Every year, the PhRMA Foundation grants Awards in Excellence to past awardees who are dramatic, living proof that the Foundation program works and makes a difference. These awards are given to scientists who received a Foundation grant at the outset of their careers in a discipline important to the research-based pharmaceutical industry when they were deciding on their area of specialization and went on to distinguish themselves through their scientific and/or academic achievements.

This year's two awardees have distinguished themselves in the areas of pharmacology/toxicology and clinical pharmacology. The Foundation is proud of their achievements and is proud to have been of assistance to them at the beginning of their outstanding careers. They exemplify the very best in their chosen fields. What they have achieved makes it easier to appreciate the importance of providing the same kind of support to those who follow in their footsteps.

The recipients of the PhRMA Foundation Awards in Excellence for 2006 are:

Pharmacology/Toxicology
Sue Piper Duckles, Ph.D.
Professor and Associate Dean
College of Medicine
University of California, Berkeley

Clinical Pharmacology
Stephen P. Spielberg, M.D., Ph.D.
Dean
Dartmouth Medical School
Vice President for Health Affairs
Dartmouth College
Professor of Pediatrics and of Pharmacology and Toxicology

The recipients of the PhRMA Foundation Awards in Excellence for 2005 were:

Pharmacology/Toxicology
Salvatore J. Enna, Ph.D.
Professor
University of Kansas Medical Center
Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics

Clinical Pharmacology
Alan S. Nies, M.D.
Consultant
Formerly from Merck Research Laboratories

Pharmaceutics
David W. Grainger, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry
Colorado State University

The recipients of the PhRMA Foundation Awards in Excellence for 2004 were:

Pharmacology/Toxicology
Susan B. Horwitz, Ph.D.
Professor and Co Chair
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Department of Molecular Pharmacology

Clinical Pharmacology
Garret A. FitzGerald, M.D.
Chair, Department of Pharmacology
University of Pennsylvania
School of Medicine

The recipients of the PhRMA Foundation Awards in Excellence for 2003 were:

Edward Bresnick, Ph.D.
2003 Award in Excellence of Pharmacology/Toxicology

Richard M. Weinshilboum, M.D.
2003 Award in Excellence of Clinical Pharmacology

The recipients of the PhRMA Foundation Awards in Excellence for 2002 were:

Arthur J. Atkinson, Jr., M.D.
2002 Award in Excellence of Clinical Pharmacology

Louis J. Ignarro, Ph.D.
2002 Award in Excellence in Pharmacology/Toxicology

The recipients of the PhRMA Foundation Awards in Excellence for 2001 were:

Kim L. R. Brouwer, Pharm.D., Ph.D.
2001 Award in Excellence in Pharmaceutics

Cheryl F. Dreyfus, Ph.D.
2001 Award in Excellence in Pharmacology/Morphology

Louis Lasagna, M.D., Sc.D.
2001 Award in Excellence in Clinical Pharmacology

Gabriel L. Plaa, Ph.D.
2001 Award in Excellence in Pharmacology/Toxicology