founding editor-in-chief of the American Chemical Society journal, ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters. He has been the recipient of many distinguished awards, such as the Alfred Burger Award in Medicinal Chemistry, the Wallace H. Carothers Award, the American Chemical Society-Bristol Myers Squibb Smissman Award and the Herty Medal. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Chemical Society, the National Academy of Inventors and the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering. Liotta has been involved in outreach efforts in Africa for over twenty years and co-founded AHIA (Advancing Health Innovations in Africa), which is aimed at providing the next generation of African scientists with the business and legal skills needed to address their own healthcare issues. References Citations General references Emory Institute for Drug Development External links "About Doctor Liotta", at Emory's official blog HIV/AIDS researchers Gilead Sciences people Liotta, Dennis Emory University faculty Living people Fellows of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Year of birth missing (living people) Graduate Center, CUNY alumni