Students

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Join today and let us help you reach your goals

AAPS membership can push you to the next level. Here are a few ways that a student membership provides value to you:

• Gain access to a cadre of AAPS mentors who can assist with navigating the ups and downs of academic life and career beginnings

• Tap into a pool of AAPS resume advisors who can boost your hiring potential with practical, on-trend resume writing tips

• Connect with student members in the AAPS Student Community to discuss mentoring, job-hunting, publishing, and other topics of interest to students in the pharmaceutical sciences.



• Give your wallet a break with increased savings on meetings, workshops and other resources offered through AAPS

• Apply for AAPS fellowships, travelships and grants to boost your AAPS investment

• Build a career network and find your communities of interest through AAPS

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AAPS Awards Program

 The AAPS Awards Program brings attention to and celebrates the most impactful science as well as the scientists who serve as role models in the pharmaceutical science community. Visit the AAPS Awards webpage for more information about research and leadership awards, and to submit a nomination. 

Travelship Opportunities

 Each year, AAPS offers thousands of dollars in travelships to help bring the best science to PharmSci 360! Travelships are awarded to qualified student and postdoc authors based on screening scores. Visit the Travelships webpage for more information.


Student Chapters

Resources 


Sometimes it can be hard to put into words the work you do and the value pharmaceutical scientists bring to public health. Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered. Below are some resources that you may find helpful to share with others.

• Medicines Explained Video (You Tube)




Questions? Contact AAPS .

  
• From the Lab to Your Medicine Cabinet: A Pharmaceutical Drug's Journey. View the presentation slides. 

Presented by Steven Hansel, Ph.D., and moderated by Sam Gilchrist, Ph.D.

• Cool Approaches to Delivery of Medicines (PDF)

Presented by Bozena Michniak-Kohn, Ph.D., M.R.Pharm.S.


 

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Student Program Support Committee

Amit V. Desai, Ph.D., Astellas Pharma (Chair)

Ashley E. Lay-Fortenbery, Ph.D., Merck & Co (Vice Chair)

James C. DiNunzio, Merck and Co Inc

Vivek Mangalore Ghate, Department of Electronic Systems Engineering, Indian Institute of Science

Elizabeth Gibson, Pharm.D., St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Vivek Gupta, PhD, St. John's University

Radha Ramakrishnan, Bristol-Myers Squibb

Ria Vashishth, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Songyan Zheng, Ph.D., Bristol-Myers Squibb

Douglas H. Sweet, Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University (AAPS Board of Directors Liaison)