By Chris Thomas, AAPP Foundation President
Go big or go home
an exhortation to go all-out
to put all of one's effort into an enterprise
to experience something to its fullest
to be extravagant.
a philosophy that encourages one to be bold.
Our parent organization is going big, investing in an aggressive 2+ year, multi-step, multi-faceted AAPP Outcomes Initiative intended to generate strong research outcomes attributable to psychiatric pharmacists. The major phases of the initiative are summarized in the graphic below.
Thanks to the work of numerous task forces within AAPP, important resources and tools have been created to aid in making the research more generalizable and useful. You can find most of those new resources in the “practice” menu on the AAPP web site.
All of this work has led AAPP and the Foundation to their “Go Big or Go Home” moment--the launch of the Outcomes Initiative 2024 Grant Program. AAPP has pledged up to $500,000 to the AAPP Foundation to directly support up to two multi-site studies with the goal to generate high-quality large sample size (n) data sets that evaluate the impact of integrating psychiatric pharmacists into team-based mental health care in studies with multiple research sites and investigators.
The Outcomes Grant Initiative is in its early stages with the preliminary application window closing only a couple weeks ago. Finalists will be announced in January, and the winners will be announced at AAPP 2024.
Though the grant awards themselves will be funded by AAPP, we need your support to fund the Foundation’s administration of these grants. Staff support, legal fees, and more will be required to effectively administer these significant grants.
In 2024, your association and the AAPP Foundation are taking a really big swing in supporting the advancement of the psychiatric pharmacy profession. We ask you to support this effort with your year-end donations as we seek to raise $75,000 by the end of 2023. I thank you in advance for your gift as we all work together to advance our profession.
Finally, I wanted to thank the AAPP membership and the Foundation for supporting me in my service as Foundation President. It has truly been an honor. Starting on January 1, 2024 the Foundation will continue to be in great hands as Dr. Mary Borovicka transitions to the Foundation President. Please support her in this role as you have done for me.