EXCELLENCE AMONG GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH
Award Winning Students
Graduate students in the UF College of Pharmacy are regularly recognized nationally and internationally for their excellence in research.
Students in the News
ASH recognizes eight UF College of Pharmacy trainees with abstract awards
Every student in Dr. Jatinder Lamba’s lab who submitted an abstract earned an ASH award.
Samantha Ali wins Best Poster Award at AAPS Annual Meeting
Ali presented her research on extracellular vesicles in outer space on Nov. 10 in San Antonio.
Campbell Eckhardt earns one of the nation’s top graduate fellowships
Graduate student Campbell Eckhardt has been selected for a 2025 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program award.
ASCPT names four Presidential Trainee Award winners from the UF College of Pharmacy
Presidential Trainee Awards honor scholars with top-scoring abstracts as identified by the ASCPT Scientific Programming Committee.
Graduate Student Awards
The UF College of Pharmacy recognizes outstanding Ph.D. students who have excelled in their research, academics, and service to the community. Recipients of the award are nominated by faculty and students based on their accomplishments and selected by the Graduate Education Committee.
The University of Florida College of Pharmacy awarded these graduate students with the college’s top honors in 2025-26.
Robert and Stephany Ruffolo Graduate Education & Research Fellowship
Yuzhao Zhang
This award recognizes Ph.D. students who have exceptional research accomplishments, including extramural awards, publications and evidence of exemplary leadership, professional activity or service.
Ronald J. and Sally G. Brenner Fellowship
Priscilla Yamamoto
This award recognizes Ph.D. students who have exceptional research accomplishments, including extramural awards, publications and evidence of exemplary leadership, professional activity or service.
Bonnie Avery Pharmaceutical Sciences Endowment Award
Emma Ellis
This award is given in memory of our colleague and friend Dr. Bonnie Avery for a student who demonstrates efforts to advance women in the pharmaceutical sciences through actions such as mentoring, student organizations, and professional development.
Hartmut Derendorf Graduate Education Fellowship
Campbell Eckhardt
This award is given in memory of the late Dr. Hartmut Derendorf and is for an entering student to the college who show promise in pharmaceutical research.
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Carrying On the Legacy
Lisa Wilson was the first recipient of the Dr. Bonnie Avery Advancing Women in Pharmaceutical Sciences Award.
