Joseph P. Vande Griend Receives 2009 APhA Clinical Research Paper Award

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Article Date: 26 May 2009 - 1:00 PDT

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The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) is pleased to announce that Joseph P. Vande Griend, PharmD, BCPS, of Denver, Colorado, is the recipient of the 2009 APhA Clinical Research Paper Award. The award was presented during the APhA Annual Meeting and Exposition in San Antonio, Texas, April 3-6, 2009.

Established in 2006, the Clinical Research Paper Award is intended to promote and encourage high-quality clinical research or practice based research in the clinical sciences by recognizing an original research article published in the Journal of the American Pharmacists Association (JAPhA). APhA's awards program is pharmacy's most comprehensive recognition program. Vande Griend was selected for this award for his innovative paper, "Vitamin D intervention by pharmacists in geriatric outpatients," appearing in the July-August 2008 issue of JAPhA. Co-authors include: Sunny A. Linnebur, PharmD, J. Mark Ruscin, PharmD, Sheryl F. Vondracek, PharmD, Pamela Wolfe, MS, and Michael T. McDermott, MD.

Vande Griend is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado Denver School of Pharmacy. He also works as a clinical pharmacist with the University of Colorado Senior's Clinic. At the clinic, he provides medication therapy management (MTM) services, drug therapy consultations, and serves as a preceptor for PharmD students.

In 2005, Vande Griend graduated from the University of Iowa with his Doctor of Pharmacy degree (PharmD). He then completed a Pharmacy Practice residency at the University of Colorado Hospital and a Family Medicine residency at the University of Colorado Denver Health Science Center.

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American Pharmacists Association (APhA)

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