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Palmer Taylor receives prestigious 2009 ASPET Axelrod Award

The Axelrod Award honors the memory of the eminent American pharmacologist who shaped the fields of neuroscience, drug metabolism and biochemistry and who served as a mentor for numerous eminent pharmacologists around the world.

2009 ASPET Axelrod Award Winner

Dr. Palmer Taylor received the prestitious 2009 Julius Axelrod Award in Pharmacology. The Axelrod Award was established to honor the memory of the eminent American pharmacologist who shaped the fields of neuroscience, drug metabolism and biochemistry and who served as a mentor for numerous eminent pharmacologists around the world. The Award is presented annually by the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET) for significant contributions to understanding the biochemical mechanisms underlying the pharmacological actions of drugs and for contributions to mentoring other pharmacologists.

ASPET is a 4,800 member scientific society whose members conduct basic and clinical pharmacological research in academia, industry and the government. Learn more.

Other winners of the Axelrod Award include Ullrich Trendelenberg, Arvid Carlsson, Norman Weiner, Robert Furchgott, Irvin Kopin, Sidney Spector, Solomon Snyder, Erminio Costa, Toshi Nagatsu, Salomon Langer, Richard Weinshilboum, Richard Palmiter, Marc Caron, Susan Amara, Tong H. Joh, and Randy D. Blakely.

In addition to his outstanding research accomplishments, Dr. Taylor serves UCSD in several high level administrative positions. He is the Dean of the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, the Associate Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences, and the leader of the Superfund Basic Research Program’s Training Core for graduate students. Dr. Taylor also holds the Sandra and Monroe Trout Chair in Pharmacology. Learn more.

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