C.A. Bond, Pharm.D., FCCP, and Cynthia Raehl, Pharm.D., FCCP, have been named as recipients of the 2008 Research Award for Achievement in Pharmacy Practice Research by the ASHP Research and Education Foundation….Thomas Dowling, Pharm.D., Ph.D., has been appointed Vice Chair for Research and Scholarship in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy….Leonard Edloe, Pharm.D., was recently appointed Chair of the Virginia Commonwealth University Health System’s Quality, Safety, Risk, and Credentials Committee….Gene Morse, Pharm.D., FCCP, BCPS, is the principal investigator for a $7.6 million contract recently awarded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases that establishes a clinical pharmacology HIV/AIDS quality assurance program and laboratory at the University at Buffalo.