APhA Foundation announces 2025 - 2026 Incentive Grant recipients

Washington, DC—The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Foundation is pleased to announce the 2025–2026 recipients of the Practitioner Innovation in Pharmaceutical Care Grants. Grantees were awarded under two subcategories: Incentive Grants for Residents and their Preceptors and the Innovation in Immunization Practices Grants. A total of 49 pharmacists and student pharmacists from across the country were awarded $1,000 grants as seed money to implement or support an existing innovative patient care service within their pharmacy practice. 

The Incentive Grants for Practitioner Innovation in Pharmaceutical Care is the APhA Foundation’s longest-running program. With the generous support of the Community Pharmacy Foundation and other partners, these grants have facilitated the development of over 800 pharmacy-based projects, improving the health outcomes of thousands of patients across the country. Focus areas for this year’s Incentive Grant recipients include medication safety, maternal health, diabetes management, innovative payment models, cardiovascular care, and more.  

“The APhA Foundation is proud to provide grant funding that empowers pharmacists and students to implement or enhance innovative patient care services,” said Benjamin Bluml, RPh, APhA Foundation executive director and senior vice president of research and innovation. “Through the Foundation Incentive Grants Program, we continue to advance research and demonstration projects that highlight emerging innovations in community pharmacy practice, particularly for underserved populations. We are grateful to the Community Pharmacy Foundation and other partners for their ongoing collaboration and support.” 

Recipients are listed below. 

