AAPS Convention Spotlights Pharmaceutics Learners
Also awarded at Cannabis Clinical Outcomes Research Conference 2024
Tallahassee, FL – FAMU CoPPS, IPH learners do it with excellence, once again! The numerous accomplishments of our learners in Pharmaceutics is unparalleled, and to be emulated. Their academic advisor/major professor Mandip Sachdeva, PhD, Professor and Section Leader, Pharmaceutics shared this most recent news from the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS).
Three posters have been selected for Best Posters to present at the AAPS national meeting for all pharmacy professionals with over 8,000 delegates attending the conference this October 2024.
Of the more than 2,000 posters to be presented, only about seven to eight percent of the posters are selected for Best Poster awards. Aakash Nathani, MS and PhD candidate (pictured right) has authored a poster submission in that elite group for presentation entitled: “Harnessing Camel Milk-Derived Exosomes to Enhance Oral Bioavailability of Anticancer Agents with Poor Solubility and Permeability (ARV-825 and CBD) and Revealing the Mechanism of Improved Absorption.” He received the $1,000 travelship stipend and Best Abstract Award: AAPS PharmSci 360 PharmSci 360 - American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (aaps.org).
Mounika Aare, MS and PhD Candidate (shown left) also had both of her poster submissions selected for presentation at the upcoming AAPS meeting. Further, she received Best abstract awards for both of her submissions: 1) Cannabinoid combination therapy for Doxorubicin resistant MDA-MB231: Oral exosome formulation versus parenteral approaches, and 2) Genetically Engineered PD-L1 Targeted Exosomes for Immunotherapy of Doxorubicin Resistant Triple Negative Breast Cancers; she also received a travel award to attend the AAPS national meeting and present this work. Less than five percent of the submissions receive the travel award.
Apart from this, the pharmaceutics team went to the Marijuana Consortium Meeting Cannabis Clinical Outcomes Research Conference 2024 - UF College of Pharmacy (smugmug.com) this past May, and in the poster competition, Ms. Aare received the Best Poster Award: Synergistic Anticancer Activity of Cannabinoids and Terpenes against Triple Negative Breast Cancer Resistance. These learners make FAMU CoPPS, IPH proud at the state and national levels.
Glad to be able to retell the story—afterall, “The biggest room in the world is the room for improvement.” – Helmut Schmidt
Dr. Almut G. Winterstein, Professor for Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy www.ufl.edu, Dr. Mandip Sachdeva, pharmacy.famu.edu, Professor and Section Leader, Pharmaceutics and his pharmaceutics doctoral candidate
Mounika Aare, and Dr. Max Orezzoli, Associate Professor of Healthcare & Social Sciences,
www.fmuniv.edu.
Photo from CCORC’s Award Ceremony
