The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET) is a scientific society founded in late 1908 by
John Jacob Abel
John Jacob Abel (19 May 1857 – 26 May 1938) was an American biochemist and pharmacologist. He established the pharmacology department at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1893, and then became America's first full-time professor o ...
of
Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University (Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private university, private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1876, Johns Hopkins is the oldest research university in the United States and in the western hem ...
(also the founder of the
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) is a learned society that was founded on December 26, 1906, at a meeting organized by John Jacob Abel (Johns Hopkins University). The roots of the society were in the American Phy ...
), with the aim of promoting the growth of pharmacological research. Many society members are researchers in basic and clinical pharmacology who help develop disease-fighting medications and therapeutics. ASPET is one of the constituent societies of the
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) is a non-profit organization that is the principal umbrella organization of U.S. societies in the field of biological and medical research. This organization organizes academi ...
(FASEB). The society's headquarters are in
Rockville, MD
Rockville is a city that serves as the county seat of Montgomery County, Maryland, and is part of the Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area. The 2020 census tabulated Rockville's population at 67,117, making it the fifth-largest community in ...
. The current president is Michael F. Jarvis.
Publications
The society publishes three research journals and a review journal: the ''
Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
The ''Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics'' (a.k.a. JPET) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering pharmacology. It has been published since 1909 by the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET) ...
'', ''
Drug Metabolism and Disposition
''Drug Metabolism and Disposition'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering the fields of pharmacology and toxicology. It was established in 1973 and is published monthly by the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics ...
'', ''
Molecular Pharmacology
''Molecular Pharmacology'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics since 1965. It is indexed in MEDLINE, Meta, Scopus, and other databases.
According to the ''Journa ...
'', and ''
Pharmacological Reviews
''Pharmacological Reviews'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing review articles on all aspects of pharmacology and related topics. It is published by the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. The ...
''
Starting in 2012 these publications are only offered online. The society copublishes a wholly open access journal with the British Pharmacological Society and Wiley entitled ''Pharmacology Research & Perspectives''.
ASPET also publishes a quarterly newsletter, ''The Pharmacologist'', and, from 2001 to 2011, ''Molecular Interventions'' magazine.
Awards
The society gives out several awards:
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John J. Abel Award
*Julius Axelrod Award
*Pharmacia-ASPET Award in Experimental Therapeutics
*Robert R. Ruffolo Career Achievement Award
*Travel Award for Pharmacology Educators
*Bernard B. Brodie Award in Drug Metabolism
*P.B. Dews Lifetime Achievement Award for Research in Behavioral Pharmacology
*Drug Metabolism Early Career Achievement Award
*Goodman and Gilman Award in Receptor Pharmacology
*Benedict R. Lucchesi Distinguished Lectureship in Cardiac Pharmacology
*Torald Sollmann Award in Pharmacology
*Paul M. Vanhoutte Distinguished Lectureship in Cardiovascular Pharmacology
Travel awards to participate in its meetings are also given to students and postdocs.
See also
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Chemotherapy
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Clinical pharmacology
Clinical pharmacology has been defined as "that discipline that teaches, does research, frames policy, gives information and advice about the actions and proper uses of medicines in humans and implements that knowledge in clinical practice". Clinic ...
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Drug metabolism
Drug metabolism is the metabolic breakdown of drugs by living organisms, usually through specialized enzymatic systems. More generally, xenobiotic metabolism (from the Greek xenos "stranger" and biotic "related to living beings") is the set of ...
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Neuropharmacology
Neuropharmacology is the study of how drugs affect function in the nervous system, and the neural mechanisms through which they influence behavior. There are two main branches of neuropharmacology: behavioral and molecular. Behavioral neuropharmac ...
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Pharmacology
Pharmacology is a branch of medicine, biology and pharmaceutical sciences concerned with drug or medication action, where a drug may be defined as any artificial, natural, or endogenous (from within the body) molecule which exerts a biochemica ...
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Toxicology
Toxicology is a scientific discipline, overlapping with biology, chemistry, pharmacology, and medicine, that involves the study of the adverse effects of chemical substances on living organisms and the practice of diagnosing and treating expo ...
References
External links
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''Molecular Interventions'' magazine
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Learned societies of the United States
Biology societies
Organizations established in 1908
1908 establishments in Maryland
Pharmacological societies