2019 AACT Award Recipients
Career Achievement Award Recipient
Mary Ann Howland, PharmD, DABAT, FAACT
Distinguished Service Award Recipient
S. Rutherfoord Rose, PharmD, FAACT, DABAT
Knowledge Translation Grant Award Recipient
Matthew Zuckerman, MD
University of Colorado School of Medicine
“Barriers to buprenorphine initiation in the Emergency Department”
Toxicology Trainee Research Award Recipient
Justin Corcoran, MD
HealthPartners Institute
“Pharmacokinetics of Insulin During High Dose Insulin Therapy”
Research Award Recipient
Kim Aldy, DO, MS, MBA
UT Southwestern
“Bedside Ultrasound Evaluation and Indicators of Progression in Crotalid Snakebites”
Student and Trainee Travel Award Recipients
Kim Aldy, DO, MS, MBA
UT Southwestern
“Seniors and SUDS (Single-Use Detergent Sacs): A review of the National Poison Center Database”
Khameinei Ali, MD, MBA
St. John’s Riverside Hospital
“Is that really the level? On the analytical precision of commonly ordered toxicologic assays”
Christian M. Garcia, MD
University of New Mexico
“A systematic review and meta-analysis of alternative dosing to the FDA approved 3-bag regimen”
Susan Hammerman, BS
University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine
“Antiemetics Effectiveness for Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome (CHS) Emergency Department (ED) Encounters”
Jada (Yu) Zhang, MD, PhD
San Francisco General Hospital
“Assessment of microRNA‑122 for Drug-Induced Liver Injury in Patients with Muscle Injury”
Gary S. Wasserman Memorial Pediatric Abstract Award Recipient
Celeste Black, MD
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
“Total Bilirubin: Not a Total Waste of Time in Naproxen Toxicity”
Past AACT Student and Trainee Travel Award Recipients
Eric McGillis, MD, BSc
2018 Recipient
Regions Hospital
“Rapid-onset hyperthermia and hypercapnea preceding rigor mortis and cardiopulmonary arrest in a DNP overdose” and “Lack of seizures in patients presenting to the ED with suspected benzodiazepine toxicity”
Paulius Mui
2018 Recipient
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
“Impact of healthcare resources on intentional and unintentional toxic exposures in urban and rural communities”
Daniel Nogee, MD
2018 Recipient
Yale New Haven Hospital
“Development of a prototype software tool to assist with toxidrome recognition”
Past AACT Gary S. Wasserman Memorial Pediatric Abstract Award Recipients
Christopher Gaw, MD, MBE
2017 Recipient
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
“Evaluation of Dose and Outcomes from Pediatric Vilazodone Ingestions”
Emily Winograd, PharmD
2018 Recipient
Florida Poison Information Center – Jacksonville
“Pediatric guanfacine exposures reported to the National Poison Data System, 2000 – 2016”
Past AACT Research Grant Award Recipients
Morgan Riggan, MD
2017 Recipient
New York University and Bellevue Hospital, New York City Poison Control Center
“The effects of activated charcoal and polyethylene glycol with electrolyte solution on bupropion XL concentration in vitro”
Past AACT Toxicology Trainee Research Grant
Bryan Stierman MD, MPH
2018 Recipient
Boston Children’s Hospital
“Neurodevelopmental Effects of Prenatal Manganese Exposure”
Sean Boley, MD
2016 Recipient
Hennepin County Medical Cente
“A prospective analysis of physostigmine use versus standard care in the treatment of anticholinergic toxicity”
JoAn R. Laes, MD
2014 Recipient
HealthPartners Institute for Education and Research
“Toxicology Education in Emergency Medicine: A Formal Needs Assessment and Pilot Study”
Past AACT Junior Investigator Award
David H. Jang, MD
2011 Recipient
New York University School of Medicine
“Methylene blue in an experimental model of severe shock from calcium channel blocker poisoning“
Jon B. Cole, MD
2013 Recipient
Hennepin County Medical Center
“A randomized double blind controlled study comparing haloperidol to ketamine as a chemical restraint for “severe agitation“
George Sam Wang, MD
2016 Recipient
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
“Physostigmine vs. Lorazepam for Treatment of Adolescent Antimuscarinic (Anticholinergic) Toxidrome”
Patrick C. Ng, MD
2018 Recipient
Denver Health and Hospital Authority
“Novel Oral Countermeasures for Acute Oral Cyanide Poisoning“
Past AACT Lampe-Kunkel Memorial Award
2005 Award Winners
Study Title: Mycotoxins and Toxigenic Fungi in the Outdoor Environment
PI: Daniel Sudakin, M.D.
Institution: Oregon State University
Grant Amount: $2,250
Study Title: Assessment of Charcoal Adsorption of Botulinum Toxin
PI: Robert Hoffman, M.D.
Institution: Beth Israel Medical Center
Grant Amount: $1827
2007 Award Winner
Study Title: Cross-reactivity of False Hellebore Steroid Alkaloid Compounds with a Digoxin Clinical Chemistry Assay
PI: Laura K. Bechtel, Ph.D.
Institution: University of Virginia
Grant Amount: $1,500
2012 Award Winner
Study Title: Lily of the Valley Ingestion: Epidemiology, Laboratory Diagnosis and Treatment of Convallaria Toxicity
PI: Asim Tarabar, MD and Thomas Robey, MD
Institution: Yale School of Medicine
Grant Amount: $3,750
2014 Award Winner
Study Title: Ginkgo Biloba and Panax Ginseng’s effects on driving compared to placebo: a pilot study
PI: Michael Greenberg, MD
Institution: Drexel University
Grant Amount: $3,750
2016 Award Winner
Study Title: Physostigmine vs. lorazepam for treatment of adolescent antimuscarinic (anticholinergic) toxidrome
PI: George Sam Wang, MD
Institution: University of Colorado Denver
Grant Amount: $44,894