2023 PDA Honor Awards: VanTrieste, Korczynski and Smith Awards
This installment of the PDA Letter's series featuring the winners of the 2023 Honor Awards, which were presented during the Honor Awards Ceremony at the 2024 PDA Annual Meeting in Long Beach, California. PDA thanks all of the recipients for their contributions to the Association.
Featured below are the winners of the Martin VanTrieste Pharmaceutical Science, Michael S. Korcynski and Edward Smith Packaging Science awards.
Martin VanTrieste Pharmaceutical Science Award
This award recognizes a volunteer’s outstanding contributions that have advanced the pharmaceutical sciences. It is presented in honor of past Board Member and long-time contributor Martin VanTrieste.
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Andrew Chang, PhD
Michael S. Korczynski Award
This Award is presented to recognize contributions to PDA’s international activities. It is named for Michael S. Korczynski in recognition of the contributions he made toward the development of PDA’s international activities.
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Leonidas Orjuela
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Izumi Saitoh, PhD
Edward Smith Packaging Science Award
This award was created to recognize outstanding contributions to Pharmaceutical Packaging Science. It is presented in honor of Edward Smith and his long-term contributions to pharmaceutical packaging science.
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Maggie (Reiff) Bandel, MBA