Schulman Lab Published in Nature Communications Journal
2/4/2025
Alexis Clark, with help from Lily Russo-Savage, Nicolas Amselle, Luke Ashton, and Niki Haghshenas of the Schulman Lab, uncovered an important role for high cholesterol in the development of liver…
Cancer Center Welcomes Shengyi Iris Sun, PhD
1/30/2025
The UVA Cancer Center has welcomed Shengyi Iris Sun, PhD , Associate Professor of Pharmacology, to its Cancer Biology Research Program. Dr. Sun's research focuses on protein homeostasis and quality control, endoplasmic reticulum…
Dr. Mark Beenhakker Receives a Research and Training Grant From AES
1/30/2025
Congratulations to Mark Beenhakker on his receipt of a Research and Training Workshop Grant from the American Epilepsy Society! Research and Training Workshop grants support scientific conferences and workshops that…
Dr. Kelsey Voss Receives Funding to Study Type 1 Diabetes
12/13/2024
UVA Pharmacology's Dr. Kelsey Voss has received funding on her proposed project to study The role of iron metabolism in T cell subsets in type 1 diabetes from Breakthrough T1D,…
11/14/2024
In a recent study published in Nature Communications, researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine led by Shengyi Iris Sun, PhD, an associate professor in the Department of Pharmacology, uncovered…
UVA Pharmacology Welcomes Dr. Kelsey Voss
10/2/2024
The Department of Pharmacology at the University of Virginia is pleased to welcome Dr. Kelsey Voss as our newest faculty member. She has begun setting up her lab in Pinn…
Congratulations to Dr. George Souza, New Pharmacology Research Faculty Member!
9/26/2024
Congratulations to Dr. George Souza on his recent appointment as a Pharmacology Research Assistant Professor! Dr. Souza has been a Postdoctoral Researcher and Lab Technician in the lab of Dr.…
New BRAIN Initiative Research Grant to Improve Novel Tools for the Study of Neural Circuits
8/15/2024
Edward Perez-Reyes, PhD, a professor in the Department of Pharmacology, was awarded a new grant from the National Institutes of Health for the development of novel tools for the study…
Elzbieta Dulko and Anna Grace Carns Receive Double Hoo Award!
8/7/2024
Beenhakker Lab Graduate Student Elzbieta Dulko and Undergraduate Anna Grace Carns recently received the Double Hoo Research Grant for their research on "Challenging the Dogma of Childhood Absence Epilepsy". The…
Vlad Serbulea, PhD, Receives AHA Career Development Award
8/6/2024
Assistant Research Professor of Pharmacology, Vlad Serbulea, has received an American Heart Association Career Development Award for his research on Glucocorticoids. This award supports highly promising healthcare and academic professionals,…