1. January 2026

Member Highlights

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ASPET Congratulates Inductees of Florida Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine

Congratulations to ASPET members Randy Blakely, PhD, and Gregg Fields, PhD, on their induction to the Florida Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine! Drs. Blakely and Fields, both with Florida Atlantic University, were recognized for the significant scientific and societal impact of their research.

Randy Blakely, PhDA member of ASPET since 1996, Dr. Blakely is the 2008 recipient of the Julius Axelrod Award, and has also been awarded the Daniel Efron Award from the ACNP, two Distinguished Investigator Awards from the Brain and Behavioral Research Foundation, a MERIT Award from the NIMH, a Zenith Award from the Alzheimer’s Association, and the Astellas Award in Translational Pharmacology. He is the executive director of FAU’s Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute, the David J.S. Nicholson Distinguished Professor in Neuroscience, and a professor of biomedical science.

Gregg Fields, PhDDr. Fields joined ASPET in 2024. In 2019, he was appointed executive director of FAU’s Institute for Human Health and Disease Intervention, and in 2021 he became the co-director of the Memorial Cancer Institute Florida Atlantic University Cancer Center for Excellence. Dr. Fields is also a courtesy professor in the Department of Chemistry at the Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation and Technology, and a Fellow of both the National Academy of Inventors and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

ASPET Welcomes New Members

Each month, ASPET welcomes new members to our home for pharmacology. This month, we recognize 207 individuals from 84 universities, colleges, and companies who have joined 4,000 other members in the pharmacology community. Learn more about ASPET membership.

Aga Khan University
Eman Anwar

Alabama State University
Jazmyn Greggs

American University of Beirut
Ziad Chebaro

Amgen Inc
Md Tariqul Haque Tuhin

Augusta University
Shepard Theriot

Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Sarah Berland
Caroline Casiano-Rivera
Phoebe Fetchmeyer
Isabella Garza
Katherine Hui
Porche Jones
Amanda Newell
Lu Qian
Prescilla Riva
Bridget Whelpley
Jingyi Zhao

California Northstate University, College of Medicine
Linda Liu
Christina Matalka

California State University, Fullerton
Ian Minton

California State University, Northridge
Elspeth Allen

Cincinnati Childrens
Laurence Kuo-Esser

Covenant University
Oreoluwa Adelakun
Wisdom Cleanclay

Damanhour University
Mona Elharoun
Reham Fayed

Drexel University
Stephanie Kosashvili

East Carolina University–Brody School of Medicine
John Callaghan
Kathryn Lorbacher
Allison Porter
Savanna Williams

Elizabeth City State University
Ada Morgan Godwin

Emory University
Karanpreet Bhatia
Steven Liang
Catherine Schwartz
Jaclyn Weinberg
Hongjie Yuan

Florida International University
Israel Castillo Gonzalez

Harvard Medical School, McLean Hospital
Francesca Asmus
Nicholas Bloom
Kayleigh LaMalfa

Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar
Soumendra Rana

Indiana University School of Medicine
Christine Ramiro

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center–New Orleans
Ashlyn Anderson

Macalester College
Gretta Koppers

Marshall University
Wei Li

Marshall University School of Medicine
Esther Mensah

Mayo Clinic
Luis Forero

Medical College of Wisconsin
Knisha Boswell
Joseph Hennessey
Beliz Kurtoglu
Lauren Laskowski
Andrea Xu

METiS Therapeutics Inc.
Takayo Inoue

Michigan State University
Jenna Stepanenko

Midwestern University
Tracey Poynton

MORU
Phornpimon Tipthara

National Institute of Mental Health
Starlina Shepard

New York University
Badr Sokrat

Ohio Northern University
Brandon Adams
Sean Donovan
Braden Harman

Olabisi Onabanjo University Ago-iwoye
Adeyinka Aderinola

Pennsylvania State University
Elsa Balfe

Purdue University
Jih-Ying Chen
Cara Trench

Queen’s University
Reese Bogart-Cherry

Rowan University
Padam Chaudhary
Thaysa Ghiarone
Alida Jimenez
Nakoa Webber

Rutgers University
Anisha Bhattacharya
Trishna Das
Minatulah Elzawawy
Abigail Galeano
Alan Ibarra
Yanxiang Li
Noah Mac
Nicholas Offei
Perel Rose
Md Salman Shakil
Ahmad Salman Sirajee
Kellen Xu

