
Makriyannis Receives 2015 AAPS Distinguished Pharmaceutical Scientist Award
Alexandros Makriyannis, PhD, Professor and Behrakis Trustee Chair in Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Director of the Center for Drug Discovery at Northeastern University, was presented the 2015 American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) Distinguished Pharmaceutical Scientist Award at the AAPS Annual meeting in Orlando, Florida. The award, sponsored by Astra Zeneca Pharmaceuticals, recognizes Dr. Makriyannis’ accomplishments in the pharmaceutical sciences, and the subsequent research he has stimulated in others. For more information about Dr. Makriyannis’ research, visit the Center for Drug Discovery website at http://www.cdd.neu.edu/.