AAPS Announces 2009 Graduate Student Award Winners
Newswise — At the Opening Session of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists’ (AAPS) 2009 Annual Meeting and Exposition, AAPS President Patrick P. DeLuca, Ph.D. presented the following ground-breaking student researchers with awards commemorating their contributions to the pharmaceutical sciences:
AAPS Graduate Student Symposium Award in Analysis and Pharmaceutical Quality – Sponsored by the AAPS Analysis and Pharmaceutical Quality (APQ) Section
• Robert T. Berendt (University of Kansas)
• Louise Ho (University of Otago [N.Z.])
• Kumar A. Shah (Virginia Commonwealth University)
• Diana M. Sperger (University of Kansas)
AAPS Graduate Student Symposium Award in Biotechnology – Sponsored by Pfizer
• Sumith A. Kularatne (Purdue University)
• Komal Shahani (Wayne State University)
• Sheena Hailin Wang (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
• Lin Zhu (University of Tennessee at Memphis)
AAPS Graduate Student Symposium Award in Drug Design and Discovery –Sponsored by the AAPS Drug Design and Discovery Section
• Yizhou Dong (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
• Rima M. Hajjo, Ph.D. (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
• Mudit Mudit (University of Louisiana at Monroe)
• Dima Azzam Sabbah (University of Nebraska)
AAPS Graduate Student Symposium Award in Formulation Design and Development – Sponsored by Bristol-Myers Squibb
• Alfred C. F. Rumondor, Ph.D. (Purdue University)
• Sneha Sundaram (University of Nebraska Medical Center)
• Prakash Sundaramurthi (University of Minnesota)
AAPS Graduate Student Symposium Award in Manufacturing, Science and Engineering – Sponsored by Bristol-Myers Squibb
• Ji Yi Khoo (Imperial College London, U.K.)
AAPS Graduate Student Symposium Award in Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics and Drug Metabolism & Clinical Pharmacology and Translational Research – Sponsored by Eli Lilly & Co.
• Lokesh Jain (Virginia Commonwealth University)
• Jin Kyung Lee (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
• Ganesh M. Mugundu (University of Cincinnati)
• Brandon Dale Swift (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
• Urvi M. Telang (University of Buffalo, The State University of New York [SUNY])
• Shweta R. Urva (University of Buffalo, SUNY)
AAPS Graduate Student Symposium Award in Physical Pharmacy and Biopharmaceutics – Sponsored by Bristol-Myers Squibb
• Gustav Ahlin (Uppsala University [Se.])
• Ye Sun (University of Wisconsin)
AAPS Lipid-based Drug Delivery Graduate Student Award – Sponsored by Gattefossé
• Harisun Yaakob (University of East Anglia, U.K.)
AAPS Outstanding Graduate Student Award in Pharmaceutical Technologies – Sponsored by Covidien
• Peter Kleinebudde, Ph.D. (MENTOR; Heinrich Heine University [Ger.])
• Maike Windbergs, Ph.D. (Heinrich Heine University [Ger.])
About AAPS
The American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) is a professional, scientific society of approximately 12,000 members employed in academia, industry, government and other research institutes worldwide. Founded in 1986, AAPS provides a dynamic international forum for the exchange of knowledge among scientists to enhance their contributions to health. AAPS offers timely scientific programs, on-going education, information resources, and opportunities for networking and professional development. To learn more about AAPS, please visit www.aapspharmaceutica.com.
