The School of Pharmacy held its first annual Research Recognition Day recently in conjunction with its annual Graduation program Open House. Over 30 research posters were presented by School of Pharmacy undergraduates, professional pharmacy students, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows. Faculty and alumni served as judges.

Attendees were able to learn about the new Ph.D.concentrations in Pharmacodynamics, Medicinal Chemistry, and Pharmaceutics; meet research faculty, alumni and current graduate students; tour the state-of-art research facilities and laboratories; and inquire about the many financial aid opportunities that exist for graduate programs.

We extend congratulations to the the winners of the poster award session:

Pharm.D. Student Category
1st Place: Marisa Rosenberg (Faculty mentor: Dr. Walker)
2nd Place: Sejal Patel (Faculty mentor: Dr. DeEugenio)
3rd Place: Tae Kwak (Faculty mentor: Dr. Sifontis)

Graduate Student Category
1st Place: Silpa Nuthalapati (Faculty mentor: Dr. Gallo)
2nd Place: Otito Iwuchukwu (Faculty mentor: Dr. Nagar)
3rd Place: Rong Gao (Faculty mentor: Dr. Canney)

Postdoc Fellow Category
1st Place: Sara Jane Ward (Mentor: Dr. Walker)

We thank the following alumni and friends who served as judges:

Jan Kitzen, ;72
Irv Gibbs ’65, ’67, ‘71
George McCormick ’76, ’69, ‘73
Richard Centafont, ’78, ‘88
Erin Bettine, ‘83
Kyle Palmer

As well as faculty judges:
Michael Jacobs
Michael Borenstein, ’73, 79
Marc Ilies
Elaine Mackowiak, ’62, ‘65
Joel Shuster, ’72
Rachel Clark-Vetri

The Research Recognition Day Committee comprised the following faculty and staff:
Drs. Swati Nagar, Nicole Sifontis, Robert Raffa, Ellen Walker, Dan Canney and Eileen Lichtenstein.

First, second and third place-poster winners received $100, $50 and $25 gift certificates, sponsored by the School of Pharmacy.

A reception followed the awards ceremony.