Dr. Iris Sun to join UVA Pharmacology Department
8/21/2023
The Pharmacology Department would like to welcome Dr. Iris Sun as our newest faculty member. She is joining us from Wayne State University and her research focuses on the Role…
Pharmacology Training Grant Awarded for 49th Year
8/10/2023
For nearly five decades, UVA School of Medicine’s Training Program in Pharmacology has been funded continuously by NIH’s National Institute of General Medical Sciences in the form of a Pharmacological…
Congratulations to Katie Pavelec on F31 Grant!
8/10/2023
A big congratulations to Caitlin Pavelec on receiving funding from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute for her grant proposal on: "A role for cardiomyocyte pannexin 1 in non-ischemic…
Bimal Desai and Team Make New Discoveries on “Inflammaging”
7/26/2023
University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have discovered a key driver of chronic inflammation that accelerates aging, a finding that could lead to longer, healthier lives and the possible…
Construction Completed for Dr. Edward Nieh’s Lab
7/24/2023
Assistant Professor Dr. Edward Horng-An Nieh has officially moved into his lab in Pinn Hall! With the arrival of two anti vibration tables, he is able to set up his…
Pharmacology Graduate Adishesh Narahari Publishes Paper on Surgeon Funding Issues
7/14/2023
Surgeons who also conduct important biomedical research are struggling to obtain research funding, and that “broken pipeline” could spell extinction for surgeon-scientists and slow innovations for patients if something isn’t…
Article on Seizures and Microglia by Synphane Gibbs-Shelton Featured in The Conversation
7/13/2023
Pharmacology PhD candidate Synphane Gibbs-Shelton wrote an article on how "Immune cells in the brain may reduce damage during seizures and promote recovery, according to study in mice" that was…
Blair Towers Receives American College of Neuropsychopharmacology Travel Award
7/12/2023
Pharmacology Medical Sciences Training Program student Blair Towers received an American College of Neuropsychopharmacology Travel Award for their 2023 annual conference in Tampa this December. Blair was selected as one…
Pharmacology Professor Investigates Aging
7/6/2023
Seen in the Medicine in Motion newsletter on July 6th, 2023: Irina Bochkis, PhD, an associate professor of pharmacology, is studying the process of aging by looking at removing the…
Congratulations to Associate Professor Irina Bochkis!
6/26/2023
Congratulations to Pharmacology's Dr. Irina M. Bochkis, who was just elevated from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of Pharmacology this June of 2023. Dr. Bochkis received her PhD from the…
