Dr. Henry Lester Receives the Langley Award for Basic Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
Henry Lester, PhD has been awarded the 2024 Langley Award for Basic Research on Nicotine and Tobacco from the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco. This award honors scientists whose work has made groundbreaking advances in pharmacology, neuroscience and/or genetics.
He received this award for the development of a wearable monitor that determines how a person metabolizes nicotine while they smoke or is vaping. Dr. Lester is a professor of Neuroscience at California Institute of Technology and joined ASPET in 2007. He is a member of the ASPET Division for Neuropharmacology and his research has focused on the molecular and functional aspects of ion channels, receptors, and transporters, as well as mouse genetic models for Neuroscience diseases. Image Credit: Caltech University
Dr. Margarita Dubocovich Recognized for Diversity and Inclusion Contributions
Margarita Dubocovich, PhD, FASPET is the 2024 recipient of the Award for Contributing to the Diversity and Inclusiveness of the Translational Workforce, by the Association for Clinical and Translational Science. This honor recognizes those whose contribution to mentoring, policymaking or team building has advanced diversity and inclusiveness in the workforce.
Dr. Dubocovich has been an ASPET member since 1983 and was awarded its FASPET designation in 2020. She is a SUNY Distinguished Professor of pharmacology at the Jacobs School Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University of Buffalo. Her research has focused on neuropharmacology and neuroscience focuses on translational research specifically on drug discovery and development of ligands for melatonin receptors as therapeutic target. She is a member of the ASPET Division for Neuropharmacology.
Dr. Barry I. Gold Acknowledged as a Pinnacle Lifetime Member in The Inner Circle
Barry I. Gold, PhD, has been acknowledged by The Inner Circle as a Pinnacle Lifetime Member for his work as an author and a pharmacologist. Dr. Gold has been an ASPET member since 1984 and has published books focusing on addiction. He earned his PhD in pharmacology from Boston University and was a postdoctoral fellow at Yale University. He is also a member of the ASPET Division for Neuropharmacology. Image Credit: PR Newswire
Three ASPET Members Elected as 2023 AAAS Fellows
Congratulations to the following ASPET members who were recently elected as 2023 AAAS Fellows:
Richard Mailman, PhD
Pennsylvania State College of Medicine
Jürgen Wess, PhD, FASPET
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH
Bennett Van Houten, PhD
University of Pittsburgh
ASPET Announces the 2024 Scientific Achievement Awards
It is our honor to announce this distinguished group of 2024 Scientific Achievement Award winners who are recognized for their excellence in the pharmacology field. Meet the awardees:
Scientific Achievement Award Winners
John Jacob Abel Award in Pharmacology
Andrew C. Kruse, PhD
Julius Axelrod Award in Pharmacology
John D. Scott, PhD, FASPET
Pharmacia-ASPET Award for Experimental Therapeutics
Katerina Akassoglou, PhD, FASPET
Robert R. Ruffolo Career Achievement Award in Pharmacology
Lisa Cassis, PhD
Louis S. Goodman and Alfred Gilman Award in Receptor Pharmacology
Arthur Christopoulos, BPharm, PhD
The Otto Krayer Award in Pharmacology
Paul A. Insel, MD, FASPET
Division-Sponsored Awards
J.H. Woods Early Career Award in Behavioral Pharmacology
Brian D. Kangas, PhD
P.B. Dews Lifetime Achievement Award for Research in Behavioral Pharmacology
Michael Nader, PhD, FASPET
Susan Band Horwitz Award Lecture in Cancer Pharmacology
Sharyn D. Baker, BA, PharmD, PhD
Division for Cardiovascular Pharmacology Early Career Award
Matthew Brody, PhD
Sarah M. Schumacher, PhD
Division for Cardiovascular Pharmacology Mid-Career Award
Michael Tranter, PhD
Scientific Achievement Award in Drug Discovery and Development
Zhiqiang An, PhD
Bernard B. Brodie Award in Drug Metabolism and Disposition
Edward T. Morgan, PhD, FASPET
Division for Drug Metabolism and Disposition James R. Gillette Awards
Yueping Zhang, MD
Asami Toshima, PhD
Division for Molecular Pharmacology Early Career Award
Tao Che, PhD
Division for Neuropharmacology Early Career Award
Gregory Sartor, PhD
Lauren Slosky, PhD
Pharmacology Educators Early Career Award
Reem T. Atawia, BPharm, MS, PhD
Pharmacology Educators Award
Shantanu Rao, PhD
Division for Toxicology Career Award
Grace L. Guo, MBBS, PhD
Division for Toxicology Early Career Award
Shuo Xiao, PhD
Division for Translational and Clinical Pharmacology Early Career Award
Patrick Glassman, PhD
ASPET Journals Top Reviewer Awards
Drug Metabolism and Disposition
Tom Baillie, PhD
Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Greg Collins, PhD
Molecular Pharmacology
Michael Gottesman, MD
