Students and faculty showcase research at recent symposium

Congratulations to the 13 students and six faculty who presented their posters on in-progress or complete research at the DKICP Student Research Symposium held Saturday, April 27, 2024.

The keynote speaker was DKICP alumni Garret Hino, PharmD, BCIDP, who is a public health pharmacist and interim healthcare associated infections and antimicrobial resistance program manager with the Hawaii Department of Health’s Disease Outbreak Control Division. Hino talked about the skills he learned while doing research as a student at DKICP and how they have helped him in his career as a pharmacist.

Poster participants and their topics included:

Brennan Buccat (P4) – Evaluation of the Effectiveness and Need for Pharmacist Intervention of Direct Oral Anticoagulants

Taylor Eleola (P3) – Comparison of Fidaxomicin and Oral Vancomycin Prescribing and Cost with Rates of Hospital-Acquired Clostridium Difficile Infections in the United States, 2021

Rosalind Wong (P3) – Assessment of pharmacy Student Knowledge Before and After a Three-Hour Medicare Training Session

Alyssa Kam (P3) – Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticle Using Physalis peruviana L. Fruit Extract and its Antibacterial Activity

Neilsen Gazo (P3) – Comparison of Weight Loss Diabetic Medication Prescribing and Self-Reported Obesity Prevalence Rates in the United States, 2021

Vincent Tran (P3) – Examining U.S. FDA-Approved Central Nervous System Drugs from 2015-2023

Yang Xu (P3) – Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticle Using Physalis peruviana L. Fruit Extract and its Antibacterial Activity

Cierra Fujimoto (P3) – Evaluation of Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Properties of ʻAʻaliʻi (Dodonaea viscosa)

Steven Maesato (P3) – Hospital Readmissions at Kaiser Permanente Hawaiʻi: Retrospective Review of Patient Charts

Cheyenne Garretson (P4) and Elyssa Ball (P3) – Potential Drug-Drug Interactions of COVID-19 Antivirals Detected by Four Databases

Tracy Pham (P2) – Analyzing U.S. FDA-Approved Infectious Disease Drugs from 2015-2023

Marvin Rositzki (P2) – Antimicrobial Properties of Lichen Cladonia skottsbergii collected in Hawaiʻi

Sheri Tokumaru (faculty) – Caring to Collaborate: Houseless Simulation in Interprofessional Education

Lara Gomez (faculty) – Creating the Curriculum That Teaches Beyond the Classroom

Shugeng Cao (faculty) – Phytochemistry and Biological Activity of Hawaiian Plants

Shugeng Cao (faculty) – Bioactive Natural Product Discovery From Hawaiian Fungi

Jarred Prudencio (faculty) – Hands-on Continuous Glucose Monitor Training for Primary Care Providers in a Rural Family Medicine Residency Clinic

Nicole Young (faculty) – Use of Beyond Max Dosing of Antiepileptic Drugs for Status Epilepticus

Dianqing Sun (faculty) – New Advances in U.S. FDA-Approved Oncology Drugs from 2015-2023