Every year, the PhRMA Foundation grants Awards in Excellence to past awardees who are dramatic, living proof that the Foundation program works and makes a difference. These awards are given to scientists who received a Foundation grant at the outset of their careers in a discipline important to the research-based pharmaceutical industry when they were deciding on their area of specialization and went on to distinguish themselves through their scientific and/or academic achievements.

This year's two awardees have distinguished themselves in the areas of pharmacology/toxicology and clinical pharmacology. The Foundation is proud of their achievements and is proud to have been of assistance to them at the beginning of their outstanding careers. They exemplify the very best in their chosen fields. What they have achieved makes it easier to appreciate the importance of providing the same kind of support to those who follow in their footsteps.

The recipients of the PhRMA Foundation Awards in Excellence for 2008 are:

Clinical Pharmacology
David W. Nierenberg, M.D.
Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education
Professor of Medicine and of Pharmacology & Toxicology
Dartmouth Medical School

Pharmacology/Toxicology
P. Jeffrey Conn, Ph.D.
Professor of Pharmacology
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

The recipients of the PhRMA Foundation Awards in Excellence for 2007 are:

Clinical Pharmacology
Stephen P. Spielberg, M.D., Ph.D.
Dean
Vice President for Health Affairs
Professor of Pediatrics and of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Dartmouth Medical School

Pharmacology/Toxicology
Sue Piper Duckles, Ph.D.
Associate Dean, College of Medicine Faculty Development
Department of Pharmacology
University of California Irvine

The recipients of the PhRMA Foundation Awards in Excellence for 2006 are:

Clinical Pharmacology
David H. Robertson, M.D.
Director, Clinical Research Center
Vanderbilt University

Pharmacology/Toxicology
Daniel Acosta, Jr., Ph.D.
Dean
College of Pharmacy
University of Cincinnati - Medical Center

Pharmacology/Toxicology
Sue Piper Duckles, Ph.D.
Professor and Associate Dean
College of Medicine
University of California, Berkeley

Clinical Pharmacology
Stephen P. Spielberg, M.D., Ph.D.
Dean
Dartmouth Medical School
Vice President for Health Affairs
Dartmouth College
Professor of Pediatrics and of Pharmacology and Toxicology

The recipients of the PhRMA Foundation Awards in Excellence for 2005 were:

Pharmacology/Toxicology
Salvatore J. Enna, Ph.D.
Professor
University of Kansas Medical Center
Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics

Clinical Pharmacology
Alan S. Nies, M.D.
Consultant
Formerly from Merck Research Laboratories

Pharmaceutics
David W. Grainger, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry
Colorado State University

The recipients of the PhRMA Foundation Awards in Excellence for 2004 were:

Pharmacology/Toxicology
Susan B. Horwitz, Ph.D.
Professor and Co Chair
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Department of Molecular Pharmacology

Clinical Pharmacology
Garret A. FitzGerald, M.D.
Chair, Department of Pharmacology
University of Pennsylvania
School of Medicine

The recipients of the PhRMA Foundation Awards in Excellence for 2003 were:

Pharmacology/Toxicology
Edward Bresnick, Ph.D.
Former Vice Chancellor for Research
University of Massachusetts

Clinical Pharmacology
Richard M. Weinshilboum, M.D.
Professor
Department of Pharmacology
Mayo Medical School, Mayo Foundation

The recipients of the PhRMA Foundation Awards in Excellence for 2002 were:

Pharmacology/Toxicology
Louis J. Ignarro, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor of Pharmacology
UCLA School of Medicine

Clinical Pharmacology
Arthur J. Atkinson, Jr., M.D.
Senior Advisor in Clinical Pharmacology to the Director
NIH Clinical Center

The recipients of the PhRMA Foundation Awards in Excellence for 2001 were:

Pharmacology/Toxicology
Gabriel L. Plaa, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus and Director of the Interuniversity Center for Research in Toxicology
Universite de Montreal

Clinical Pharmacology
Louis Lasagna, M.D., Sc.D.
Chairman of the Board and Adjunct Scholar
Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development
Dean of the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences
Dean for Scientific Affairs
Tufts University School of Medicine

Pharmacology/Morphology
Cheryl F. Dreyfus, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology
UMDNJ/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Pharmaceutics
Kim L. R. Brouwer, Pharm.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Division of Drug Delivery and Disposition
School of Pharmacy, and Curriculum in Toxicology
School of Medicine
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

The recipients of the PhRMA Foundation Awards in Excellence for 2000 were:

Pharmacology
Kenneth P. Minneman, Ph.D.
Professor of Pharmacology
Emory University
School of Medicine

Clinical Pharmacology D. Craig Brater, M.D.
Dean
Indiana University
School of Medicine

Pharmacology/Morphology
Thomas Ellenberger, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Harvard Medical School

The recipients of the PhRMA Foundation Awards in Excellence for 1999 were:

Pharmacology
Horace H. Loh, Ph.D.
Frederick Stark Professor and Head
Dept. of Pharmacology
University of Minnesota

Clinical Pharmacology
Arthur Hull Hayes, Jr., M.D.
President and COO
MediScience Associates
Division of Nelson Communications

Pharmacology/Morphology
Raymond Dingledine , Ph.D.
Professor and Chairman
Dept. of Pharmacology
Emory University School of Medicine

Pharmaceutics
David J.W. Grant
Professor of Pharmaceutics
William and Mildred Peters Chair in Pharmaceutics
College of Pharmacy
University of Minnesota

The recipients of the PhRMA Foundation Awards in Excellence for 1998 were:

Pharmacology
Ing K. Ho, Ph. D.
Professor and Chairman
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
University of Mississippi

Clinical Pharmacology
Perry V.Halushka, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Pharmacology and Medicine
Director, Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Medical University of South Carolina

Pharmacology/Morphology
Gary M. Mawe, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy and Neurology
University of Vermont, College of Medicine

Pharmaceutics
Vincent H.L. Lee, Ph.D.
Professor and Chairman
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Professor Ophthalmology, University of Southern California
School of Pharmacy