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Industrial and Physical Pharmacy News
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May 11, 2012 Professor Tonglei Li was named the Allen Chao Chair in Industrial and Physical Pharmacy. read more April 30, 2012 Yen Ng (Green group), a senior grad student, has been selected to receive a student travel award from the Society of Nuclear Medicine Technologist Section. The award will support Yen's travel to the SNM Annual Meeting in Miami, Florida, where she will present her research. April 13, 2012 Lindsay Wegiel (Taylor group), a senior grad student, has received a Committee for the Education of Teaching Assistants (CETA) Teaching Award from Purdue University. Lindsay will be honored at the Annual Celebration of Graduate Student Teaching Excellence on April 25th. February 22, 2012 Jared Baird (BSPS 2006, Ph.D. 2011), a scientist at Allergan, Inc., will receive the 2012 Ebert Prize. Established in 1873, the Ebert Prize is the oldest pharmacy award in the United States. The award recognizes the author(s) of the best report of original investigation of a medicinal substance published in the Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences in the past year. read more February 15, 2012 Dr. Dan Smith is part of a Purdue project on spinal cord injury that recently received $1.5 million in funding from the NIH. The project addresses the role of toxins such as acrolein in nerve damage following injury. The project is headed by Dr. Riyi Shi of the School of Veterinary Medicine; Dr. Smith serves as Co-PI. Dr. Smith is a senior research scientist working with Dr. Byrn. January 10, 2012 Dr. Yoon Yeo has received funding from the Trask Innovation Fund for her application entitled "Development of Membrane Filters for Endotoxin Removal" for a six-month period. December 19, 2011 Dr. Greg Knipp has received an award from Bristol-Myers Squibb for his project entitled "The Effect of Conformation on the Permeation of Oligopeptides". The two-year award supports studies of peptide permeation through Caco-2 and HT-29 cell layers. December 22, 2011 Dr. Lynne Taylor, graduate student Jared Baird, and visiting scholar Dr. Bernard van Eerdenbrugh earned the 2012 Ebert Prize from the Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences for their paper entitled "A Classification System to Assess the Crystallization Tendency of Organic Molecules from Undercooled Melts". The Ebert Prize is awarded to the best paper in JPharmSci containing original investigation of a medicinal substance. Their paper appeared in the September 2010 issue, which was dedicated to Dr. Stephen R. Byrn. November 4, 2011: Dr. Robert Sepelyak, Ph.D. (1982), received the 2011 Distinguished Alumnus Award from the College of Pharmacy on Nov. 4. Dr. Sepelyak is currently the Project Director of Pharmaceutical Development at AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. During his visit, Dr. Sepelyak also spoke at a graduate student roundtable on "Pharmaceutical Career Opportunities". October 27, 2011: Dr. Andrew Otte (Pinal group) participated in this year's AAPS Graduate Student Symposium in Analysis and Pharmaceutical Quality, and gave a podium presentation entitled "Surface Energy Distributions for the Prediction of Fine Particle Fraction from Dry Powder Formulations" at the October 2011 annual meeting. October 27, 2011: Yi Ling Hsieh (Taylor group) participated in this year's AAPS Graduate Student Symposium in Analysis and Pharmaceutical Quality, and gave a podium presentation entitled "Utilization of pH-Metric Titration to Evaluate Supersaturation Behavior of Weakly Basic Drugs" at the October 2011 annual meeting. October 26, 2011: Lavanya Iyer (Topp group) has been selected to receive a 2011-2012 Ronald W. Dollens Graduate Scholarship in the Life Sciences from Purdue University, which will provide partial stipend support for her for the upcoming year. October 24, 2011: Zohreh Amoozgar (Yeo group) received this year's graduate student award from the Iranian Pharmaceutical Scientists Association, presented at the AAPS meeting in Washington, DC. October 17, 2011: Dr. Greg Knipp has received funding from Eli Lilly and Company to support a research project entitled "Pharmacokinetic studies on intravenous and oral formulations of Glipizide and immediate and modified release formulations of metformin in pigs". The award will provide $41,477 of support for this research. October 5, 2011: The National Institute for Pharmaceutical Technology and Education (NIPTE) has received a grant of up to $35 million from the FDA to improve pharmaceutical manufacturing and drug safety. Dr. Stephen R. Byrn, Charles B. Jordan Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, currently serves as the president of the NIPTE faculty committee, and College of Pharmacy Dean Craig Svensson is a member of the Board of Directors. The award was featured in Purdue Today. October 5, 2011: Zohreh Amoozgar (Yeo group) has also been selected as a winner of the Jenkins-Knevel Award for Outstanding Graduate Research. Zohreh will present her work during a special Graduate Student Awards Symposium on November 3rd. October 2011: Wyatt Roth (Knipp Group) has also been selected as this year's recipient of the Kienly Award for the outstanding graduate student teaching assistant in the Department of Industrial and Physical Pharmacy. The award recognizes Wyatt's many contributions as a TA, notably in IPPH 562 and in the Sustainable Medicines in Africa program. August 30, 2011: Zohreh Amoozgar (Yeo group) has also been selected to receive a 2011-2012 Ronald W. Dollens