CRS Outstanding Pharmaceutical Paper Award

CRITERIA

• Abstract must relate specifically to pharmaceutical research in the field of delivery of bioactives
• Significant and original contribution
• Ground-breaking research of outstanding quality
• The presenting author must be a member of CRS

SELECTION PROCESS
The Outstanding Pharmaceutical Paper Award Committee will make the selection of the award.

AWARD
The recipient will recieve:

• $1,500 Award
• Complimentary Annual Meeting and Exposition Registration
• Plaque
• Award Winner to Give a Presentation at the 37th CRS Annual Meeting & Exposition

NOTIFICATION
Awardees will be notified by April 30, 2010.

CRS - 2010 Outstanding Pharmaceutical Paper Award
Oleh Taratula is a post-doctoral associate in Prof. Tamara Minko’s laboratory in the Department of Pharmaceutics at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. He received M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in chemistry from Ivan Franko National University, Lviv, Ukraine, and Rutgers University, respectively. His research focuses on the application of nanotechnology for the development of multifunctional drug delivery systems. Dr. Taratula has published 17 papers, 1 book chapter, and over 30 abstracts and has received 8 prestigious scientific awards. He serves as a reviewer for several scientific journals. Recently, Dr. Taratula received as a principal investigator a research grant from the U.S. Department of Defense.