The COVID-19 Pandemic was difficult for providers and patients living with mental illness. COVID-19 Care Grants were established to improve quality of or access to psychiatric pharmacy care. Three principle investigators received grants in 2020 and presented their research at the CPNP 2022 Annual Meeting in San Antonio. Research posters are now available to view.
- Enhancing Psychiatric Care in the COVID Era through Pharmacy-Based Long-Acting Injectable Delivery
- Principal Investigator: Samantha Vogel, PharmD, BCPP, Clinical Assistant Professor, Behavioral Health Pharmacist, UT Austin College of Pharmacy
- Grant Amount: $5000
- Implementation of a Psychiatric Pharmacist driven Mental Health COVID-19 Continuation of Care Clinic
- Principal Investigator: Andrew Michael Williams, PharmD BCPP BCGP, Senior Clinical Pharmacist, Behavioral Health Pharmacies, Riverside University Health System
- Grant Amount: $3000
- Increasing Access to Psychiatric Care During a Global Pandemic through Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner Telehealth Services
- Principal Investigator: P. Brittany Vickery, PharmD, BCPS, BCPP, Associate Professor Wingate University School of Pharmacy, The Free Clinics
- Grant Amount: $3700