Recent AACT Award Recipients

Caitlin Bonney, MD
2017 Recipient 
University of Massachusetts Medical School
“A video-based emergency department education program for opioid overdose recognition and response”

Anne Marie Guthrie, PharmD
2017 Recipient 
University of Illinois at Chicago
“Palatability of effervescent vs standard oral n­acetylcysteine: Is it worth all the fizz?”

Lauren Klein, MD
2017 Recipient 
Hennepin County Medical Center
“A Randomized Trial of Intramuscular Olanzapine versus Oral Clonidine for Symptomatic Treatment of Opioid Withdrawal in the Emergency Department”

Corie Robinson, BS
LSU Health Sciences Center-Shreveport
“Inhibiting apical and basolateral transporters decreases uptake of diglycolic acid in human proximal tubule cells: an in-vitro analysis of transport characteristics of the toxic metabolite of diethylene glycol” 

Christopher Gaw, MD, MBE
2017 Recipient 
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
“Evaluation of Dose and Outcomes from Pediatric Vilazodone Ingestions”

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”

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”

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“

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