NSU College of Pharmacy Students Present Research at National Meeting

AAPS-2016-1 — From Left: Sinziana Ungureanu (Pharm.D. student class of 2017), Yana Vorontsova (Pharm.D. student class of 2019), Mutasem Rawas-Qalaji, B. Pharm., Ph.D. (Associate Professor, College of Pharmacy, Nova Southeastern University), Alhussain Aodah, B. Pharm. (Ph.D. candidate), Rawan Bafail, Pharm.D., MSc (Ph.D. candidate), Ana Diaz (Pharm.D. student class of 2017), and Naima Jahan (Pharm.D. student class of 2018, not shown in the picture) presenting during AAPS Annual Conference in Denver, CO (Nov 13-17, 2016)

The American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) is the largest association for pharmaceutical scientists in U.S. and worldwide. This year the AAPS Annual Conference was held in Denver, CO (November 13-17, 2016).

Six College of Pharmacy’s students at NSU attended and presented 6 posters for their research conducted at NSU. The posters presented were about epinephrine nanocrystals optimization and atropine sublingual tablet formulation and its permeation enhancement. The students were mentored and trained by Mutasem Rawas-Qalaji, B. Pharm., Ph.D (Associate Professor, College of Pharmacy, and Director of NSU’s Center for Drug Discovery and Development (CD³).