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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.

Click here to view the 2025 AFPE Brochure

Click HERE for a list of our fellows, from 1942 to 2025

Congratulations to our 2026-2027 Pre-Doctoral Fellowship recipients. CLICK HERE to view the awardees

Batten, Sarah, Auburn University, "Integrating multi-omics with preclinical drug development to target novel mechanisms of resistance in cancer"
Burroughs, Luke, University of Connecticut, "Continuous Manufacturing of Liposomal Drug Products: Next Generation Control, Development, and Standards"
Carman, Liam, University of Connecticut, "Assessing Biomolecular Protein Condensates as Sites for Restricting Cytoplasmic Progression of Signaling in Chronic Inflammatory Diseases"
Carr, Alexcia, University of Texas at Austin, "Factors Related to Medication Access Among People Experiencing Homelessness"
Coley, Jayla, Mercer University, Kappa Epsilon-AFPE Fellowship
Crowther, Julia, University of Michigan, "Modulating Microglial Activation and Blood–Brain Barrier Integrity: A Multi- Stage Evaluation of Celastrol in Neuroinflammation"
Fisher, Olivia, University of Utah, "Learning the Switch: Machine Learning-Driven Discovery of Conformational Pathways in the TPP Riboswitch"
Greer, Austin, University of Michigan, AFPE-Phi Lambda First Year Graduate
Hawkins, Nina, University of Wisconsin-Madison, "Development of Novel Degraders for the Treastment of Cancer"
Huber, Avery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, "New mRNA Display Based Strategies for Targeting B7-H3 and Other Cancer Cell Surface Receptors"
Kowalke, Mitchell, University of Minnesota, "Peptide targeting to improve the delivery and therapeutic efficacy of glucocorticoids"
Lanphier, Raeanne, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, "Revisiting Old Drugs with New Models: Mechanistic and Genetic Insights into Sulfamethoxazole and Trimethoprim- Induced Liver Injury"
Mitchell, Andrew, The Ohio State Universtiy, "Strategies to circumvent drug resistance in chronic lymphocytic leukemia"
Morrissette, Luke, University of Michigan, "Development of β-selective LXR agonist-loaded sHDL for the treatment of neuroinflammation and Alzheimer's disease"
Murali, Nila, University of Texas at Austin, "Evaluation of Surfactant–Antibiotic Combinations for MRSA Biofilm Disruption"
Nelson, Douglas, University of Minnesota, "Transport and metabolic dysfunction at blood-brain and gut barriers in Alzheimer's disease"
Pogash, Sarah, University of Maryland, Baltimore, "Design and synthesis of menin heterobifunctional compounds for the treatment of drug-resistant MLL-rearranged acute leukemias"
Roach, Caroline, University of Wisconsin-Madison, "Synthesis and Optimization of Antiviral Quinazolinones and Heterocyclic Derivatives with Activity Against Alphaviruses and Filoviruses"
Smith, Kayla, University of Florida, "Integrating EHR, Pharmacy, and Claims Data to Advance Real-World Evaluation of GLP1-Receptor Agonists (GLP1-RAs) on Cardiometabolic Outcomes"
Turner, Kalynn, University of Florida, "Real-Time, Voltammetric Co-Detection of Serotonin and Glucose Dynamics in vivo Using a Single Microbiosensor"

Congratulations to our 2026-2027 Gateway to Research Awardees. CLICK HERE to view the awardees

Cook, Katherine, Ohio Northern University, "Development of Novel Indole-Chalcone Hybrids as Potential Anticancer Agents: Design, Synthesis, and Anticancer Screening"
Kaur, Paramjit, University of Maryland, "Evaluating the Value of GLP-1 Receptor Agonists for Antipsychotic-Induced Weight Gain in Youth Initiating Second-Generation Antipsychotics"
Lewis, Blake, High Point University, "Design and Synthesis of Highly Selective Ligands for Dopamine D4 Receptor to Treat Neuropsychiatric Disorders"
Patel, Manali, Temple University, "Investigating the Role of Acyl Chain Length on the Pharmacology of Fatty Acid-Tagged Thrombin Inhibitors"
Tran, Denise, University of California, San Diego, "The Proteasome as a Drug Target for Treatment of Schistosomiasis, a Neglected Disease of Poverty"

2025-2026 AFPE Pre-Doctoral Fellow, Liam Carman, University of Connecticut, published his reserach: “The intrinsically disordered protein TNIP1 forms puncta in cells and undergoes liquid-liquid phase separation in vitro” CLICK HERE to read about his research.

2024-2025 AFPE Gateway to Research Awardee, Weiming (Ariel) Dong, University of California San Diego, published her research: “Cost-Utility Analysis of Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide Monoclonal Antibodie for Patients with Episodic Migraine Headache in the USA” CLICK HERE to reach about her research.

We are proud to share that Lucinda L. Maine, Ph.D., has been appointed as Chair and Pharmaceutical Sciences Trustee on the United States Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) Board of Trustees for the 2025–2030 cycle. Dr. Maine brings a distinguished record of leadership, commitment to public health, and deep expertise in pharmacy education and practice to this influential role.Click this LINK to read more about her role.

Congratulations to Mark Bounthavong, University of California San Diego for receiving the 2025 William M. Heller Mentor of the Year award! CLICK HERE to read more

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.

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: Julia Crowther. Click here to read more about Dr. Myrdal and Julia Crowther.