Spring Seminar Series Begins February 11th with Christopher Del Negro
1/19/2016
A cold front may be moving through the area, but we are warming up for an exciting semester of seminar speakers! The Spring 2016 Pharmacology Seminar Series will get started on…
HoosWell Wahoo Challenge Begins January 19th
1/6/2016
Active employees currently earning a paycheck and enrolled in the UVa Health Plan are eligible to earn $100 in fitness rewards by participating in the Hoo's Well Wahoo Challenge. The…
Pharm Alumna Jessica Geisler on Spectrophotometry
12/4/2015
Pharmacology alumna Jessica Geisler, Ph.D. (Class of 2013) was interviewed in this article in News Medical, where she answers questions about spectrophotometry. Dr. Geisler is the Product Manager at Eppendorf North America. She studied…
Pharm Alumnus Appointed Director of TMC’s Innovation Institute
11/30/2015
Erik Halvorsen, PhD (Pharmacology, Class of 2001) was recently appointed as Director of Texas Medical Center's (TMC) Innovation Institute. An interesting article in Xconomy Texas takes a look at some…
Inaugural Joseph Larner Memorial Lecture in Pharmacology a Success!
11/20/2015
On Wednesday, November 18, we were pleased to present the Inaugural Joseph Larner Memorial Lecture in Pharmacology. Dr. Joseph Larner (January 9, 1921 – January 28, 2014) served as Chairman of…
PSTG Trainee Spotted at Neuroscience 2015
10/22/2015
We spotted this Pharmacological Sciences Training Grant (PSTG) Trainee and Neuroscience Graduate Program (NGP) Student at Neuroscience 2015 in Chicago, IL! Title: Modulation of EEG by hyperventilation in an animal…
Mark Beenhakker – 2015 Peter C. Isakson Mentoring Award Recipient
10/10/2015
Congratulations to Mark Beenhakker, who received the 2015 Peter C. Isakson Mentoring Award at the Pharmacology Department retreat earlier this week! The Peter C. Isakson Mentoring Award recognizes junior faculty…
10/9/2015
Congratulations to Kelley McQueeney (Lazo lab) and Yingtang Shi (Bayliss Lab), winners of the 2015 Haynes Award! The Haynes Award recognizes the best presentations by Predoctoral and Postdoctoral trainees at our…
Garrett Mullins Wins the 2014 Rall Award
10/8/2015
Congratulations to Garrett Mullins, recipient of the 2014 Rall Award for the best paper by a Pharmacology Student published in the calendar year. Garrett received the award at our 2015 Pharmacology…
Former PSTG Trainee Kendra Simpson Serving as a STEM Mentor to Underrepresented Youth
9/29/2015
Alumni often choose interesting career paths and Kendra Simpson, Ph.D. (Pathology, 2012) is doing just that! Dr. Simpson, who was supported by the Pharmacological Sciences Training Grant during her enrollment…