ASCEPT Award Winners 2026
Celebrating Excellence Across ASCEPT ASCEPT is proud to recognise the exceptional achievements of our 2026 Award recipients! These outstanding individuals and teams have been honoured for their contributions to research, education, leadership, equity, and the advancement of pharmacology, clinical pharmacology and toxicology across Australasia. Congratulations to all our recipients on this well-deserved recognition!! ASCEPT Lecturer […]
Celebrating excellence – meeting the Fellows – 2026
The ASCEPT Fellowship is the highest honour our Society can bestow, it recognises sustained and distinguished service to ASCEPT. Our Fellows have made significant contributions to the Society and to the advancement of pharmacology and toxicology. We are excited to announce our two newest Fellows Professor Danijela Gnjidic and Professor Arthur Christopoulos, both of whom […]
Professor Michael Roberts – The King’s Birthday 2026 Honours List
Professor Michael Roberts – The King’s Birthday 2026 Honours List ASCEPT would like to extend our congratulations to Professor Michael Roberts who was awarded an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in this year’s Kings birthday Honours. “For distinguished service to pharmaceutical science and medicine, to the advancement of topical drug delivery, and to […]
Professor Sarah Roberts-Thomson – The King’s Birthday 2026 Honours List
Professor Sarah Roberts-Thomson – The King’s Birthday 2026 Honours List ASCEPT Congratulates Sarah Roberts-Thomson on King’s Birthday Honours ASCEPT would like to extend our congratulations to Professor Sarah Roberts-Thomson who was awarded Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in this year’s Kings birthday Honours. Sarah has been a member of ASCEPT since 1991 and […]
Reflecting on the ASCEPT Clinical Pharmacology Weekend 2026
The 2026 ASCEPT Clinical Pharmacology Weekend brought together trainees, specialists and experts from across Australia and New Zealand for an outstanding weekend of learning, collaboration and networking in Sydney. Hosted at St Vincent’s Hospital, the program showcased an exceptional line-up of speakers and interactive sessions spanning clinical pharmacology, toxicology, therapeutics, forensic medicine and regulatory challenges. […]
ASCEPT NZ Forum ASM 2026
Kia ora koutou Join us for the ASCEPT New Zealand Forum’s Annual Scientific Meeting, which will take place 2-4 September 2026 at the Manawa Campus in Christchurch, New Zealand. The New Zealand Forum of ASCEPT (ASCEPT-NZ) supports the promotion and dissemination of pharmacology and toxicology in clinical practice, education, and research in New Zealand. This […]
ASCEPT awardees reflect on SMP2026
ASCEPT is proud to showcase the experiences of some of our 2025 award winners – Dr Varuni Premaratne, Dr Abhipree Sharma, and Dr Aili Langford – who attended Science Meets Parliament 2026, where they engaged with policymakers and strengthened their science communication and advocacy skills. Read below to hear their experiences. ASCEPT delegates (L-R) A/Prof […]
Celebrating excellence – meeting the Fellows
The ASCEPT Fellowship is the highest honour our Society can bestow. It recognises distinguished service to ASCEPT alongside outstanding contributions to the advancement of pharmacology and toxicology. We are proud to celebrate four exceptional ASCEPT members whose leadership, scholarship, mentorship, and service have left a lasting impact on our discipline, our Society, and the broader […]
ASCEPT Members honoured at BPS Pharmacology 2025
Incoming Aotearoa New Zealand Forum Chair Associate Professor Jack Flanagan from the University of Auckland has provided a snapshot of his highlights from the British Pharmacological Society Pharmacology 2025 meeting held immediately after the ASCEPT-Hypertension Australia meeting last December. “The BPS Pharmacology 2025 meeting was held in Belfast at the ICC, in partnership with the […]
ASCEPT Award Winners 2025
Congratulations to all the ASCEPT awardees at the ASCEPT-Hypertension Australia Joint Scientific Meeting. Read below to find out who won and why! ASCEPT Fellowship ASCEPT Fellowship is the highest honour bestowed upon a member of our society and is granted to members who have made a significant contribution or distinguished service to ASCEPT and have provided distinguished service to the advancement […]