Professor Raman Bahal from UConn received the Moderna Award for Biomedical Innovation from the RNA Society for his contributions to delivering RNA to target cells for cancer therapy. The award was given at the 2024 Annual Meeting in Scotland in early June. Read more at https://today.uconn.edu/2023/12/the-school-of-pharmacy-is-pleased-to-announce-raman-bahal-as-the-recipient-of-the-moderna-award-for-biomedical-innovation/.
Professor Diane Burgess received the Edward C. Marth Mentorship Award from UConn for her extraordinary record of excellence and effectiveness in graduate student mentorship. Read more at https://today.uconn.edu/2023/12/diane-burgess-wins-the-edward-c-marth-mentorship-award/.
Gilead Sciences joins Alexion, Astrazeneca, ATS Scientific Products, Glaxosmithkline, Lilly, Roquette, and Sanofi on the CPPR Industrial Advisory Board. We look forward to Gilead’s participation in our quest to advance pharmaceutical processing. The funds that Gilead has
committed to CPPR research are pooled with those of the other member companies. The funds support rigorous academic research into industrially relevant pharmaceutical processing research at the CPPR academic sites, with mentorship from representatives from CPPR companies.
Professor Tony Zhou from Purdue University was appointed to the editorial board for the journal, Pharmaceutics MDPI. The journal has an impact factor of 5.4. Read more athttps://www.imph.purdue.edu/news/2024/05/28/professor-tony-zhou-selected-editorial-board-member-pharmaceutics-journal.
Professor Raman Bahal from University of Connecticut was named Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). He and colleague, Professor Diane Burgess, who was elected as Fellow of NAI, were recognized at the Annual Conference in North Carolina in June. Read more at https://today.uconn.edu/2024/03/raman-bahal-announced-as-nai-senior-member/#:~:text=Raman%20Bahal%2C%20Associate%20Professor%20of%20Pharmaceutics%2C%20has%20been,2024%20National%20Academy%20of%20Inventors%20%28NAI%29%20Senior%20Member
Professor Lynne Taylor of Purdue University will be honored by researchers, colleagues, and former students in a special issue of Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences (JPS) dedicated to her. Dr. Taylor joins CPPR faculty, Prof. Raj Suryanarayanan, Prof. Michael Pikal, Prof. David W. Grant, and Prof. Stephen Byrn, who also have special issues dedicated to them in the JPS collection — Giants of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Read more at https://www.jpharmsci.org/article/S0022-3549(23)00483-5/fulltext.
The next CPPR Scientific Conference will be held at Purdue University on November 12-14, 2024. 
CPPR Student, Zixuan Zhen, from the lab of Professor Xiuling Lu was named the Steve Nail Emerging Researcher at the CPPR Scientific Conference held at University of Connecticut in May 2024. Lindsay Wegiel from Eli Lilly presented Zixuan with the award.
Professor Raman Bahal from University of Connecticut was honored by the Oligonucleotide Therapeutic Society as this year’s Young Investigator. He received the award at the Annual Meeting last October in Barcelona, Spain. Read more at UConn Today
The inaugural Michael J. Pikal Symposium will be held at the University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy on August 14-15, 2024. A preconference Hands-on Short Course on Lyophilization will be held August 13-14, 2024. To learn more and register, click on https://pharmacy.uconn.edu/conferences/.
