Each year, PDA recognizes members whose contributions have helped PDA fulfill its mission at an Awards Dinner held during the Annual Meeting. PDA congratulates each winner for their service to PDA.
Honorary Membership
This is PDA’s most prestigious award, conferring lifetime membership benefits to the recipient, given in recognition of long service significant in nature to PDA and requires unanimous approval from the Board of Directors.
Gordon Personeus Award
Presented in the memory of past PDA President and longtime volunteer, Gordon Personeus, this award honors a PDA member, other than a Board member, for long-term contributions of special importance to PDA.
Frederick J. Carleton Award
Presented in tribute to lifetime contributor, past President, past Executive Director, and Honorary Member, Frederick J. Carleton, this award recognizes past or present Board members.
Martin VanTrieste Pharmaceutical Science Award
Established in honor of long-time contributor and Chair, Martin VanTrieste, this award honors outstanding contributions to the advancement of pharmaceutical science.
Michael S. Korczynski Award
In honor of Michael S. Korczynski, PhD, this award recognizes contributions made toward the development of PDA’s international activities.
Edward Smith Packaging Science Award
In honor of long-time volunteer Edward Smith, who led PDA’s packaging science activities, this award honors extraordinary contributions to packaging science.
Distinguished Service Appreciation Award
This award is given in recognition of special contributions that have promoted the success of PDA.
- Shigeto Hirabara
- Marsha Steed
- Dayue Chen, PhD
- Friedrich von Wintzingerode, PhD
James P. Agalloco Award
Named in honor for James Agalloco’s work in developing the PDA Education program, this award recognizes a PDA faculty member who exemplifies outstanding performance in education.
Frederick D. Simon Award
This award is presented for the best paper published in the PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology and is named in honor of the late Frederick D. Simon, a former PDA Director of Scientific Affairs. This year’s award went to seven recipients for their article, “Vapor Phase Hydrogen Peroxide Decontamination or Sanitization of an Isolator for Aseptic Filling of Monoclonal Antibody Drug Product—Hydrogen Peroxide Uptake and Impact on Protein Quality,” which was published in the July/August 2018 issue.
- Aaron Hubbard
- Thomas Roedl
- Ada Hui
- Stephanie Knueppel
- Kirk Eppler
- Siegfried Lehnert
- Yuh-Fun Maa, PhD
Distinguished Editor/Author Award
This award recognizes the author or editor selected by PDA members for their contribution to PDA’s technical books. This year’s award went to the editors of the book, Microbial Control and Identification.
PDA Europe Service Appreciation Award
This award honors special contributions that have contributed to the success of PDA’s European activities.
Service Appreciation Award
This award is presented annually for special contributions to PDA.
- Karin Baer
- Eoin Hanley
- Amnon Eylath
- Steven Dawson
- John Geigert, PhD
- Kerry Ingalls
- Susan Schniepp
- Stephan Rönninger, PhD
President's Award
This award recognizes a PDA staff member whose exemplary performance has contributed to PDA’s success during the previous year.
- Brooke Schneider
- Dirk Stelling