November 14-18, 2010
Morial Convention Center
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

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2010 Congress for Students and Post Doctoral Fellows

New Event — Offering professional development opportunities, symposia, and a mentoring lunch, the 2010 Congress for Students and Post Doctoral Fellows will take place on Saturday, November 13 and Sunday, November 14, 2010. The event will also have a poster session on Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning. Please be prepared to have your poster displayed for viewing both days.

This is a separate event that will take place prior to the full Congress. Therefore, you may submit an abstract to the Student/Post Doctoral Fellow Meeting only or to both this meeting and the World Congress.

PSWC/Annual Meeting full conference registrants are welcome to attend the meeting and poster sessions of the PSWC Student and Post Doc Meeting on Saturday, November 13 and Sunday, November 14, 2010 in New Orleans. The Graduate Student Symposium (GSS), normally held during the AAPS Annual Meeting & Exposition, will be presented at the Student and Post Doc Meeting this year in New Orleans. Full conference registrants are welcome to attend these GSS sessions on Sunday, November 14. Lunch on Saturday, November 13 is by invitation only and a ticket is required. The Mentoring Lunch will be held on Sunday, November 14. You may volunteer as a Mentor and attend this lunch by contacting Maggie Motley at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Win a Free Registration to the Student/Post Doc Meeting

Refer many of your friends to the PSWC 2010 Congress for Students and Postdoctoral Fellows and you will have an opportunity to win a complimentary registration to this meeting. Here are the details:

  • Tell your friends about this exciting meeting
  • When they register, have them enter your email address on the registration form in the Student Attendees Only box
  • Following the Congress, AAPS staff will pull all email addresses. The two most frequently entered will be reimbursed for their registration to the PSWC 2010 Congress for Students and Postdoctoral Fellows

Travelships and Awards

Student authors may apply for AAPS Travelships and the Graduate Student Symposia Awards.

Preliminary Program

Saturday, November 13, 2010
Students mount posters in poster hall 7:00am - 8:00am
Plenary Session 8:00am - 10:00am
  • Drug Discover for Neglected Diseases: The Essential P's - William Charman, Ph.D.
  • The Pharmaceutical Sciences in 2020: Four Scenarios - Dan Crommelin, Ph.D.
  • Critical Research Techniques for Pharmaceutical R&D in 2020 - Mario Rocci, Jr., Ph.D.
Morning Break 10:00am - 10:30am
Poster Session 10:30am - 12:00 noon
Lunch 12:00 noon - 1:00pm
Breakout Sessions 1:00pm - 2:00pm
  • How to advance your career in academia
    Moderator: Robert (Rusty) Arnold, Ph.D.
    Panelists: Tatsuro Irimura, Ph.D.; Marilyn Morris, Ph.D.; Danny Shen, Ph.D.
  • How to advance your career in industry
    Moderator: Karen Habucky, Ph.D.
    Panelists: Bertil Abrahamsson, Ph.D.; Binodh DeSilva, Ph.D.; Philip Mayer, Ph.D.; Geoff Tucker, Ph.D.
  • How to advance your career in government agencies and international organizations
    Moderator: Lawrence Yu, Ph.D.
    Panelists: Anthony DeStefano, Ph.D.; Sabine Kopp, Ph.D.; Vinod Shah, Ph.D.
Breakout Sessions 2:00pm - 3:00pm
  • Women in pharmaceutical sciences
    Moderator: Allison Radwick, Ph.D.
    Panelists: Cynthia Brown, Ph.D.; Deepa Deshpande, Ph.D.; Janet Walkow, Ph.D.
  • Life after Graduate School – Getting a Job!
    Panelists: Robert Bell, Ph.D.; Russell Weiner, Ph.D.
Afternoon Break 3:00pm - 3:30pm
Poster Session 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Reception 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Students mount posters in poster hall 7:00am - 7:45am
Graduate Symposia 7:45am - 9:45am
  • Graduate Research Symposium in Biotechnology
  • Graduate Research Symposium in Drug Design & Development
  • Graduate Research Symposium in Formulation Design & Development; Manufacturing Science & Engineering; and Physical Pharmacy & Biopharmaceutics
Morning Break 9:45am - 10:00am
Graduate Symposia 10:00am - 12:00 noon
  • Graduate Research Symposium in Analysis & Pharmaceutical Quality
  • Graduate Research Symposium in Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, Drug Metabolism, Clinical Pharmacology & Translational Research
Mentoring Lunch 12:00 noon - 1:00pm
Poster Session 1:00pm - 2:00pm
  • all speakers for this meeting will receive a complimentary registration to the student meeting only