Recipient name	Practice site	Project title/final report	City, State
Innovation in Immunization Practices Grant
Alyssa Wozniak	D'Youville University School of Pharmacy/Vital Pharmacy	A Community Pharmacy–Adapted Rapid Vaccine Screening Tool to Close Missed Adult Immunization Gaps	Buffalo, NY
Kevin Aloysius	Legacy Community Health	SHIELD: Strengthening Herpes Zoster Immunization Equity for People Living with HIV Through Pharmacist-Led Delivery	Houston, TX
Residents and their Preceptors Grant
Sarah Abib	Albertsons Companies/UC Irvine	Assessing Community Pharmacist Comfort and Willingness to Provide Long-Acting Injectable Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD)	Fullerton, CA
Yara Albair	Albertsons/Jewel Osco	Identifying Patient Characteristics and Service Utilization Patterns for Pharmacist-Provided Test-and Treat Services in a Participating Chain Community Pharmacy Setting	Darien, IL
Angelica Aleksanyan	USC Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences	Assessing the Effectiveness of a Pharmacist-Guided Vaping Cessation Intervention	Los Angeles, CA
Laurie Alexis	Buford Road Pharmacy	Evaluating the Need and Perceptions of a Childhood Vaccine Service at a Community-Based Pharmacy	Richmond, VA
Ashley Campanella	Albertsons Companies	Pharmacists and Perimenopause: Bridging Knowledge Gaps in OTC Care for Women’s Midlife Health	Denver, CO
Ka Mei Chan	Albertsons Companies	Assessment of Pharmacist-Led Strep Test and Treat Services on Patient Outcomes and Satisfaction	Boise, ID
Bianca Chen	Albertsons Companies	Assessing the Impact of the Medicare Prescription Payment Plan on Patient Adherence of Chronic Medications	Chicago, IL
Mikael Cooke	UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and Campus Health Pharmacy	Implementation Plans for Influenza Test and Treat Services Among Pharmacists in Charge at North Carolina Community-based Pharmacies	Chapel Hill, NC
Dominic D'Orazio	ACME Savon Pharmacy - Albertsons Companies Inc.	Assessing Pennsylvania Community Pharmacists’ Understanding of Standard-of-Care Regulatory Models	Philadelphia, PA
Jasmine Duarte	Ohio Northern University	Pharmacist-Driven Remote Patient Continuous Glucose Monitoring for Medicaid Patients	Ada, OH
Michael R. Dueno	UKCOP Community Residency Program - Kroger Pharmacy	Implementing a Systematic UTI Stewardship Workflow in Community Pharmacy Through Diagnostic Information Collection: A Feasibility Assessment	Lexington, KY
Shantavia Edmonds-Hart	UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and Harris Teeter Chapel Hill	Implementation of Long-Acting Injectables Services at a Regional Grocery Chain	Holly Springs, NC
Marquia Edwards	University of South Carolina/HopeHealth	Real-World Comparison of sofosbuvir/velpatasvir (Epclusa) vs. glecaprevir/pibrentasvir (Mavyret) in an FQHC Population	Florence, SC
Allison Eikenberry	University of Iowa College of Pharmacy/Towncrest Pharmacy	Implementation and Evaluation of a Community Pharmacist Provided Travel Health Service	Iowa City, IA
Fabiola Marie Gallardo Penchi	Osterhaus Pharmacy	Evaluation of a Community Pharmacist Provided Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) Consultation Service	Maquoketa, IA
Jennifer Gateau	Acme Savon Pharmacy	Bridging Education and Practice: Assessing Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience Students’ Confidence in Medication Prescribing Upon Graduation	Philadelphia, PA
Brayden George	H-E-B Pharmacy	Evaluation of a Brief Community Pharmacist-Led Continuous Glucose Monitoring Educational Intervention on Patient Understanding and Satisfaction: A Pre–Post Survey	Austin, TX
Hannah Hardy	Albertsons Companies	Evaluating the Impact of Drive-Up and Go Prescription Pickup Services on Patient Perception of Medication Adherence	Phoenix, AZ
Kabri Harris	University of Tennessee Health Science Center/Kroger Health	Exploring the Impact of a Structured Implementation Strategy on Point-of-Care A1C Screening Implementation across the Nashville Division of a Nationwide Community Pharmacy Division	Nashville, TN
Troy Hutchinson	Kroger Health	Pharmacist-led Patient Counseling to Increase GLP-1 Persistence Plus Diet Success and Satisfaction	Omaha, NE
Kelly Jenkins	St. John Fisher University, Wegmans School of Pharmacy	Pharmacist-Led Transition to Automated Insulin Delivery: Assessing the Human Experience Behind the Technology and Impact on Diabetes Distress	Denver, CO
Mary Grayson Koonce	UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and Cape Fear Clinic	Pharmacist-Led Initiative to Improve Immunization Rates in Underserved Adults	Wilmington,   NC
Julie Le	University of Southern California	Boosting RSV Vaccine Uptake: How Pharmacist Education Wins Patients Over During the 2025-2026 Flu Season	Los Angeles, CA
Caitlyn Luong	Western University of Health Sciences	Development and Implementation of a Vaccine Risk Quantification Tool to Enhance Vaccine Acceptance in Community Pharmacy Settings	Pomona, CA
Amanda Mascarenas	Albertsons Safeway — Mountain West-Denver Division	Colorado Health Professional Students’ Awareness and Perceptions of Community Pharmacist-Provided Clinical Services	Denver, CO
Gianna Mejia	Albertsons Companies - Safeway - Mid-Atlantic Division	Assessing provider status readiness: evaluating APPE students’ knowledge and experience with Medicare billing in community pharmacies	Baltimore, MD
Vi Nguyen	Walgreens/Purdue University	Characterizing patient information requests made by community pharmacists during the delivery of Part D MTM services	Indianapolis, IN
Jillian Norris	HealthLinc, Inc./Purdue University	Factors influencing provider utilization of pharmacy collaborative drug therapy management agreements at a federally qualified health center	Valparaiso, IN
Ngozi Okoroma	USC Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences	The Impact of a Pharmacy-Collaborated Street Medicine Program in the Achievement of Sustained Virologic Response-12 in Unhoused Patients with Hepatitis C	Los Angeles, CA
Monica Padilla	USC Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences	Pharmacist-Driven Hypertension Management in Geriatric Primary Care: A Quality Improvement Project	Los Angeles, CA
Dimple Patel	University of South Carolina - Premise Health	Assessing Primary Care Providers’ Knowledge, Perceptions, and Readiness to Implement Pharmacist Collaborative Practice Agreements for Chronic Disease Management in a Multi-State Employer-Based Health System	Greer, SC
Shivani Patel	University of South Carolina - Hawthorne Pharmacy	Patient Perceptions of and Willingness to Enroll in a Long-Term Care (LTC) at Home Service	Columbia, SC
Emma Peacock	UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and Realo Drugs	Comparing Adherence to Oral Antidiabetic Agents in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Based on PHQ-9 Scoring	New Bern, NC
Noemy Penafiel	University of Iowa	Pharmacist Remote Monitoring for Blood Pressure: Expanding Clinical Services in Community Pharmacy	Iowa City, IA
Melissa C. Perez	HealthNet	Influence of pharmacist-led interventions through Co-Visits on provider satisfaction	Indianapolis, IN
Katherine Philpot	PrimaryPlus- Morehead	PACK-LDL: Adherence Packaging and Chronic Care Management (CCM) To Improve Cholesterol Management in Adult Patients who seek Routine Primary Care and Utilize Clinical Pharmacy services at a rural Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)	Morehead, KY
Elizabeth Preston	UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and Walgreens	Assessing Perceptions and Barriers to Naloxone Education and Use in a College Community	Chapel Hill, NC
Bethany Reed-Jahncke	Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy	Identification of Immunization Gaps Among Patients Treated with Immunosuppressive Therapies for Dermatologic and Rheumatoid Conditions	Des Moines, IA
Sydney Robbins	The Ohio State University General Internal Medicine Clinics	Utilizing Generative Artificial Intelligence to Develop Patient Education Materials in the Primary Care Setting	Columbus, OH
Fatima Saleh	USC Mann School of Pharmacy	Evaluating Artificial Intelligence Accuracy vs. Pharmacist Decisions in an International Travel Health Clinic	Los Angeles, CA
Abbie Schneck	Kroger Health and the University of Cincinnati	Evaluation of Engagement Methods on Blood Pressure Screenings Performed by Community Pharmacists	Cincinnati, OH
Jagpreet Singh	Safeway Pharmacy/University of Maryland Baltimore School of Pharmacy	Patient-Perceived Barriers to Pharmacist-Prescribed Hormonal Contraceptives in Maryland Community Pharmacies	Baltimore, MD
Mikayla Turner	Cascadia Pharmacy Group – Goldendale Pharmacy	Reimbursement for Clinical Services Provided by Independent Community Pharmacists	Goldendale, WA
Sankalp Vadlapudi	Phipps Pharmacy	Implementation and Impact of Pharmacist-Led Diabetes Self-Management Education & Support Services in a Rural, Underserved Community	McKenzie, TN
Dani Warren	University of South Carolina/Premise Health	Effectiveness of Pharmacist-Integrated Team-Based Care Versus Primary Care Alone in an Onsite Employee Health Center	Carrollton, GA
Shelbi Williams	UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and Moose Pharmacy	Improving Resource Access Through Pharmacist-Led SDoH Referrals in At-Risk Stroke Patients Management Services within an Accountable Care Organization	Mount Pleasant, NC
Valeria Zubiate	Centro De Salud Familiar La Fe and the University of Texas at El Paso	Bridging Borders: A Structured Educational Initiative to Improve Diabetes Management in a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) at the U.S.–Mexico Border	El Paso, TX