Juliane Nguyen inducted into AAPS College of Fellows

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Daniel Alexander
November 13, 2024

Nguyen being recognized as an AAPS Fellow (Photo by Jeff Pinette)

Professor Juliane Nguyen, PhD, was one of eight people recently inducted into the prestigious American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) College of Fellows.

Established in 1986, AAPS is a professional and scientific organization with around 7,000 members from academia, industry, government, and various pharmaceutical science research institutes globally. AAPS aims to enhance the ability of pharmaceutical scientists to create products and therapies that promote global health.

Fellows are selected due to their professional excellence and positive impact on global health and the AAPS community. Nguyen was selected by her colleagues for her pioneering efforts in developing products and therapies in targeted drug delivery and complex biotherapeutics using novel biomaterials.

“I am truly honored to be inducted into the College of Fellows of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists. As a first-generation college student, this recognition holds special significance for me.” said Nguyen, vice chair of the Division of Pharmacoengineering and Molecular Pharmaceutics.

AAPS recognized Nguyen and the other AAPS Fellows during PharmSci 360, in October in Salt Lake City, Utah.

“This milestone would not have been possible without the contributions of my students and postdocs, both past and present. I am also deeply grateful to my Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education, Dr. Kim Brouwer, and my chair, Kristy Ainslie, for their unwavering support.” said Nguyen.

Some of her current research includes developing a new therapy that could impact the way all heart attack patients are treated. With a recent $2.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Project Grant Program (R01), her lab will take the next steps toward developing a new way to treat heart attacks without surgery.

Over the course of her career, Nguyen has received several prestigious awards, including the New York State Office of Science, Technology, and Academic Research (NYSTAR) faculty award, the CMBE Young Innovator Award, and the National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award in 2018. She was also named the 2019 Emerging Leader of the Year by AAPS. Nguyen is also a Fellow of the Controlled Release Society (CRS) and a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE).

Nguyen has served on numerous NIH and National Science Foundation study sections. She is also a member of the NIH Drug and Biologic Therapeutic Delivery study section. Additionally, Nguyen is the executive editor of Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, an internationally recognized journal in the field of drug delivery, and an associate editor of Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering.