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Welcome to the American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education website. AFPE is committed to supporting pharmaceutical education for the greater good. As a non-profit organization, AFPE relies on donations in order to fund scholarships and grants that are awarded to aspiring and current researchers and academics in the pharmaceutical sciences arena so that they may have the resources necessary to conduct novel research projects that will impact the future of healthcare and patient outcomes.

Thank you for visiting and learning more about the American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education and its rich history.

Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Part 1 is now OPEN! For more information and the link to apply, CLICK HERE!

Click here to view the 2023 AFPE Brochure

Click HERE for a list of our fellows, from 1942 to 2023

Congratulations to our 2023-2024 Pre-Doctoral Fellowship recipients.  CLICK HERE to view the awardees

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  Jessica Barry, University of Minnesota, "Physiologically-based simulations to predict lamotrigine exposure and mechanistically quantify pharmacokinetic changes during pregnancy"
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  Jason Grunberger, University of Utah, "Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Using Novel Double Shelled Silica Nanoparticles for Controlled Drug Delivery"
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  Kelsey Holdaway, University of Minnesota, "Development of Selective, Allosteric Inhibitors of Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 2 for the Therapeutic Treatment of Cancer"
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  Jack Keady, University of Kentucky, "Investigation into the sex and cell specific impacts of nicotine withdrawal in the murine hippocampus"
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  Alyssa Kim, Purdue University, "Cold to Hot: Inducing Localized Inflammation in the Tumor Immune Microenvironment"
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  Sara Knor, University of Washington, "Incorporating Equity into Healthcare Decision Making"
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  Madeline Lipp, University of Pittsburgh, "Effect of RSV maternal vaccination on tissue resident memory T cell response"
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  Garrison Nickel, University of Utah, "Histone Lactylation: A Metabolite-derived mechanism of gene regulation"
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  Nam Nguyen, University of Florida, "CRISPR Synthetic Lethality Screen Identifies Genomic Resistant/Sensitive Modulators of Standard Chemotherapy in Pediatric Acute Myeloid Leukemia (pAML)"
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  Spencer Peh, University of Kentucky, "Targeting glutaminase inhibition pathways to overcome artesunate chemoresistance in KEAP1 loss of function non-small cell lung cancer"
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  Howard Phang, University of California, San Diego, "Using Human Cell Models of Aging to Identify Modulators of Mitochondrial Function"
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  Emily Prantzalos, University of Kentucky, "Role of Neuregulin 3-ErbB4 Signaling in a Murine Model of Co-Morbid Nicotine Dependence and Schizophrenia"
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  Angela Ren, University of Texas at Austin, "Repurposing twin-screw extruders: Development and characterization of drug delivery systems for the pulmonary and subcutaneous routes of administration"
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  Amna Rizvi-Toner, University of Michigan, "Oral Anticancer Agents: Symptom Self-Management and Healthcare Utilization"
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  Ian Steinke, Auburn University, "Design, and development of novel selective LXR/PPAR dual agonists for Alzheimer's disease"
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  Christopher Stevens, University of Wisconsin-Madison, "A Glycopeptide Conjugate Platform for Targeted Protein Degradation through the Lysosome"
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  Huilin Tang, University of Florida, "Newer Glucose-Lowering Drugs and Risk of Parkinson's Disease in People with Type 2 Diabetes"
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  Rachel Wittenauer, University of Washington, "Equitable access and reimbursement for pharmacy-based services: A case study of adult vaccinations"
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  Nicholas Young, University of California, San Francisco, "In silico and biochemical screening of TMPRSS2 inhibitors as an antiviral strategy against SARS-CoV-2"

Congratulations to our 2023-2024 Gateway to Research Awardees.  CLICK HERE to view the awardees

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  Xiaoying Huang, University of California, San Diego, "Balanced Central and Peripheral Activating Antidotes to Organophosphate Pesticide Exposure"
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  Clare Johnson, University of Kentucky, "The Prevalence of Substance Use Disorder in Transgender Adults Over the Last Decade"
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  Andrea Pence, University of California, San Diego, "Targeting the Naegleria fowleri Proteasome for Treatment of Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis"
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  James Sagun, The University of Texas at Austin, "Determining the Antimicrobial Effectiveness of a Novel Pharmaceutical Excipient within Oral Thin Films"
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  Lauren Thompson, University of Utah, "Comparison of DOAC Treatment Strategies for Secondary VTE Prophylaxis"
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  Ben Zalupski, Ferris State University, "The Synthesis and Evaluation of Promising PPAR Agonists for Improving Alzheimer's Disease Pathologies"
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  Xinge Zheng, California Northstate University, "miR-146a; a Potential therapeutic modality against shear stress-induced vascular inflammation & atherosclerosis via inhibition of the pro-inflammatory and pro-proliferative Osteopontin pathway."

We are happy to announce the 2023 Mentor of the Year recipient! CLICK HERE to find out more about Carol S. Lim, University of Utah! We invite you to read the exciting news on University of Utah’s website too! Click this LINK

Congratulations to the 2023 ClinicalMind for Black Pharmacy Students recipients! Click HERE to read about the awardees!

AFPE is pleased to share that our Vice Chair of the Board of Directors, Dr. Lucinda Maine received the Phi Lambda Sigma 2023 Mary L. Euler Lifetime Leadership Award recipient.
The Mary L. Euler Lifetime Leadership Award recognizes an individual who demonstrates a proven track record of servant leadership for the pharmacy profession in any one or more of the following areas: education, association work, community service, professional practice, or mentorship. Dr. Maine’s support of the pharmacy profession is undeniable. She has left a lasting impact through her leadership at the University of Minnesota, Samford University, APhA, Research!America, the American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education, and AACP.

AFPE would like to congratulate, Lucinda Maine, Vice Chair of AFPE, for receiving the Association of American Medical Colleges 2022 Special Recognition Award! Click HERE to read the article and to view her acceptance speech!

2019-2020 AFPE Pre-Doctoral Fellow, Kaitlin Hulce, University of California, San Francisco, has published her research project titled, “Inhibiting a dynamic viral protease by targeting a non-catalytic cycsteine”.  CLICK Here to view slides about this research. To read about this research, CLICK HERE

Michelle Kalu, University of Southern California and Gateway Recipient 2020-2021, has published her research project funded by AFPE titled, “Co-regulation of virulence and antibiotic resistance in carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP): the role of repeated antibiotic exposure” CLICK HERE to read the article

Pallavi Kompella, Ph.D. and Pre-Doctoral Fellow Awardee 2017-2019 receives the Fullbright Scholar Award. Click HERE to read the full article on Pallavi’s accomplishment.

Dr. Paul B. Myrdal Memorial Fund

This year, the Dr. Paul B. Myrdal Memorial Fund for Pharmaceutical Education in Pharmaceutics will fund one pre-doctoral student: Kelsey Holdaway. Click here to read more about Dr. Myrdal and Kelsey Holdaway.