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ASCPT will present the award to Dr. Schneeweiss on Friday, March 23, 2007 during the annual meeting in Anaheim, California. As the Leon I. Goldberg awardee, Dr. Schneeweiss will present a lecture entitled, "Developments in Post-Marketing Comparative Effectiveness Research".

Dr. Schneeweiss received his MD from the University of Munich (magna cum laude) and his ScD degree in Epidemiology and Pharmacoepidemiology from Harvard. He served on the faculty of the University of Munich Medical School before leading a research group in Boston where he is PI of the NIH-funded Brigham and Women's Hospital DEcIDE Research Center.

His current work focuses on the comparative effectiveness of pharmaceuticals and biotech products using large claims databases and the consequences of drug policies based on therapeutic substitution. His work includes several evaluations of the clinical and economic consequences of drug reimbursement restrictions, including reference pricing for ACE inhibitors and calcium channel blockers and therapeutic substitution for PPIs.

Dr. Schneeweiss has published in numerous scientific journals including the New England Journal of Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, is a Fellow of the American College of Epidemiology and a Fellow of the International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology, and chairs ASCPT's Scientific Section on Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety. In 2005 he received the Annual Research Excellence Award from the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research.

The Leon I. Goldberg Young Investigator Award recognizes and encourages young scientists who are active in clinical pharmacology. The award was named for Leon I. Goldberg in honor of his many contributions to ASCPT.

The American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (ASCPT) is the leading forum for the exchange, development, and integration of translational science into the drug development continuum from discovery to safe and effective medication use. Headquartered in Alexandria, VA, ASCPT was founded in 1900 and has over 2,100 members worldwide.