Year Winner Institution Title Journal Author list
2023 Nicole Keuler University of the Western Cape Sub-analysis of CYP-GUIDES data: Assessing the prevalence and impact of drug-gene interactions in an ethnically diverse cohort of depressed individuals
2022 Gill Enslin Tshwane University of Technology Anti-seizure activity of African medicinal plants: The identification of bioactive alkaloids from the stem bark of Rauvolfia caffra using an in vivo zebrafish model Journal of Ethnopharmacology Talent Chipiti, Alvaro M Viljoen, Maria L Cordero-Maldonado, Clinton GL Veale, Fanie R van Heerden, Maxleene Sandasi, Weiyang Chen, Alexander D Crawford, Gill M Enslin
2020 and 2021 No conference held due to Covid-19 pandemic
2019 Brian Harvey North-West University N-acetyl cysteine reverses bio-behavioural changes induced by prenatal inflammation, adolescent methamphetamine exposure and combined challenges
2018 Ilze Vermaak Tshwane University of Technology Beauty in Baobab: a pilot study of the safety and efficacy of Adansonia digitata seed oil Brazilian Journal of Pharmacognosy Baatile M Komane, Guy PP Kamatou, Beverley Summers, Alvaro M Viljoen
2017 Brian Harvey North-West University The α2C-adrenoceptor antagonist, ORM-10921, has antipsychotic-like effects in social isolation reared rats and bolsters the response to haloperidol Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry M Uys, M Shahid, J Sallinen, W Dreyer, M Cockeran
2016 Brian Harvey North-West University Ozone exposure of Flinders Sensitive Line rats is a rodent translational model of neurobiological oxidative stress with relevance for depression and antidepressant response Psychopharmacology M Makoena, F Viljoen, S Ellis, C Brink
2015 Brian Harvey North-West University Late-life effects of chronic methamphetamine exposure during puberty on behaviour and corticostriatal mono-amines in social isolation-reared rats Developmental Neuroscience Laetitial Strauss, Christiaan Brink, Marisa Möller and Dan Stein
2014 Brian Harvey Northwest University Social isolation rearing induces mitochondrial, immunological, neurochemical and behavioural deficits in rats and is reversed by clozapine or N-acetyl cysteine Brain, Behaviour and Immunity Marisa Möller, Jan.DuPreez, Francois Viljoen, Michael Berk and Robin Emsley
2013 Nontobeko Mncwangi Tshwane University of Technology Devil’s Claw – A review of the ethnobotany, phytochemistry and biological activity of Harpagophytum procumbens Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 143 (2012) 755–771 Weiyang Chen, Ilze Vermaak, Alvaro Viljoen and Nigel Gericke
2012 Brian Harvey Northwest University Isolation rearing-induced deficits in sensorimotor gating and social interaction in rats are related to cortico-striatal oxidative stress, and reversed by sub-chronic clozapine administration European Neuropsychopharma cology 21 (2011), 471-483
2011 Brian Harvey Northwest University The effects of sub-chronic clozaoine and haloperidol administration on isolation rearing induced changes in frontal cortical N-methyl-D­aspartate and D1 receptor binding in rats Neuroscience 165: 492–499 C Toua, L Brand, M Moller and RA Emsley
2010 Brian Harvey School of Pharmacy, Northwest University Cortico-striatal cyclic AMP­phosphidiesterase-4 signalling and stereotypy in the deer mouse: attentuation after chronic fluoxetine treatment Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behaviour
2009 Brian Harvey School of Pharmacy, Northwest University Stereotypic behaviour of the deer mouse: pharmacological validation and relevance for obsessive compulsive disorder Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology Korff S, Stein DJ, Harvey BH
2008 James Syce School of Pharmacy, University of the Western Cape A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of Lessertia frutescens in healthy adults PLoS Clin Trial (2007)
2007 Theunis Goosen School of Pharmacy, Northwest University Drug-Drug Interaction After Single Oral Doses of the Furanocoumarin Methoxsalen and Cyclosporine The Journal of Clinical Pharmacology Malie Rheeders and Marlène Bouwer
2006 Brian Harvey School of Pharmacy, Northwest University Involvement of the NMDA receptor, NO-cyclic GMP and nuclear factor K-b in an animal model of repeated trauma Hum Psychopharmacol Clin Exp 2005: 20: 367-373 Tanya Bothma, Ane Nel, Gregers Wegener and Dan J Stein
2005 Douglas Oliver School of Pharmacy, Northwest University In vivo measurement of the cerebral perfusion and cardiobascular effects of the novel guanidine ME10092 in the non-human primate, Papio ursinus Life Sciences (2004) 75:2057-2064 DW Oliver, IC Dormehl, JES Wikberg, WKA Louw, M Dambrova, A van Gelder, E Kilian, E Jansen van Rensberg
2004 Brian Harvey School of Pharmacy, Potchefstroom University of CHE Endocrine, cognitive and hippocampal/cortical 5HT1A/2A receptor changes evoked by a time dependent sensitization (TDS) model in rats Brain Research (2003) 983: 97-107 Brian H Harvey, Carla Naciti, Linda Brand, Dan J Stein
2003 Gareth Kilian Department of Pharmacy, University of Port Elizabeth The effect of the isomers of cyclo(Trp-pro) on heart and ion channel activity Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology (2002).54:1659-1665 Hajierah Jamie, Gareth Killian, Karin Dyason and Pieter J Milne
2002 Brian Harvey School of Pharmacy, Potchefstroom University of CHE Chronic inositol increases striatial D2 receptors but does not modity dexamphetamine-induced motor behaviour ­Relevance to obsessive-compulsive disorder Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behaviour (2001).68:245-253 Brian H Harvey, Andre Scheepers, Linda Brand and Dan J Stein
2001 Brian Harvey School of Pharmacy, Potchefstroom University of CHE Withdrawal-associated changes in peripheral nitrogen oxides and striatal cyclic GMP after chronic haloperidol treatment Behavioural Brain Research (2000)111:203-211 Brian H Harvey and Ans-Mari Bester
2000 Pieter Milne Department of Pharmacy, University of Port Elizabeth Cyclic dipeptides in the induction of maturation for cancer therapy J.Pharm. Pharmacol. (2000) 52:75-82 CJM Graz, GD Grant, SC Brauns, A Hunt, H Jamie and PJ Milne
1999 Julia Botha Department of Pharmacology University of Natal
1998 Douglas W Oliver School of Pharmacy, Potchefstroom University for CHE
1997 Douglas W Oliver School of Pharmacy, Potchefstroom University for CHE
1996 Julia Botha Department of Pharmacology University of Natal
1995 CJ van der Schyf School of Pharmacy, Potchefstroom University for CHE
1994 Rumana Moosa School of Pharmacy, University of Durban Westville