Established in 2013, the vision of donors Ivo Abraham and Karen MacDonald is to give students the opportunity to widen their horizons and push themselves beyond their comfort zones, experiences that are essential to conducting research that will change the world. The award is intended to encourage graduate students pursuing a doctorate in pharmaceutical sciences to conduct research or receive research training in a country in which English is not the primary language. The cash award of $5,000 may be awarded to one, or split among multiple recipients, at the discretion of the selection committee. Applicants should have a minimum GPA of 3.0.

Recipients

2022-2023: Aryatara Shakya
2019-2020: Mavis Obeng-Kusi
2017-2018: Cody Schmidlin
2016-2017: Montserrat Rojo de la Vega Guinea
2015-2016: Mahdi Gharaibeh, Pharmaceutical Economics, Policy and Outcomes
2014-2015: Andrew Ambrose, Drug Discovery and Development

Dr. George Thornhill Caldwell and Dr. Mary Estill Caldwell worked together as scientists and marriage partners and devoted nearly a century of teaching and research to the University of Arizona. In honor of their dedication to the development of future scholars, the Caldwell Health Sciences Research Fellowships were established and offer research awards to deserving students at the UA Colleges of Pharmacy, Medicine, Nursing and Public Health.

This fellowship was established in 1995 in memory of Mary Caldwell, who worked at UA for 55 years, first as a biology and bacteriology professor and then as a researcher. Awards of up to $3,000 each are given to graduate students conducting original research.

Recipients

2022-2023

• Lisa Tran, Pharmacology & Toxicology

2021-2022

• Sarrah Hannon, Pharmacology & Toxicology
• Aryatara Shakya, Pharmacology & Toxicology
• Marissa Trujillo, Drug Discovery & Development

2020-2021

• Erin Jennings, Pharmacology & Toxicology
• Peng Ji, Drug Discovery & Development
• Siennah Miller, Pharmacology & Toxicology

2019-2020 

• Yanmei Hu, Drug Discovery & Development
• Christopher Zerio, Drug Discovery & Development
• Kayla Frost, Pharmacology & Toxicology
• Abdulaali R. Almutairi, Economics Policy & Outcomes

2017-2018: Maria Fernanda Acosta, Pharmaceutics & Pharmacokinetics

2016-2017: Michael Kerins, Pharmacology & Toxicology

2015-2016: Nicholas McConnell, Drug Discovery & Development

2014-2015: Guillermo Martinez-Ariza, Drug Discovery & Development

2013-2014: Jessica Sapiro, Pharmacology & Toxicology

2012-2013

• Brendan Frett, Drug Discovery & Development
• Christine Kaiser, Drug Discovery & Development

2011-2012

• Owen Kinsky, Pharmacology & Toxicology
• Shuxi Qiao, Pharmacology & Toxicology
• Tongde Wu, Pharmacology & Toxicology

2010-2011

• Courtney Wheatley, Pharmacology & Toxicology
• Ingrid Druwe, Pharmacology & Toxicology
• Chris Kuhlman, Pharmacology & Toxicology
• Nick Mastrandrea, Pharmacology & Toxicology

Established in 2002, this award was created in memory of Hugh E Laird II, a 1962 alumnus and former COP professor of pharmacology and toxicology. The award is given to second year or more advanced PhD graduate students.

Recipients

2022-2023: Austin Thompson, Pharmacology & Toxicology

2021-2022: Mavis Obeng-Kusi, Health & Pharmaceutical Outcomes

2019-2020: Jared Sivinski, Drug Discovery & Development

2017-2018: Wafaa Alabsi, Pharmaceutics & Pharmacokineitcs

2015-2016: Bryan Harder, Pharmacology & Toxicology

2013-2014: Christine Kaiser, Drug Discovery & Development

This is a perpetual endowment established in 1990 by Mrs. Joey Nell Leonard in memory of her father, Joseph B. Ryan, a prominent Phoenix pharmacist who operated a number of drug stores in Arizona. This fund is awarded to alumni who are interested in the MS/PhD program. Candidate must have demonstrated outstanding leadership qualities and genuine academic promise.

