of Pharmacy
Caitlyn Johnson, South University School of Pharmacy – host mentor Lindsay Hohmann, Auburn University Harrison College of Pharmacy
Macie Kirkby, University of Texas at Tyler Fisch College of Pharmacy – host mentor Meagen Rosenthal, University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy
Angeles Morales Olivieri, University of Florida College of Pharmacy – host mentor Nate Rickles, University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy
Gabriela Rajic, Midwestern University at Glendale College of Pharmacy – host mentor Lindsay Hohmann, Auburn University Harrison College of Pharmacy

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