Member Highlights - The Pharmacologist

ASPET Member Donald Mager Receives Lifetime Award from the International Society of Pharmacometrics

Donald Mager, PharmD, PhD, has received the 2024 Lewis B. Sheiner Lecturer Award from the International Society of Pharmacometrics (ISoP). This award, ISoP’s highest honor, was established to recognize lifetime career achievements in the field of pharmacometrics. Dr. Mager joined ASPET in 2004 and is a member of the Division for Translational and Clinical Pharmacology. He is currently a professor and chair of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, in the School of Pharmacy at the University of Buffalo. Image Credit: University of Buffalo

Bhagwat Prasad Named Division Director at Cincinnati Children’s

ASPET member Bhagwat Prasad, PhD, will be the new division director of translational and clinical pharmacology at Cincinnati Children’s. He is currently a professor, pharmaceutical sciences at Washington State University and will assume his new role in the spring of 2025. In his new role Dr. Prasad will support pediatric translational and clinical pharmacology by expanding an extensive interdisciplinary network with other Cincinnati Children’s divisions and departments as well as outside academic centers and industry partners. Dr. Prasad joined ASPET in 2015 and is currently the chair-elect of the Division for Drug Metabolism and Disposition. Image Credit: Cincinnati Children’s

Kent Vrana Receives Distinguished Teaching Award from the AAMC

The Association of American Medical Colleges has awarded ASPET member Kent Vrana, PhD with the 2024 Alpha Omega Alpha Robert J. Glaser Distinguished Teacher Award. Dr. Vrana now becomes one of only four nationwide recipients of this prestigious recognition. He currently is a member of the ASPET Division for Neuropharmacology and joined the Society in 2004. Dr. Vrana is the Elliot S. Vesell Professor and Bernard B. Brodie Professor in Pharmacology at Pennsylvania State University. Image Credit: Penn State University

ASPET Welcomes New Members

Each month, ASPET welcomes new members to our home for pharmacology. This month, we recognize 32 individuals from 28 universities and colleges who have joined 4,000 other members in the pharmacology community. Learn more about ASPET membership.

AT Still University of Health Sci, Kirksville College of Osteopathic Med
Keith Elmslie, PhD

Baruch S. Blumberg Institute
Nicholas A. Meanwell, PhD

Bayero University, Kano
Ayinde A. Adeniyi

Baze University
Toyin D. Alabi, PhD

The British University in Egypt
Aya Ali, MSc
Yasmine E. Amin, Jr, BPharm

Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology
Janbolat Ashim, PhD

Heinrich Heine University
Miriam M. M. Cortese-Krott, PhD

IGM Biosciences
Maya Leabman, PhD

Jazz Pharmaceuticals
Rao Mukkavilli, PhD

Kent State University
Pratyusha Ghanta, MPharm

Lake Forest College
Lorena M. Monroy

Louisiana State University, Shreveport
Titilade Ajayi, BS