Steve Nail Emerging Researcher Award

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.

CPPR faculty Prof Tony Zhou is invited to serve as an Associate Editor

CPPR faculty Prof Tony Zhou is invited to serve as an Associate Editor at Frontiers in Pharmacology (IF 5.6) and Early Career Advisory Board Member at ACS Infectious Diseases (IF 5.3).  Frontiers in Pharmacology is an interdisciplinary journal that publishes research on the interactions between drugs and living beings to prevent and cure human disease.  ACS Infectious Diseases is the first journal to highlight chemistry and its role in the multidisciplinary and collaborative field of infectious disease research.  

UConn CPPR Student wins IPEC Foundation Award

Ling Zhu, graduate student in Robin Bogner’s lab at UConn, was recognized for his research on pharmaceutical excipients by the International Pharmaceutical Excipients Council Foundation.  Ling joins a long list of CPPR students who have won this prestigious award, including Dana Moseson (Purdue University), Andre Beringhs (UConn), Tingting Li (UConn), and Jayesh Sonje (University of Minnesota). 

Prestigious Award for CPPR Student, Tanu Mehta 

CPPR student, Tanu Mehta, from the laboratory of Dr. Bodhi Chaudhuri at UConn has been awarded the Drug Delivery to the Lungs 2023 Career Development Grant. The grant provides critical support to young researchers in the field of respiratory science, facilitating both the advancement of respiratory drug delivery technologies and the growth of scientists’ careers. The research work will be showcased at the renowned Drug Delivery to the Lungs 2024 conference in Scotland, a premier event and industry exhibition entirely dedicated to pulmonary and nasal drug delivery.