Shipra Malik and Akshay Narula from University of Connecticut were recognized at the AAPS PharmSci360 meeting for their abstracts – Nanoparticle Delivered Short Anti-miR PNAs for Lymphoma Therapy; and Elucidating the Mechanism and Impact of Amorphous Drug Aggregates on the Permeability of Poorly Soluble Drugs. Congratulations to Shipra and her advisor, CPPR Faculty, Dr. Raman Bahal, and to Akshay and his advisor, CPPR Faculty, Dr. Na Li. https://cppr.uconn.edu
Jayesh Sonje from the lab of Professor Raj Suryanarayanan at University of Minnesota, was recognized by the International Pharmaceutical Excipients Council Foundation for his significant contributions to the field of excipients research. Jayesh joins a long list of CPPR faculty and students who have received prestigious awards from IPEC Foundation. https://cppr.uconn.edu
The Foundation of the International Pharmaceutical Excipients Council (IPEC) selected CPPR Faculty, Dr. Na Li, UConnPharmacy, as the 2021 Patrick DeLuca Emerging Researcher. This award celebrates early career scientists with a demonstrated interest in and dedication to the area of excipients. Dr. Li will present her winning research proposal at the IPEC Awards ceremony on October 17, 2021.
The National Institute for Pharmaceutical Technology & Education (NIPTE) named Dr. Raman Bahal of University of Connecticut as this year’s Rising Star. The Rising Star Scholarship is awarded to early career investigators for outstanding scientific achievements in pharmaceutical science and technology. Dr. Bahal joins another CPPR faculty member, Dr. Tony Zhou of Purdue University, in the expanding group of CPPR faculty winners of this distinguished award.
Professor Qi “Tony” Zhou of Purdue University is this year’s AAPS Emerging Leader for having made a significant impact through the pharmaceutical sciences that promote public health early in his career. SPOTLIGHT: 2021 Emerging Leader Award (informz.net).
The National Institute of Pharmaceutical Technology and Education (NIPTE) has named Dr.Raj Sury of University of Minnesota as this year’s Michael J. Pikal Distinguished Scholar. See more at This is a particularly meaningful award that is named for former CPPR Faculty and Leader, Michael J. Pikal. Dr. Sury joins previous CPPR Faculty who received this award, Robin Bogner and Elizabeth Topp. Read more at Congratulations to Dr. Raj Suryanarayanan (Sury), PhD — 2021 Michael J. Pikal NIPTE Distinguished Scholar in Pharmaceutical Processing – The National Institute for Pharmaceutical Technology & Education, Inc..
Three of the 11 finalists in UConn’s 3-minute thesis competition were graduate students in Pharmaceutics Program. This year’s winner, Shipra Malik, is a CPPR student from Dr. Raman Bahal’s lab. Click on https://grad.uconn.edu/2021/08/17/uconns-3mt-winners-2021/ to see Shipra’s winning video. This is the second time a CPPR student has won the UConn 3MT competition. In 2019, Koyel Sen of Bodhi Chaudhuri’s lab was the topper.
DanaMoseson and her advisor, Lynne Taylor, from PurdueUniversity published their findings on the effect of residual crystallinity on the loss of the solubility advantage of ASDs in a paper in European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Read more at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejps.2020.105276
@ShreyaKulkarni, along with her advisor, @RobinBogner from @UConnPharmacy, and @RajSury from @University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy and CPPR mentors, @SajalPatel and @Joseph Rinella published their findings on what causes long reconstitution times in high concentration proteins. Read more at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpb.2021.05.005
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CPPR student, Monika Lavan, along with her mentor Greg Knipp and fellow CPPR faculty, Stephen Byrn of Purdue University and CPPR industrial mentor, Scott Hostetler, published their findings on the pharmacokinetics of a pediatric mini-tablet formulation of lapatinib evaluated in the mini-pig model. See https://doi.org/10.1208/s12249-020-01891-x to read more.
