Awards

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Alejandro Paredes,  Principal Investigator

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1. Emerging Scientist Award – Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UK, September 2024. 

2. Springboard Award – Academy of Medical Sciences, UK, July 2024. 

3. ISPF – International Collaboration Award – Royal Society, November 2024. 

4. AAPS PharmSci 360 Best Abstract Award – Presented to the work Is a Minimally Invasive Amphotericin B Treatment Feasible? Nanocrystals-Loaded Microneedles for Cutaneous Leishmaniasis at the 2024 AAPS PharmSci360 Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City. 

5. Most Cited Paper Award 2023 - European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics. Microneedle array systems for long-acting drug delivery. Presented at the 14th PBP Annual Meeting in Vienna, March 2024. 

6. Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK, since July 2022. 

7. STAR (Staff Recognition) Award from Queen’s University Belfast, “for exceptional creativity and innovation, coupled with leadership in the guidance of colleagues”. November 2019. 

8. CICOPS Fellow – University of Pavia, Italy, since June 2019. 

9. Seal of Excellence Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions - Individual Fellowships. Awarded to the Project “GO-NucleicAcid” presented as individual fellowship MSCA-Horizon 2020 call from the European Commission. Score obtained: 91.4/100. March 2018. 

10. Health Research Commission Award. Ministry for Health, Argentina. Awarded to the project “Design and preparation of solid and liquid dosage forms of benznidazole for the treatment of Chagas disease in paediatric patients”. July 2013. 

11. Honours Diploma. Advanced Studies of English. Argentinian-North American Institute for Cultural Exchange, Binational Centre (IICANA). December 2011. 

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Lucía Lopez Vidal, Research Fellow

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1. Diez Jóvenes Sobresalientes de la Provincia de Córdoba, 2025

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