Graduate Scholarship in the Life Sciences from Purdue University, which will provide partial stipend support for her for the upcoming year. August 16, 2011: Zohreh Amoozgar (Yeo group) has received a Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship from the College of Pharmacy, which will provide her with a stipend for the period August 1 to December 31, 2011, to assist her in completing her dissertation. August 2011: Wyatt Roth (Knipp group) has won the Excellent Student Poster Award for the I/ODG symposium which was held in Indianapolis on August 9th. Wyatt's poster is entitled "Development and testing of novel pediatric formulations of rifampicin for the treatment of tuberculosis (TB) in infants and young children". August 2011: Wyatt Roth (Knipp Group) has also been selected to receive a 2011-2012 Ronald W. Dollens Graduate Scholarship in the Life Sciences from Purdue University. The scholarship will provide partial stipend support for him for the upcoming year. May 2011: Dr. Ann Newman joined the faculty as a limited term lecturer. She will teach Basic Pharmaceutics I (IPPH 362) in the fall of 2011. May 2011: Dr. Kinam Park was named an outstanding cancer researcher at Purdue by the Lafayette Lions Club. May2011: Basma Ibrahim (Yeo group) received a second year of predoctoral funding from the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute for her project "Development of inhalable gene delivery for treatment of cystic fibrosis". April 2011: Hillary Holback (Yeo group) received a Migliaccio-Pfizer Graduate Fellowship from the College of Pharmacy for her proposal "Distribution of a pH-sensitive nanoparticle drug delivery system in a 3-dimensional tumor model". April 2011: Lori Karpes (Knipp group) received a Purdue Research Foundation grant for her proposal "The effects of DEHP exposure on fatty acid homeostasis across the immortalized human blood brain barrier cell line, hCMEC". April 2011: Wyatt Roth (Knipp group) received a Lilly Endowment Gift Graduate Research Award from the College of Pharmacy for his proposal "Development and optimization of the manufacturability of orally disintegrating tablets (ODTs) of rifampicin for pediatric administration". April 2011: Stephanie Mowery (Knipp group) was selected to participate in the May 2011 Applied Management Program through Purdue's Krannert Graduate School of Management. The course is often called the "mini-MBA". April 2011: Li Pan (Knipp group) received a teaching assistant award from Purdue's Center for the Education of Teaching Assistants. March 2011: Dr. Yoon Yeo received an NSF CAREER award for her project "Osmolyte-guided nanoparticle transport for effective drug/gene delivery across the mucosal barriers". February 2011: Dr. Lynne Taylor received a Purdue Faculty Fellowship for Study in a Second Discipline. She will spend the 2011-2012 academic year in Purdue's School of Materials Engineering. February 2011: Dr. Lynne Taylor was appointed a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, the largest organization in Europe for advancing the chemical sciences. November 2010: Jared Baird (Taylor group) was selected to participate in the AAPS Graduate Student Symposium on Formulation Design and Development at the AAPS meeting, one of two students selected nationally. November 2010: Dr. Elizabeth Topp was named a Fellow of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists at the annual meeting in New Orleans. October 2010: Andrew Otte (Park group) received the department's Lieberman award. October 2010: Zohreh Amoozgar (Yeo group) was selected by the faculty for the department's Chao Doctoral Fellowship. October 2010: Jared Baird (Taylor group) received the Jenkins-Knevel award from the College of Pharmacy for outstanding graduate research. October 2010: Lori Karpes (Knipp group) received the Kienly award from the College of Pharmacy as the outstanding graduate student teaching assistant in IPPH. October 2010: Dr. Garnet Peck was named a Distinguished Alumnus of the Purdue College of Pharmacy at an awards ceremony this fall. September 2010: Dr. Stephen R. Byrn was honored with a dedicated issue of the Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences in honor of his extensive and impactful contributions to the field of solid state chemistry. This is only the fourth time that the Journal has prepared a special edition in honor of an eminent scientist. September 2010: Dr. Kaho Kwok (Taylor group) was named a USP Fellow for 2010-2011, one of only two USP fellows selected nationally. August 2010: Dr. Lynne Taylor's manuscript, "Role of polymer chemistry in influencing crystal growth rates from amorphous felodipine", appeared in an issue of Crystal Engineering Communications (CrystEngComm) dedicated to emerging talent. The article was coauthored by graduate student Umesh Kestur. August 2010: Dr. Bernard Van Eerdenbrugh (Taylor group) received the 2010 AAPS Postdoctoral Fellow Award, sponsored by FMC Biopolymer, to support his travel to the AAPS annual meeting. August 2010: Hillary Holback (Yeo group) and Lori Karpes (Knipp group) received 2010-2011 Ronald W. Dollens Graduate Scholarships in the Life Sciences from Purdue University. July & October 2010: Ziyang Su (Byrn group) and Li Pan (Knipp group) received Bilsland Dissertation Fellowships from Purdue University. April 28, 2010: Dr. Stanley L. Hem, of the Department of Industrial and Physical Pharmacy, won the Dr. Aziz Outstanding Teaching Award. read more April 28, 2010: Dr. Stanley L. Hem, of the Department of Industrial and Physical Pharmacy, won the Dr. Aziz Outstanding Teaching Award. read more November 8, 