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ULM pharmacy graduate students earn national research awards

Published December 09 2014

Two graduate students from the University of Louisiana at Monroe’s Department of Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences earned prestigious awards from the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS), for their graduate studies work.

Hisham Qosa and Shanthi Kanthala presented their research work as poster and podium presentations at the annual AAPS annual meeting in San Diego, Calif.

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Qosa receives research award from Dr. Douglas Sweet

Qosa received the AAPS Graduate Student Research Award in “Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, Drug metabolism (PPDM) and clinical pharmacology and translational research (CPTR).”

Qosa won for his work titled “Kinetics modeling of amyloid-β disposition by brain endothelium.”

The award recognizes excellence in graduate education as well as drug metabolism, pharmacology, toxicology, and other related disciplines.

Qosa is advised by Dr. Amal Kaddoumi, associate professor of pharmaceutics. Qosa received a Ph.D. in pharmacy at ULM’s fall 2014 Commencement Ceremony.

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Kanthala receives research award from Dr. Debra Luffer-Atlas

 

 

Kanthala received the AAPS Graduate Student Research Award in “Drug Discovery and Development Interface,” for her work titled, “Targeting Protein-Protein Interactions of EGFRs Using Novel Peptidomimetics.”

This award recognizes excellence in graduate education in the fields of drug discovery and development interface. Kanthala is advised by Dr. Seetharama Jois, associate professor of Medicinal Chemistry. Kanthala will receive a Ph.D. in pharmacy in spring 2015.

 

 

 

Photos courtesy Dr. Amal Kaddoumi


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