ETSU pharmacy students earn research awards

JOHNSON CITY – Two students at East Tennessee State University Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy recently earned national research awards.

Yaa Anane (’20), from Arlington, Texas, was one of eight students across the nation who were selected as Student and Trainee Abstract Award winners by the 2019 Annual Meeting of the American College of Clinical Pharmacology (ACCP). As a Student Award Winner, she will be presented with a $1,000 honorarium and a complimentary registration to attend the ACCP Annual Meeting. Also, she will be provided with up to $500 in travel reimbursement. 

Her faculty research advisor is Dr. Sam Harirforoosh, associate professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences.Other co-authors of the abstract included Gatton students Russell Fankhouser (’21); Dr. Derek Murrell,research associate who also is a recent Ph.D. graduate in Pharmaceutical Sciences; Kojo Abakah (’21); Hoa Quach (’21); Amber Seay (’21); Angela Hanley, laboratory coordinator; Kenny Bullins, research assistant; Dr. David Hurley, professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences; and Harirforoosh. 

Sarah Gentry (’21), from Niota, Tennessee, received a $5,000 American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education Gateway to Research Award, which will help support her work with Dr. Nick Hagemeier, associate professor of Pharmacy Practice, on investigating ways to enrich pharmacy students’ wellbeing.