Bert Leufkens Thesis Award
Prof. Bert Leufkens was scientific director of UIPS from 2004 till 2006 and head of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences from 2006 till 2008. He helped initiate the science of pharmacoepidemiology in the Netherlands as well as Drug regulatory science in the Netherlands and Europe. Since 2021 we name the annual award for the best PhD thesis the Professor Bert Leufkens Award.

Nominees and winners:
Candidates 2024:
- Pharmacology: Anne-Metje van Genderen
- Chemical biology and drug discovery: Gael Vos
- Biomolecular mass spectrometry and proteomics: Inge Gazi
- Pharmaceutics: Cristina Casadidio (Winner!)
- Pharmacoepidemiology and clinical pharmacology: Rosanne Meijboom
Candidates 2023:
- Pharmacology: Veronica Ayechu Muruzabal
- Chemical biology and drug discovery: Lifeng Sun
- Biomolecular mass spectrometry and proteomics: Julia Bauza Martinez (Winner!)
- Pharmaceutics:
- Pharmacoepidemiology and clinical pharmacology: Mirjam Hempenius
Candidates 2022:
- Pharmacology: Katja Jansen (Winner!)
- Chemical biology and drug discovery:
- Biomolecular mass spectrometry and proteomics: Charlotte van Gelder
- Pharmaceutics: Irati Beltran Hernandez
- Pharmacoepidemiology and clinical pharmacology: Lourens Bloem
Candidates 2021:
- Pharmacology:
- Chemical biology and drug discovery: Ivan Gagarinov (Winner!)
- Biomolecular mass spectrometry and proteomics:
- Pharmaceutics: Lies Fliervoet
- Pharmacoepidemiology and clinical pharmacology: Rick Vreman