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(Alexandria, VA) –Bridgette Jones, MD, Children's Mercy Hospital, and Ms. Parvaz Madadi, The University of Western Ontario, have been selected by the American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (ASCPT) as the 2008 David J. Goldstein Trainee Award recipients. They will receive the awards on Wednesday, April 2, 2008, following the opening session of the Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida.

The David J. Goldstein Trainee Award was established to recognize the trainee(s) with the highest scoring abstract(s). The award was established in honor of David J. Goldstein, MD, PhD, a longtime ASCPT member and supporter of trainees. Dr. Jones's abstract is entitled "Validation of the 13c acetate breath test to measure liquid gastric emptying in a pediatric population," and Ms. Madadi's abstract is entitled "A toxicogenetic case-control study of codeine toxicity during breastfeeding."

Dr. Jones and Ms. Madadi will also be honored as Presidential Trainee Award recipients. Presidential Trainee Award winners are selected for outstanding scientific achievement by their ASCPT peers. Seventeen other trainees will also be awarded the Presidential Trainee Award: Matlooba Al-Zadjali, BSc, MD, MPH, University of Dundee; Matthew Baggott, BA, California Pacific Medical Center's Research Institute; Ying Chen, PhD, University of California, San Francisco; Ryan Franke, PhD, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital; Christine Hartford, MD, University of Chicago; Varsha Iyer, PhD, Ordway Research Institute; Seong-Ho Kim, PhD, Indiana University School of Medicine; Candace Lee, MD, PhD, Mayo Clinic; Fang Li, PhD, Mayo Clinic; Srikar Malireddy, MD, Indiana University School of Medicine; Shannon McCue, PhD, Allied Research International; Ann Moyer, BS, Mayo Clinic; Hrishikesh Navare, MS, University of Florida; Perry Nystrom, MD, Indiana University School of Medicine; Elvin Price, PharmD, University of Florida; Havard Thogersen, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center; and HongXia Zheng, MD, PhD, University of California, San Francisco.

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 more than 2,100 members worldwide.