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Dr. Moji Christianah Adeyeye, professor of pharmaceutics at the Mylan School of Pharmacy at Duquesne University, was recently named a Fellow in Pharmaceutical Technology by the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS).
This prestigious award recognizes individuals for outstanding contributions that elevate the stature of the pharmaceutical sciences and for professional excellence as reflected by scholarly and research contributions. Adeyeye was one of 15 fellows selected this year by a committee composed of colleagues from Europe, Australia and North America. “It is gratifying to be recognized by one’s peers as an outstanding scientist,” Adeyeye said. “I have not had time to really reflect on a lot of my scientific endeavors. This recognition helped to crystallize them.“
Adeyeye was born in Nigeria and has been a member of the Duquesne faculty since 1989. Her area of expertise is pharmaceutical technology. This includes preformulation research, which involves understanding the science that increases a drug's ability to work with other ingredients in a formulation; pharmaceutical unit processes; controlled release dosage form technology; and granulation technology, which is directly related to manufacturing of the drug product.
Adeyeye has authored numerous scientific publications and presentations and serves as a pharmaceutical industry consultant in the U.S. In addition, she is a member of the National Institutes
of Health Special Emphasis Panel and reviews manuscripts for six pharmaceutical journals.
On a global level, Adeyeye is founder of Drugs for AIDS and HIV Patients, an organization committed to prevention education, care and treatment of HIV/AIDS children in Nigeria. This initiative grew to include funding the delivery of more than 40 babies in an attempt to prevent transmission of HIV as well as the creation of an extended family home and care for adults living with HIV/AIDS.
She received a Fulbright Scholar Award in 2005 for an African regional research program on AIDS and AIDS-related research. In 2006, she began a compassionate treatment of 12 children
via extemporaneous compounding and dosing with drugs.
A Mount Lebanon resident, Adeyeye is also the 2008 recipient of the Duquesne University Presidential Award for Service.
The AAPS provides a dynamic international forum for the exchange of knowledge among pharmaceutical scientists to enhance their contributions to health.
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