AAPS Officer Directory
Chair: Rasha Elkanayati
Ph.D Student, Department of Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery
Serves as a liaison between the local AAPS student chapter at Ole Miss and the national headquarters of AAPS at Arlington, Virginia. Represents the Ole Miss chapter at the annual AAPS meetings towards furthering the AAPS goals at the local and national levels. Presides over AAPS-UM student chapter meetings, coordinates social events and scientific seminars/workshops, and serves as a liaison between graduate students and faculty.
Email: rmelkana@go.olemiss.edu
Vice-Chair: Tabish Mehraj
Ph.D Student, Department of Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery
Records the minutes of chapter meetings, assists in conducting planned events and facilitates exchange of information from the chapter meetings to department administrators and graduate students.
Email: tmehraj@go.olemiss.edu
Treasurer: Preethi Lakkala
Master’s Student, Department of Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery
Documents all financial matters of AAPS-UM student chapter, orders and coordinates food service at all social and scientific events, and serves as a liaison with the treasury committee at the national chapter in Arlington, Virginia.
Email: plakkala@go.olemiss.edu
Faculty Representative: Dr. Soumyajit Majumdar 
Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs & Professor of Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery
Oversees and approves all functions, events and initiatives of the AAPS-UM student chapter.
Email: majumso@olemiss.edu