Back Row (Left to right): Ken Qian, Sandeep Yadav (Chair), Xiaoming
Xu, Ashlesha Raut, Sumit Kumar, Miriam Printz, Michail Kastellorizios, Shivangi
Naik, Johanna Rivera, Dr. Devendra Kalonia (Chapter Advisor), Puneet Sharma,
Nitin Dixit.
Front Row (Left to right): Yan Wang(Treasurer), Archana Rawat, Shubhadra
Singh, Ekneet Sahni (Secretary), Shermeen Wastani, Kelly Forney (Vice Chair),
Mary Kleppe.
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Devendra S. Kalonia
Chair: Sandeep Yadav
Vice Chair: Kelly Forney
Secretary: Ekneet Sahni
Treasurer: Yan Wang
Chapter Information
The mission of the AAPS-University of Connecticut (UCONN) Student Chapter is to
increase student participation in the activities of AAPS at the local and national
levels. The chapter also serves to increase student awareness of career opportunities
and the latest discoveries in the pharmaceutical sciences. The chapter provides
students with opportunities for professional advancement and leadership development,
and fosters participation in outreach activities that further the goals and objectives
of AAPS. The chapter is open to all undergraduate and graduate students, and post-doctoral
fellows, at UCONN.
Proposed Activities
2009-2010
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Dates
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Proposed Activities
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Speakers
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Sept. 1st, 2009
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Potluck/ Picture Session
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Sept. 8th, 2009
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Welcome Luncheon for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows
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Oct. 16th, 2009
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Represent AAPS-Uconn Student Chapter at the Uconn advisory Board meeting
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Oct. 28th, 2009
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Invited Guest Speaker
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Dr. Frank Etzler, Boehringer Ingelheim, Danbury, CT
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Nov., 2009
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Invited Guest Speaker
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Dr. Mark Tracy, Alnylam, Inc., Cambridge, MA
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Dec.15th, 2009
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AAPS sponsored Holiday Party
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Jan. 28th 2010
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Invited Guest speaker
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Dr. Bruno. C. Hancock, Pfizer Inc., Groton, CT
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March 2010
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AAPS sponsored pizza party
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April, 2010
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AAPS sponsored visits to NERDG meeting (AAPS)
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April, 2010
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Invited Guest speaker
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Dr. Dave Brems, Amgen Inc., CA
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May 2010
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AAPS sponsored Lunch over AAPS student chapter Elections
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Activities
2008-2009
- Aug. 29, 2008: Organized New Graudate Student Welcome Lunch
- Sep. 2, 2008: Social event for graduate students (potluck party)
- Oct. 23, 2008: Invited Guest Speaker Seminar Series (Dr. Joseph Krzyzaniak
from Pfizer, CT)
- Oct. 24, 2008: Represent AAPS - UConn Student Chapter at the UConn Advisory
Board Meeting
- Nov. 2008: Social event for pharmaceutics students
- Dec. 2008: Holiday Party & Fund Raising for Adpot-a-family program
- Feb. 2009: Invited Guest Speaker Seminar Series (Guest yet to be decided)
- Mar. 2009: Invited Guest Speaker Seminar Series (Dr. Shailaja Rambhatla from
Centecor, PA)
- Apr. 2009: Organize UConn School of Pharmacy Research Symposium
- Apr. 2009: Represent AAPS - UConn Student Chapter at the UConn Advisory Board
Meeting
2006-2007
September 2006
Change of Chair and Vice Chair from Chandan Bhugra to Adora Padilla and from Adora
Padilla to Kristyn Greco
October 3, 2006
Graduate Student Welcome Lunch
October 2006
Assisted in setting up for School of Pharmacy Annual Research Symposium
October 17, 2006 and November 28, 2006
AAPS sponsored Coffee hour
December 2006
Raised money and participated in Windham area Adopt-a-Family program for the holidays.
We sponsored a 4 member family, 2 parents and 2 children by providing dinner and
gifts.
January 31, 2007
AAPS sponsored Coffee Hour and hosting of guest speaker, Tom Patapoff, Genentech
February 16, 2007
Guest speaker, Dr. Tim Kelly, KBI BioPharma
April 27, 2007
Guest speaker, Dr. Sheri Shamblin, Pfizer, Inc.
2004-2005
June 2004
Host distinguished guests from Pfizer during the announcement of the Pfizer Distinguished
Endowed Chair in Pharmaceutical Technology.
September 2004
Welcome Luncheon for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows
October 2004
Graduate Student Discussion: Dr. Abu Serajuddin, executive director, Novartis
Graduate Student Seminar: Dr. Rajesh Krishnamurthy, Human Genome Sciences
Other Activities:
Industry Visit
Graduate Student Discussion: Carol Everett, Associate Director R&D and Medical Human
Resources, Boehringer-Ingelheim (professional resume writing and interviewing skills)
Graduate Student Seminar: Dr Todd Darrington, Boehringer-Ingelheim (the application
of statistics in analyzing kinetic data)
Annual Newsletter
Graduate Student Barbeque
2003-2004
June 2003
AAPS Advances in Pharmaceutical Technology Meeting
August 2003
Website Development
October 2003
Graduate Student Reception
March 9, 2004
AAPS Onsite Visit
2002-2003
March 2002
Personality (MBTI) Testing
April 2002
AAPS PDD Meeting
Guest Speaker
Dr. Greg Knipp
October 2002
UCONN School of Pharmacy Poster Symposium
February 2003
Reception to Commemorate Dr. Diane Burgess' term as AAPS president
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