2022 Awardees

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2022 ASCPT Award Recipients

Please join us in congratulating these deserving individuals who have made significant contributions to the fields of clinical pharmacology and translational medicine.

Gary Neil Prize for Innovation in Drug Development
	Rene Levy, PhD, and Isabelle Ragueneau-Majlessi, MD University of Washington Drug Interaction Database Rene H. Levy, PhD, is Professor Emeritus at the University of Washington in Seattle where he served as chair of the Department of Pharmaceutics for 26 years. His interest in neuroscience grew out of his work in the field of epilepsy where he published more than 320 research articles and edited several books. Click here to read full biography. Dr. Ragueneau-Majlessi, MD, MS, is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutics at the University of Washington (UW). She is co-founder of the UW Drug Interaction Database (DIDB) and is currently the Director of UW Drug Interaction Solutions (www.druginteractioninfo.org), a research program dedicated to the mechanistic understanding and clinical management of pharmacokinetic drug-drug interactions (DDIs). Click here to read full biography.
Leon I. Goldberg Early Investigator Award
	Cecilia Chung, MD, MPH Vanderbilt University Medical Center Cecilia P. Chung, MD, MPH, is currently an associate professor of Medicine, with appointments in the Divisions of Rheumatology and Clinical Pharmacology, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She earned her MD degree from Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos in her hometown of Lima, Peru. Click here to read full biography. Award Presentation: Thursday, March 17 - 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM ET
Oscar B. Hunter Career Award in Therapeutics
	David J. Greenblatt, MD Tufts University Award Presentation: Thursday, March 17 - 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM ET
Rawls-Palmer Progress in Medicine Award
	Deanna Kroetz, PhD University of California San Francisco Deanna Kroetz is Professor and Chair of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences and the Jere E. Goyan Chair for the Advancement of Pharmacy in the School of Pharmacy at the University of California San Francisco. She earned her BS in Pharmacy from The Ohio State University and her PhD in Pharmaceutics from the University of Washington, under the mentorship of Dr. Rene Levy. Click here to read full biography. Award Presentation: Friday, March 18 - 12:30 - 1:00 PM ET
Henry W. Elliott Distinguished Service Award
	Walter K. Kraft, MD Thomas Jefferson University Dr. Walter K. Kraft is an internist and a clinical pharmacologist. He is Professor of Pharmacology, Medicine and Surgery and is the director of the Clinical Research Unit at Thomas Jefferson University. He works primarily in Phase I therapeutics and has an interest in the development of novel treatments for the neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS). Click here to read full biography.
Sheiner-Beal Pharmacometrics Award
	Daniel Weiner, PhD Dr. Daniel Weiner is currently an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (DPET) in the School of Pharmacy at the University of North Carolina, where he is a mentor and modeler for a Precision Dosing Initiative. Click here to read full biography. Award Presentation: Friday, March 18 - 12:30 - 1:00 PM ET
William B. Abrams Award in Geriatric Clinical Pharmacology
	Petra Thuermann, MD Helios Klinikum Wuppertall Prof. Dr. Petra A. Thürmann, MD, is Director of the Philipp Klee-Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Helios University Clinic Wuppertal, Germany. She is Vice-President of the University of Witten/Herdecke, where she also holds the Chair of Clinical Pharmacology. Click here to read full biography.
Malle Jurima-Romet Mid Career Leadership Award
	Sandra Visser, PhD GlaxoSmithKline Sandra Visser is the global head Oncology Clinical Pharmacology M&S at GlaxoSmithKline. Her group supports the oncology portfolio from candidate selection through approval into post-marketing. Sandra received her PhD in quantitative pharmacology from Leiden University in The Netherlands. Click here to read full biography.
ASCPT Mentor Award
	Hendrik Jan Guchelaar, PharmD, PhD Leiden University Henk-Jan Guchelaar studied Pharmacy at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands and specialized as a hospital pharmacist and clinical pharmacologist. Since 2003, he is employed as a clinical pharmacist and clinical pharmacologist and professor of clinical pharmacy and chair of the department of Clinical Pharmacy & Toxicology at Leiden University Medical Center. Click here to read full biography.
Darrell Abernethy Early Stage Investigator Award
	Matthew McLaughlin, MD Children's Mercy Hospital Matt McLaughlin is a Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine physician and Clinical Pharmacologist. His primary research centers on optimizing “the right medication for the right patient at the right time to improve outcomes.” He completed the MD/BA 6-year program at the University of Missouri-Kansas City prior to starting his fellowship at the University of Missouri-Columbia. After graduation from residency, he pursued a clinical Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine fellowship at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City. Click here to read full biography.