Professor Ben Boyd receives the Dale E. Wurster Research Award
The prestigious award is given by AAPS, American Association of Pharmaceutical Science, to recognize an internationally renowned researcher.
Professor Ben Boyd has received the award for his outstanding research within the field of drug release and materials, his innovations and entrepreneurship.
“I am especially honoured to receive this award from the AAPS”, says Ben Boyd. “A special thanks to Jukka Rantanen for handling the nomination with encouragement from colleagues in the Department. The efforts of my students and postdoc staff at the Department of Pharmacy and at Monash University have led to this award and I am lucky and grateful to have had the opportunity to work with such a great group of young scientists.”
Ben Boyd was presented with the award at the AAPS 2024 PHARMSCI 360 event taking place these days in Salt Lake City, Utah. He is already an AAPS Fellow, an honorary title he received last year.
In their press release, the American Association of Pharmaceutical Science states that:
“Ben Boyd, Ph.D., FAAPS, is recognized for the wide-ranging impact of his research based on the following: translation of his research into new technologies that has led to the founding of two companies; his correlation of drug release from lipid liquid crystal systems as novel stimuli responsive materials, dispelling myths around drug release from structured lipid particles; his extensive publication record; and his international profile as demonstrated by his Novo Nordisk Laureate Research Fellowship.”
In his letter of recommendation, Richard H. Guy, FAAPS, Professor of Pharmaceutical Science at University of Bath, describes Ben Boyd’s research:
“He has invented new approaches to track the self-assembly of lipids in response to a range of delivery-relevant stimuli, as well as deepening our understanding of the behavior of lipids during gastrointestinal processing”.
Ben Boyd will return to Monash in 2025, having been awarded an Australian Research Council Industry Laurate Fellowship and will work intensively with Fonterra, a major dairy company, on developing new concepts in ‘precision nutrition’.