ASPET Members in the News

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  October 21, 2022
  IDEA Member Spotlight October 2022
  Read more about Ana G. Vergara, PhD, a Senior Scientist in the ADME & Discovery Toxicology department at Merck.
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  July 28, 2022
  ASPET Council Fills Its Newly Created Young Scientist Seat
  The ASPET Council has approved the addition of the Chair of the Young Scientists Committee, Dr. Dianicha Santana, as a new ex-officio member of Council.
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  July 01, 2022
  ASPET Members Take Positions on FASEB Board
  Two ASPET members have taken seats on the FASEB board. Congratulations to Sophia Kaska, PhD and Mary-Ann Bjornsti, PhD.
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  May 19, 2022
  Happy Birthday, John Jacob Abel!
  John Jacob Abel, born on this day in 1857, was the founder and first president of ASPET.
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  May 10, 2022
  NAS New Member Election
  Congrats to ASPET member and 2022 Goodman & Gilman Awardee Dr. Krzysztof Palczewski on his election to the National Academy of Sciences! Dr. Palczewski, a UC-Irvine professor, is recognized for his distinguished research.
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  April 27, 2022
  Prior IDEA Member Spotlight
  Read more about Ashley Guillory, PhD, Assistant Professor of Instruction and Director of Admissions at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
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  May 07, 2020
  Exploring Differences in Drug Response With Dr. Namandje N. Bumpus
  ASPET Councilor Namandje N. Bumpus was interviewed by Drug Discovery from Technology Networks about her work exploring the differences between people in relation to drug response.
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  August 08, 2019
  ASPET Member in the News: V. Craig Jordan
  On June 7, 2019 it was announced by Buckingham Palace that Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II had appointed Professor V. Craig Jordan, OBE as Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George (CMG) for services to women’s health.
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  July 11, 2019
  Neuropharmacology Member Maryam Adenike in the News
  Maryam Adenike has been selected as a member of the undergraduate practical-manual review committee of the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics at Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, Nigeria.
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  July 10, 2019
  Molecular Pharmacology Members in the News
  ASPET members Michelle Kimple, David A. Gewirtz, Rachel Fenske, and Austin Reuter are recognized for their recent accomplishments.
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  December 03, 2018
  Congratulations to ASPET Members Who Have Been Elected as 2018 AAAS Fellows
  The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) recognizes leading scientists for their extraordinary achievements in advancing science each year through their annual Fellows program.
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  October 15, 2018
  Member Highlight: Dr. Naj Sharif
  As the British Pharmacological Society (BPS) readies to announce, in December 2018, the next recipient of the Sir James Black Award, ASPET congratulates current recipient, Naj Sharif, PhD, for his achievements.
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  January 12, 2018
  Dr. Bryan Roth Creates Groundbreaking Research Toward Developing a Safer Opioid
  A research team at the UNC School of Medicine, led by ASPET member Bryan Roth, has isolated the receptors in the brain that activate pain relief from the ones that cause side effects like addiction, a crucial step in developing a safer opioid.
• March 03, 2017
  ASPET Member in the News: Dr. Merrie Mosedale Wins the 2017 Sternfels Prize for Drug Safety and Innovation
• October 20, 2016
  ASPET Members in the News: Donald P. McDonnell Elected to the National Academy of Medicine
• August 26, 2016
  ASPET Member Nancy Ator Contributes to Newly Released White Paper, The Critical Role of Nonhuman Primates in Medical Research
• February 19, 2016
  ASPET Member in the News: Dr. Namandjé N. Bumpus Receives Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
  Namandjé N. Bumpus, PhD as been awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.
• December 10, 2015
  ASPET Member in the News: Dr. Namandjé N. Bumpus Published Moving toward Inclusion
• October 14, 2015
  Dr. Bradley McConnell, PhD Honored with a National Institutes of Health/NHLBI R15 Academic Research Career Enhancement Award
• October 14, 2015
  Dr.Charles Antzelevitch Joins Lankenau Institute for Medical Research as the New Executive Director of the Cardiovascular Research Program