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Get to know ASCPT members @Paola Mian ! Paola Mian, PharmD, PhD, Clinical Pharmacist, Clinical Pharmacologist, Toxicologist (ERT), Groningen, Netherlands What is your favorite society memory? My favorite Society memory is from 2019, when I joined ASCPT for the first time as a fourth-year PhD student. During that meeting, I met several inspiring people – one of them being Dr. Paul Malik, who at the time was also still a PhD student. Over the years, we stayed in touch and collaborated on various PBPK projects aimed at developing better drugs for children and pregnant women. In fact, one of those projects resulted in the invitation of working on ...

Get to know ASCPT member @Vikram Arya ! Vikram Arya, PhD, Head of Clinical Pharmacology (West Coast Hub), Biogen, Inc., Weston, Florida, USA What does being the Membrane Transporter (MT) Community Vice Chair mean to you? Serving as Co-Vice Chair of the Membrane Transporter Community entails a commitment to stewardship of the discipline, with a focus on fostering scientific growth and innovation to advance the field of drug transporters. I aspire to engage in meaningful collaborations with a diverse group of professionals to design and implement educational initiatives, foster interdisciplinary engagement, and expand and strengthen my professional ...

Get to know ASCPT member @Sabina Paglialunga ! Sabina Paglialunga, PhD, Senior Director, Scientific Affairs, Celerion, Tempe, Arizona, USA Why do you choose to stay a member of ASCPT? There are several benefits associated with ASCPT membership that have contributed to my decision to remain with the organization. As a member, I have access to high-caliber clinical pharmacology meetings and webinars, as well as articles through CPT and CTS . In addition, ASCPT offers opportunities to present my research via review articles and poster presentations. I also appreciate the many networking opportunities, such as connecting with colleagues and ...

Get to know ASCPT member @Ewoud-Jan van Hoogdalem ! Ewoud-Jan van Hoogdalem, PharmD, PhD, Leiden, OC, Netherlands Why did you decide to join ASCPT? Like any science, the science of clinical pharmacology is a global one. ASCPT offers me, in Europe, the opportunity to connect with and learn from well-respected colleagues on the American continent, and from all others also attending ASCPT events and involved in ASCPT. How has your membership in ASCPT benefited your career? Being involved in ASCPT simply made my world bigger. Every involvement in an ASCPT event was and is an opportunity for me to learn, to do my job better, and to enjoy connecting ...

Get to know ASCPT member @Shruti Shah ! Shruti Shah, PhD, Associate Director, Quantitative Clinical Pharmacology, GlaxoSmithKline, Brookline, Massachusetts What does being the Translational Informatics (TI) Community Vice Chair mean to you? It means an opportunity to serve the ASCPT community by sharing learnings about novel tools and applications of Translational Informatics for Clinical Pharmacology questions. What is your favorite part of being a Translational Informatics (TI) Community Vice Chair? I enjoy meeting and learning from folks with different perspectives and scientific expertise. I also enjoy collaborating on achieving the group's ...

Get to know ASCPT member @Mark Lovern ! Mark Lovern, PhD, Executive Director, Medical Science Services, Fortrea, Raleigh, North Carolina Why did you decide to join ASCPT? I joined ASCPT to broaden my perspective beyond my core area of expertise (pharmacometrics) and engage with a wider variety of colleagues and constituencies contributing to pharmaceutical R&D. As a member for 16 years, why have you decided to stay with ASCPT? ASCPT has done an amazing job of evolving to meet the needs of our ever-changing industry. Staying involved with ASCPT has helped me stay current with the latest trends and topics in clinical and quantitative pharmacology. ...

Get to know ASCPT member and Presidential Trainee award winner @Shyam Ramesh ! Shyam Ramesh, PharmD, Graduate Student, University of Florida, Orlando, Florida What does being a 2025 Presidential Trainee mean to you? Being selected as a 2025 Presidential Trainee is a huge honor and truly meaningful to me. I am very thankful to ASCPT for recognizing early-career researchers like myself. This award feels like a vote of confidence—it has boosted my visibility, encouraged me to keep pushing forward, and reminded me that I have a responsibility to grow and contribute meaningfully to the field. What was your favorite part of attending the Annual ...

Get to know ASCPT member and Presidential Trainee award winner @Salma Bargal ! Salma Bargal, MS, Graduate Student, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland What does being a 2025 Presidential Trainee mean to you? Being a 2025 Presidential Trainee means a lot to me. It means that I am capable of conducting research that is impactful and conveying research through a short abstract, of course, with the help and guidance from my great advisor, Dr Amber Beitelshees. What was your favorite part of attending the Annual Meeting? My favorite part of attending the Annual Meeting was reuniting with so many colleagues and friends and making ...

Get to know ASCPT member and Regulatory Science Vice Chair (soon-to-be Chair), @Sarah Ridge ! Sarah Ridge, PhD, Policy Analyst, US Food and Drug Administration, Durham, North Carolina What is your favorite part of being the Regulatory Science (RS) Community Vice Chair? My favorite part of being the RS Vice Chair is the opportunity to regularly engage with committee members from around the globe who are dedicated to promoting regulatory science and developing ideas that would benefit the broader ASCPT community. What has been the greatest challenge in your career? The transition from translational research on the bench to regulatory science ...

Get to know ASCPT member and Regulatory Science Vice Chair (soon-to-be Chair), @Sarah Ridge ! Sarah Ridge, PhD, Policy Analyst, US Food and Drug Administration, Durham, North Carolina What is your favorite part of being the Regulatory Science (RS) Community Vice Chair? My favorite part of being the RS Vice Chair is the opportunity to regularly engage with committee members from around the globe who are dedicated to promoting regulatory science and developing ideas that would benefit the broader ASCPT community. What has been the greatest challenge in your career? The transition from translational research on the bench to regulatory science ...