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 AAPSThe 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.

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