It is our honor to announce this distinguished group for the 2026 Scientific Achievement Award, Division-Sponsored Awards, and Journal Award winners who are being recognized for their excellence in the pharmacology field.
Scientific Achievement Awardees
Erica Levitt, PhD, PharmD
John Jacob Abel Award in Pharmacology
Jürgen Wess, PhD
Julius Axelrod Award in Pharmacology
Michael Iadarola, PhD
Pharmacia-ASPET Award for Experimental Therapeutics
Alan Smrcka, PhD
Robert R. Ruffolo Career Achievement Award in Pharmacology
Thomas P. Burris, PhD
Louis S. Goodman and Alfred Gilman Award in Receptor Pharmacology
Joseph Coyle, MD
Otto Krayer Mentorship and Interdisciplinary Award
Paul A.
Insel, MD
E. Leong Way
Emeritus Travel Award
Division-Sponsored Awardees
Katherine Serafine, PhD
J.H. Woods Early Career Award in Behavioral Pharmacology
Galen R. Wenger, PhD
P.B. Dews Lifetime Achievement Award for Research in Behavioral Pharmacology
Jennifer Rubin Grandis, MD
Susan Band Horwitz Award Lecture in Cancer Pharmacology
Hemal H. Patel, MD
Paul M. Vanhoutte Award in Vascular Pharmacology
Mahmoud Salama Ahmed, PhD
Division for Cardiovascular Pharmacology Early Career Award
Sandhya Kortagere, PhD
Scientific Achievement Award in Drug Discovery and Development
Emily E. Scott, PhD
B.B. Brodie Award in Drug Metabolism and Disposition
Yang Li
Division for Drug Metabolism and Disposition James R. Gillette Award
Joe Jongpyo Lim
Division for Drug Metabolism and Disposition James R. Gillette Award
Justin English, PhD
Division for Molecular Pharmacology Early Career Award
Ross Cheloha, PhD
Division for Molecular Pharmacology Early Career Award
Mark Moehle, PhD
Division for Neuropharmacology Early Career Award
Matthew J. Robson, PhD
Division for Neuropharmacology Early Career Award
Carolina Restini, PharmD, PhD, FAAPE
Pharmacology Educators Award
Sandeep Bansal, MBBS, MD, MBA
Pharmacology Educators Award
Tyler Bland, PhD
Pharmacology Educators Award
Lauren Aleksunes, PharmD, PhD
Division for Toxicology Career Award
Mayukh Banerjee, PhD
Division for Toxicology Early Career Award
Jia Nong, PhD
Division for Translational and Clinical Pharmacology Early Career Award
ASPET Journals Top Reviewer Awardees
Julie Lade, PhD
ASPET Discovery
Simone Brixius- Anderko, PhD
Drug Metabolism and Disposition
Huichang Bi, PhD
Drug Metabolism and Disposition
Kristan Cleveland, PhD
The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Patrick Glassman, PhD
The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Sudarshan Rajagopal, MD, PhD
Molecular Pharmacology