American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

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American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Formation1908
Headquarters
Rockville, MD
Location
  • United States
Membership
4,800
Official language
English
President
Michael F. Jarvis
Key people
Dave Jackson (executive officer)
Staff
17
Websitehttp://www.aspet.org/

The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET) is a scientific society founded in late 1908 by

Rockville, MD. The current president is Michael F. Jarvis.[5]

Publications

The society publishes three research journals and a review journal: the Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Drug Metabolism and Disposition, Molecular Pharmacology, and Pharmacological Reviews

Starting in 2012 these publications are only offered online. The society copublishes a wholly open access journal with the British Pharmacological Society and Wiley entitled Pharmacology Research & Perspectives.

ASPET also publishes a quarterly newsletter, The Pharmacologist, and, from 2001 to 2011, Molecular Interventions magazine.

Awards

The society gives out several awards:[6]

  • John J. Abel Award
  • Julius Axelrod Award
  • Pharmacia-ASPET Award in Experimental Therapeutics
  • Robert R. Ruffolo Career Achievement Award
  • Travel Award for Pharmacology Educators
  • Bernard B. Brodie Award in Drug Metabolism
  • P.B. Dews Lifetime Achievement Award for Research in Behavioral Pharmacology
  • Drug Metabolism Early Career Achievement Award
  • Goodman and Gilman Award in Receptor Pharmacology
  • Benedict R. Lucchesi Distinguished Lectureship in Cardiac Pharmacology
  • Torald Sollmann Award in Pharmacology
  • Paul M. Vanhoutte Distinguished Lectureship in Cardiovascular Pharmacology

Travel awards to participate in its meetings are also given to students and postdocs.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ Chen, K. K., International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics - The First Sixty Years 1908-1969], American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 1969, p6. International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences
  2. ^ Parascandola, J., A Brief History of ASPET on Its Centennial Anniversary, Molecular Interventions 7: 288-302 (2007), p288.
  3. ^ About ASPET, American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
  4. ^ Constituent Societies, FASEB, retrieved 18 August 2010
  5. ^ ASPET Council, American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
  6. ^ Awards and Fellowships, American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, retrieved 17 April 2012
  7. ^ Awards and Fellowships, American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

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