Leading Australian scientist receives prestigious award for significant contributions to drug delivery

 

Professor Benjamin Boyd, who is currently operating in a dual role between the Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (MIPS) in Parkville and the University of Copenhagen, funded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation, is the 2024 recipient of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) prestigious Dale E. Wurster Research Award.

The award is only presented every second year and recognises individuals who have made significant research contributions in the field of pharmaceutics. For Professor Boyd this includes the wide-ranging impact of his research pertaining to advancing our understanding of lipid (fat) behaviour during gastrointestinal processing and how this could translate into things like better oral drug delivery and enhanced nutrition.

The notable breadth of Professor Boyd’s research impact includes translation of his research into new technologies; 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.

With respect to milk, his research into lipid self-assembly in milk and milk-like systems, and their application in drug delivery has attracted funding from the Gates Foundation, and numerous prizes including the 2020 Eureka Prize for Innovative Use of Technology when his ‘Monash Pharmaceutical Milkshake Team’ were recognised for breaking new ground in understanding how milk and similar systems can be used to enhance oral drug delivery.

“It is truly humbling to be recognised among the outstanding researchers who have received the AAPS Dale E. Wurster Research Award since it was first established in 1990,” Professor Boyd said.

“I would like to thank AAPS for this honour and for their ongoing commitment to advancing the capacity of pharmaceutical scientists to develop products and therapies that improve global health.”

Earlier this year Professor Boyd was also named one of eight outstanding Australian researchers to receive an Australian Research Council (ARC) Industry Laureate Fellowship to help address industry-identified challenges and opportunities.

The ARC Industry Laureate Fellowships aim to promote national and international collaboration partnerships between key stakeholders in research and innovation and, as such, Professor Boyd formed industry partnerships with Fonterra Australia and The Australian Synchrotron (ANSTO) to establish a project of key national and international interest - better food and nutrition.

The Fellowship will see Professor Boyd returning to MIPS full time in 2025.

Director of MIPS, Professor Chris Porter said: “Ben has spent many years committed to deepening our understanding of lipid structure and self-assembly, and how this can apply to things like nutrition enhancement and oral drug delivery.

“On behalf of MIPS and the entire Monash community, I would like to congratulate Ben for this outstanding and very well deserved award from AAPS, and very much look forward to welcoming him back to Parkville in 2025 to undertake the ARC Industry Laureate Fellowship project.”

Founded in 1986, AAPS is a professional, scientific organisation of approximately 7,000 individual members and over 10,000 actively participating stakeholders employed in academia, industry, government, and other pharmaceutical science related research institutes worldwide.

2024 AAPS award recipients were recognised during the 2024 PharmSci 360 in Salt Lake City, Utah, at the Salt Palace Convention Center.

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