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Department of Pharmacology Honors Carl Creutz, PhD, Who Retired from UVA After More Than 40 Years of Service

7/25/2024

On June 13, 2024, the Department of Pharmacology celebrated the retirement of Carl Creutz, PhD, who was recruited to the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Virginia as an…

Congratulations Rachel Clements on Receiving F31 Funding!!!

7/9/2024

The Pharmacology Department would like to congratulate Rachel Clements on receiving funding from the NIH in the form of an F31 grant. The title of her project is “Regulation of…

Congratulations Rachel Clements on Receipt of a Wagner Fellowship!

6/27/2024

Rachel Clements, Neuroscience Graduate Student in the lab of Dr. Doug Bayliss, was awarded a Wagner fellowship for the 2024-25 academic year, congratulations Rachel! Through the Wagner Fellowship fund, Dr.…

Mark Beenhakker, PhD, Receives Shannon Center Mid-Career Fellowship!

6/13/2024

Congratulations to Pharmacology's Mark Beenhakker, PhD, who was selected as a member of the second cohort of Shannon Center Mid-Career Fellows. The Shannon Center Mid-Career Fellowship program was launched last…

Pharmacology Graduate Student Bena Chan Receives F31 Funding

6/11/2024

Congratulations to Bena Chan on receiving funding from an F31 fellowship from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for her grant proposal: “Mutual regulation between membrane rafts and…

Pharmacology Emeriti Professors’s Company, KeViRx, Inc. Awarded $1.99 Million

6/11/2024

UVA Pharmacology Emeriti Professors John Lazo and Elizabeth Sharlow, who are co-founders of the pharmaceutical company KeViRx, Inc. have been granted $1.99 million to advance their first-in-class small molecule platform…

Research in Motion: Shengyi Iris Sun, PhD

6/6/2024

Our research focuses on protein quality control process in the endoplasmic reticulum, which is an important hub for protein production in the cells. —Shengyi Iris Sun, PhD, Associate Professor, Department…

Congratulations 2024 Graduates!

5/23/2024

Congratulations to the Class of 2024 Pharmacology graduates! Dr.'s Elizabeth Gonye and Caitlin Pavelec walked in the BIMS PhD hooding ceremony, and Dr. Scott Yeudall walked in the MD ceremony.…

Meet Edward Nieh, Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacology

5/20/2024

Meet Edward Nieh, Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacology. Dr. Edward Nieh joined the UVA School of Medicine as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacology in May…

Research in Motion: Doug Bayliss, PhD

5/16/2024

Pharmacology Professor and Chair, Dr. Doug Bayliss, was featured in the University of Virginia's weekly publication Medicine in Motion this week. He talks more about his research in a video…