The United States Pharmacopeia (USP) is pleased to announce the six awardees of its 2006-2007 Fellowship Program. USP's fellows, who are graduate students enrolled in chemistry, pharmacy and other health care and scientific programs, will begin work in July.

USP's fellowship program supports research in the areas of drug standards and their use. For their participation in the one-year term, each student is awarded a $20,000 award of which a portion is used to help support the fellow and the costs of the research he or she conducts.

Since the program's inception in 1981, USP has invested more than $3.1 million in 200 fellowship awards. For more information about the fellowship program, contact Jennifer Payette at 301 816-8198 or jrp@usp.org.

USP Fellowship Recipients are:

Shumet Hailu, University of Connecticut, School of Pharmacy. Area of Research - Chemical Stability of Amorphous Drugs in the Presence of Silicates

Aaryn Cohen Olesen, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Pharmacy. Area of Research - Analysis of Medication Error Data for Incidents Limited to Patient Harm

Leonard Nyadong, Georgia Tech, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry. Area of Research - High-Throughput Detection of Counterfeit Drugs by Desorption/Ionization Mass Spectrometry under Atmospheric Pressure Conditions

Atul Saluja, University of Connecticut, School of Pharmacy. Area of Research - Investigation of Factors Affecting Formulation and Storage Stability of High Protein Concentration Solutions

Martin Telko, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Pharmacy. Area of Research - Characterization of Surface Energetics of Lactose Monohydrate Using IGC and Complimentary Techniques

Stephen Wang, University of Houston, School of Pharmacy. Area of Research - Analysis of Red Clover Isoflavone Supplement Products

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