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Dean receives prestigious international recognition

23 May 2007

Professor Bill Charman has received a major international award.

Victorian College of Pharmacy Dean, Professor Bill Charman was one of nine international scientists who received a Research Achievement Award at the Pharmaceutical Sciences World Congress in Amsterdam last month.

The award citation recognises Professor Charman's "significant contribution to the advancement of pharmaceutical sciences during the course of a most distinguished career".

Every four years, the International Pharmaceutical Federation hosts the Pharmaceutical Sciences World Congress. This year's theme was Optimising Drug Therapy: An Imperative for World Health.

The award was presented at the Congress' opening ceremony and Professor Charman paid tribute to the hard work of his colleagues.

"This award recognises the outcomes of the research of all those I have been fortunate to work with during my career. I particularly thank Sue Charman and Chris Porter for their wonderful and insightful contributions to our research team,'' he said.

Professor Charman has a distinguished research career. He has published more than 330 scientific papers and communications, is an elected Fellow of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists, a member of various scientific advisory boards, and is Chairman of the Seeding Drug Discovery Funding Committee of the Wellcome Trust.