2009: Dr. Stephen R. Byrn received the AAPS 2009 David Grant Research Achievement Award in Physical Pharmacy, and Dr. Yoon Yeo won the 2009 AAPS New Investigator Grant Award in Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technologies at the 2009 meeting of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists. read more August 25, 2009: Dr. Stephen R. Byrn received the AAPS 2009 David Grant Research Achievement Award in Physical Pharmacy. August 25, 2009: Dr. Yoon Yeo received the 2009 AAPS New Investigator Grant Award in Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technologies. June 25, 2009: Dr. James Litster received the Achievement Award from the Agglomeration Society at the 9th International Agglomeration Symposium/4th International Granulation Workshop at the University of Sheffield, UK. This award was presented as a lifetime achievement award. May 29, 2009: Purdue University's board of trustees approved the appointment of the first Dane O. Kildsig Chair in Industrial and Physical Pharmacy. Elizabeth Topp, a professor of pharmaceutical chemistry at the University of Kansas, has been named as the chair and will serve as a professor and head of the Department of Industrial and Physical Pharmacy. Her appointment is effective July 1. read more April 10, 2009: Purdue University's Board of Trustees approved the following faculty promotion, effective with the 2009-10 academic year: Rodolfo Pinal, Associate Professor of Industrial and Physical Pharmacy. October 21, 2008: Prescription drugs have improved in quality and high-paying jobs have been created, thanks in part to a Purdue University professor who is the 2008 recipient of the university's Outstanding Commercialization Award. The award, sponsored by the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership, is being presented to Stephen Byrn, the Charles B. Jordan Professor of Medicinal Chemistry. read more August 28, 2008: Dr. Stanley L. Hem has been inducted into Purdue's Book of Great Teachers. read more December 11, 2007: Multidrug- resistant tuberculosis has a new challenger, a center in the Purdue Research Park that on Tuesday (Dec. 11) became the sole North American producer of a potent antibiotic. The drug, Seromycin®, had been developed earlier by Eli Lilly and Co., which, in turn, gave the park's Chao Center for Industrial Pharmacy & Contract Manufacturing the exclusive rights to manufacture, distribute and sell the drug. read more November 19, 2007: Kenneth R. Morris, associate head of the Department of Industrial and Physical Pharmacy and director of graduate programs, has been elected a fellow of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists. February 7, 2007: Janet Woodcock, the chief medical officer of the Food and Drug Administration, will speak at Purdue on Thursday (Feb. 8) and Friday (Feb. 9) as the visiting lecturer for the annual Varro E. Tyler Distinguished Lectureship. Woodcock, who held the position of deputy commissioner and chief operating officer before assuming her current position, will present two lectures during her visit. Both events are free and open to the public. read more May 19, 2006: Purdue University and three collaborating universities received a $15 million grant to research and improve the way pharmaceuticals, foods and agricultural products are developed and manufactured. The five-year grant from the National Science Foundation will fund an Engineering Research Center (ERC) to enhance the quality and consistency of solid-dosage form drug nutraceuticals,...read more February 8, 2006: Dozens of Purdue University faculty were honored Feb. 8 during the first Inventors' Recognition Dinner at the Purdue Memorial Union North Ballroom. Among them were several from the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. ...read more November 10, 2005: Purdue University is leading a project aimed at helping the Republic of Kazakhstan develop a successful pharmaceutical industry by teaching professionals from that country about U.S. and European regulations and procedures relating to drug manufacturing. ...read more November 3, 2005: Officials met Thursday (Nov. 3) in Washington, D.C., to announce an 11-university research partnership with the Food and Drug Administration aimed at reducing the skyrocketing cost of drug development and manufacturing. The collaboration, called the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Technology and Education, will focus on learning more about the precise science involved in making pharmaceuticals and exploring ways to reduce costs. ...read more October 13, 2005: The Chao Center for Industrial Pharmacy & Contract Manufacturing officially opened on Thursday, October 13th. ...read more April 29, 2005: The Chao Center for Industrial Pharmacy & Contract Manufacturing held its open house today. One of only five university-affiliated pharmaceutical manufacturing centers in the nation, the Chao Center combines the business know-how of the No. 1 ranked Purdue Research Park with the industry and educational expertise of Purdue's highly ranked School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Science. read more... April 18, 2005: Stanley L. Hem, Professor of Industrial and Physical Pharmacy, received one of six 2005 Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Awards in Memory of Charles B. Murphy on Sunday (April 17) during the university's annual Honors Convocation in the Elliott Hall of Music. read more... April 17, 2005: Several Pharmacy faculty and staff received special honors during the university's annual Honors Convocation at the Elliott Hall of Music. read more... |