Recipients

2022-2023

• Ibrahim Alfayoumi, Health & Pharmaceutical Outcomes

2021-2022

• Srujitha Marupuru, Health & Pharmaceutical Outcomes

2020-2021

• Briana Choi: Health & Pharmaceutical Outcomes
• Yanmei Hu: Drug Discovery & Development

2019-2020

• Srujitha Marupuru, Health & Pharmaceutical Outcomes
• Siennah Miller, Pharmacology & Toxicology
• Kristan Cleveland, Pharmacology & Toxicology
• Harman Dhatt, Pharmaceutical Economics, Policy & Outcomes
• Raymond Hau, Pharmacology & Toxicology

2017-2018: David (Rhys) Axon, Pharmaceutical Economics Policy & Outcomes

2016-2017: Alejandra Aguilar Pharmaceutical Economics, Policy & Outcomes

2015-2016: Patrick Campbell, Pharmaceutical Economics, Policy & Outcomes

2014-2015: Patrick Campbell, Pharmaceutical Economics, Policy & Outcomes

2013-2014: Lea Mollon, Pharmaceutical Economics, Policy & Outcomes

2012-2013: Aliyah Sheth, Pharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics

This $1,000 fellowship was established in 2010 by Bill and Betty, friends of The College. Bill has been a registered pharmacist for more than 60 years and holds one of the oldest pharmacy licenses awarded by the State of Arizona, and Betty worked at the UA for 34 years. The award is given to a full-time Health and Pharmaceutical Outcomes graduate student with a 3.5 GPA. If there is no such student in the Health and Pharmaceutical Outcomes graduate program track, the award may be given to any full-time graduate student with a 3.5 GPA in another graduate program track.

Recipients

2021-2022

• Ibrahim Alfayoumi, Health & Pharmaceutical Outcomes
• Ziyad Almatruk, Health & Pharmaceutical Outcomes

2020-2021

• Srujitha Marupuru, Health & Pharmaceutical Outcomes
• Mavis Obeng-Kusi, Health & Pharmaceutical Outcomes

2019-2020

• Neda Al Rawashdh, Health & Pharmaceutical Outcomes
• Shannon Vaffis, Health & Pharmaceutical Outcomes

2017-2018

• Xu Zhou, Pharmacology & Toxicology
• Mira Patel, Economics Policy & Outcomes
• Mok Oh, Economics Policy & Outcomes

2016-2017: David Rhys Axon, Economics Policy & Outcomes

2015-2016: Chanadda Chinthammit, Economics Policy & Outcomes

2014-2015: Vishnu Kumarasamy, Drug Discovery & Development

2013-2014: Jill Augustine, Economics Policy & Outcomes

2012-2013: Amanda Harrington, Economics Policy & Outcomes

2011-2012: Prasadini Perera, Economics Policy & Outcomes

2010-2011: Adrienne Gilligan, Economics Policy & Outcomes

The Yuma Friends of Arizona Health Sciences Fellowship is intended to provide seed grant funds to promising young clinical and basic investigators to encourage and stimulate quality research in medicine, nursing, pharmacy, and public health, as well as the many subdisciplines within these colleges. The translation of advances in laboratory research into advances in patient care has long been a hallmark of the University of Arizona Health Sciences, and it is believed that these awards will help nurture young scientists who will someday alter the course of health care in America.

This is a $3,000 fellowship awarded to a PharmD or graduate student who is in his or her first two calendar years of graduate study and who is a full-time student enrolled at the University of Arizona in the colleges on the UAHS campus. Selection criteria include the significance and originality of the proposed study and the validity of the hypothesis and the feasibility of the methods and experiments to be used.

Recipients

2015-2016: Michael Kerins, Pharmacology & Toxicology

2014-2015: Nicholas McConnell, Drug Discovery & Development

2013-2014: Alyssa Hinchman, PharmD

2012-2013: Anika Dzierlenga, Pharmacology & Toxicology

2011-2012: Eric Wong, PharmD 2013

2010-2011: Patrick Allison, Pharmacology & Toxicology