Gunda Georg, Distinguished Professor of Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Kansas, received the Sato Memorial International Award at a recognition ceremony in Sapporo, Japan in March. She also made a presentation at the meeting of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan. The Sato Memorial Fund was established to encourage the development of pharmacology, therapeutics and pharmaceutical sciences through the exchange of scientists between Japan and the United States. Annually, the Sato Memorial Fund presents an award to an individual who has made a significant contribution in one of these three disciplines and is given, on alternating years, to a Japanese national and to a researcher in the U.S.