Saint Joseph’s University
Branden Stanley

Seattle Children’s Research Institute
Jan-Marino Ramirez

Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Robert Cadena
Hanniel Park
Peiting Wu

St. John’s University
Mayssam Alkyam
Sri Sai Susmitha Anumarlapudi
Nazanin Foroutan
Leela Giddla
Kuljeet Singh

SUNY–Buffalo
Emma Evereth
Arthur Germakovski
Vivian Xu

SVKM’s NMIMS
Amisha Vora

Tangail Medical College, Tangail, Bangladesh
Sujit Kumar Sarker

Texas A&M University
Adwoa Amanfo

Thomas Jefferson University
Artem Belyakov

Tulane University
Xing Gao

University of Alabama
Opeyemi Iwaloye

University of Alberta
Sara Helal

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
I. Kadhim

University of California, San Diego
Kyla Whitelock

University of Chicago
Sulin Wu

University of Cincinnati
Kathleen Specht
Olivia Chohan

University of Colorado
Erin Marsh

University of Colorado–Anschutz
Cassidy De Anda Gamboa

University of Connecticut
Jose Matute Galvez

University of Georgia
Jiaqi Chen

University of Incarnate Word Feik School of Pharmacy
David Garza

University of Iowa
Atonu Chakrabortty
Kailey Said-Lathrum

University of Karachi
Memona Fatima Qazi

University of Kentucky
Sarah Cayton

University of Louisville
Makayla Stephens

University of Maryland Baltimore
Aishwarya Anand

University of Michigan
Edwin Aguilar
Grace Aleck
Badria Alhanfoush
Owen Bersot
Fosgitt Brendan
Monica Chanda
Kendall Dean
Kaitlyn Digsby
Carina Elvira
Grace Eramo
Xiao Han
Sean Hannifin
Rafael Hoyos Justiniano
Natalie Jusko
Gracianne Kmiec
Frederick Lee
Anusruthi Mallela
Vu Ngo
Tenzin Ngodup
Emma Oren
Alexander Powell
Zhuoying Ren
Alejandra Rosario Crepo
Erika Ruskie
Francisco Sanchez-Conde
Tadas Sereiva
Tingzhen Shen
Serenata Su
Yudong Sun
Dajia Wang
Helen Washington
Jun Zhou

University of Minnesota–Twin Cities
Rachel Allen
Rawan Almutlaq
Mohammed Alshagawi
Adeboye Bamgboye
Meredith Bauer
Mary Raphel Daniel
Casey Dorr
McKinzie Frederick
Anna Kauffman
Kohinoor Khan
Jiayan Le
Ruisi Leng
Crystal Lemchi
Margot Lortie
Jacob Mayer
Madelyn Moore
Kelsey Person

University of Minnesota
Sara Puccini
Rachel Schorn
Prachi Shrivastav
Fleur Uittenbogaard
Natalie Weir
Davian West

University of Nebraska Medical Center
Prachi Agrawal

University of North Carolina
Yeseul Ahn
Sabrina Daglish

University of North Dakota
Goshen Miteu

University of Pisa
Clelia Di Salvo
Giulia Valdiserra

University of Pittsburgh
Syamprasad NP

University of Rochester
Isabelle Hwang
Erik Ingebretsen
Wesley Mounts
Brianna Vonderhaar

University of South Carolina–School of Medicine
Rahil Shah

University of Texas at San Antonio
Kayode John

University of Texas Medical Branch
Ryan Luib

University of Washington
Sebastian Gallegos
Eimear O’Mahony

University of Wisconsin–Madison
Madeline Wolfe

University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire
Alexandra Siegmund

UNT Health
Nina Donkor

Vanderbilt University
Madeline Newlin
Arisa Timoll
Samantha Boggiano

Washington State University
Mahder Belew
Quratulain Bhatti
Michael Call
Tessa Davis
Malik Donlic
Rachel Enstrom
Humayra Bintha Haque
Elizabeth Oke
Sophie Pearson
Yiyu Xiao
Barnali Paul

Yale University
Claire Bryant