National Home Infusion Foundation Announces Recipient of 2025 Outstanding Abstract Achievement Award

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Jeannie Counce
Jeannie.Counce@NHIA.org
406-600-2649

Alexandria, VA (April 1, 2025)—The National Home Infusion Foundation (NHIF) is proud to announce that the recipient of the 2025 Outstanding Abstract Achievement Award (OAAA) is Leslie Myers, PharmD, IgCP of CSI Pharmacy.

The OAAA is awarded to an individual that presents a poster during the National Home Infusion Association’s (NHIA) Annual Conference on a relevant home and specialty infusion topic. These posters examine an innovative approach to clinical practice, identify an opportunity or best practice, or demonstrate quality improvement within the home and specialty infusion industry.

The program offers an opportunity for home and specialty infusion professionals to receive peer-reviewed feedback and share their project findings. Five finalists for the award shared their posters during a recorded webinar, available via the NHIA Community, and the posters were available for viewing at NHIA’s 2025 Annual Conference in D.C.

Meyers received the award for her poster titled, “Social Determinants of Health Impact on Participant Perception with Intravenous Immunoglobulin Therapy.” Her poster found that patients across a diverse range of patient populations had a highly positive perception of home IVIG therapy, citing benefits such as safety, cost savings, work-life balance, and mental health. As the winner, Meyers will receive a $1,000 scholarship and an opportunity to develop her findings into a manuscript for publication.

“Congratulations to Meyers and all those who competed for this prestigious award; their commitment to advancing home and specialty infusion clinical practice through research and patient case presentation is commendable. It is exciting to see the innovative topics and findings presented through this program this year, and how this research contributes to advancing the home and specialty infusion profession,” said NHIF Board Chair Melissa Leone.

NHIF would also like to acknowledge this year’s Honorable Mention to Amy Braglia-Tarpey, MS, RD, CNSC from Amerita for “Home Parenteral Nutrition Diagnosis and Payer Trends: 2020-2023.”

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NHIF is a non-profit organization supporting the enhancement of patient care and outcomes through leadership, research, and education. Established by NHIA, the foundation aims to provide data-driven programs that identify best practices and facilitate quality infusion care to patients. For more information, visit https://www.nhia.org/nhif.

NHIA is a trade association that represents companies that provide infusion therapy to patients in their homes and companies that manufacture and supply infusion and specialty pharmacy products. Infusion therapy involves patient-specific compounded medications, supplies, and a range of pharmacy, nursing, and other clinical services for delivering care to patients in the home setting. For more information, visit www.nhia.org.