Meeting of the Princeton ACS Section (In Person)
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
6 - 6:45 Mixer
6:45: Presentation
Frick Chemistry Laboratory, Taylor Auditorium, Princeton University
Acetaminophen in the News: How this Small Molecule Can Help Us Communicate the Relevance of Chemistry in our Lives
Barbara Ameer, RPh, PharmD, MBA, BCPS, FCP
This presentation will be of interest to scientists, health professionals, students, educators and the general public
Note: You will need a cell phone to participate in a few polling questions during the seminar.
Speaker Bio
Barbara Ameer has been a drug development and pharmacology consultant in Princeton NJ, and adjunct faculty member at Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick NJ since 2005. Prior to this, she was Research Associate Professor at Rutgers Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology.
She earned professional doctorate and undergraduate degrees in pharmacy at Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of Connecticut (University Scholars Program). To complement her science knowledge, Dr. Ameer completed MBA coursework at Rutgers and enjoys applying management, business strategy and entrepreneurial thinking to drug development projects in multiple therapeutic areas.
Dr. Ameer is a registered pharmacist with dual-board certification in pharmacotherapy and clinical pharmacology. She authored original research manuscripts, reviews, commentaries and book chapters in peer-reviewed pharmacology, chemistry, pharmacy, and medical publications. The later includes a highly-cited Web of Science journal article. She was a recipient of a research and education award from the American Society of Health Systems Pharmacists. She serves on three editorial boards of peer-reviewed journals in pharmacology, metabolism and endocrinology. An honorary regent, fellow and past treasurer of the American College of Clinical Pharmacology, she received its salute to excellence and distinguished service awards. The Journal of Clinical Pharmacology seeks her input for editorial decisions and networking for AI and other technical experts. The Journal named her its top reviewer this year.
An active ACS member, Barbara serves on a leadership team for a national ACS committee that inspires excellence in communicating chemistry’s value to the public. She presents her work at national ACS meetings in the divisions of medicinal chemistry, agrochemicals and education. Regionally and locally, she is a speaker on medical topics as well as career paths for scientists in industry and academia. Her local section governance roles include Secretary (2011-2013), Chair succession (2014-2016), Alternate Councilor (2017-ongoing), Strategic Planning Committee (2019) and Chemagination Chair (2011-ongoing). In 2021 she was recognized as the Section’s outreach volunteer of year. She collaborates with local leaders and educators on annual Science Cafés and Chemists Celebrate Earth Week programs. Through events that Barbara led, co-led or coordinated as project manager, the Princeton Section earned national recognition as ChemLuminary finalist numerous times, with the two most-recent finalist nominations - Outstanding promotion of the Society’ sustainability position statement and Outstanding high school programming - garnering national winner in their category.
Meeting is free; register required