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Lauren Aleksunes Receives 2016 SOT Achievement Award

By Raul Suarez posted 01-05-2016 11:35

  

Lauren Aleksunes, PharmD, PhD, DABT, is the recipient of the 2016 SOT Achievement Award. A graduate of the University of Connecticut, Dr. Aleksunes received her PharmD and PhD degrees in 2002 and 2006, respectively. Her postdoctoral training in Toxicology was performed at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Currently, Dr. Aleksunes serves as Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology in the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. She also is a Resident Scientist in the Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute. 

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 Early Career Recognition for Lauren Aleksunes 

Dr. Aleksunes is responsible for multiple lines of research that have identified critical roles for xenobiotic transporters in the disposition and toxicity of environmental contaminants and pharmaceuticals. Along with her colleagues, she has worked to identify the transport proteins involved in xenobiotic-induced renal toxicity, hepatotoxicity and liver disease, and the placental disposition of chemicals. The overarching goal of these researchers is to translate mechanistic findings from cell and animal studies to patient populations. Dr. Aleksunes’ work stands to fundamentally change the way we assess the risk of target organ toxicities and exposures to the developing fetus. 

She has been a member of SOT since 2003. In 2006, she was the recipient of the Women in Toxicology Special Interest Group Graduate Student Achievement Award. Furthermore, she was a very active member of the Postdoctoral Assembly and served on their Executive Board from 2008 to 2010. She also served the Society by participating on the Membership Committee from 2011 to 2014 and as a Councilor of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Chapter and Mechanisms Specialty Section. During an 8-year period, Dr. Aleksunes was awarded K99/R00, R21, and two R01 grants including her selection for the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Outstanding New Environmental Scientists (NIEHS ONES) program. She has published more than 80 peer-reviewed articles and served on several Editorial Boards. Dr. Aleksunes also is the Director of the T32-funded Joint Graduate Program in Toxicology and the SOT-funded Summer Internship Program at Rutgers.

The Society is pleased to present Dr. Aleksunes with the 2016 SOT Achievement Award.

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