Funded by Foundation donors in memory of AAPP Past President Ann Richards

The Foundation supports Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Grants desigend to support practicing pharmacists who are experiencing financial challenges preventing attendance at the AAPP Annual Meeting and working on a DEI-related initiative, ideally impacting either the development of psychiatric pharmacists or impacting the advancement of patient care for those living with mental illness, including substance use disorders. Recipients must present an Idea Exchange about their DEI initiative(s) at the AAPP Annual Meeting the following year. Up to two, $2,500 grants will be awarded annually.

The goals of this grant are to support practicing pharmacists who are:

  1. Experiencing financial challenges preventing attendance at the AAPP Annual Meeting and
  2. Able to showcase a DEI-related initiative, ideally impacting either the development of psychiatric pharmacists or impacting the advancement of patient care for those living with mental illness, including substance use disorders. 

2025 Grant Recipients

Congratulations to the 2025 grant recipients, Drs. Esther Moon and Casey Tiefenthaler. Learn more about their DEI initiatives through the links below and at the DEI Idea Exchange at AAPP 2025.

Esther Moon, PharmD, BCPP, Clinical Psychiatric Pharmacist, Riverside University Health System, Riverside, CA

Casey Tiefenthaler, PharmD, BCPP, Inpatient Psychiatric Pharmacist, University of California, San Diego Health (UCSDH), San Diego, CA