Congratulations to Pharmacology Graduate Students at the GBS Symposium!
3/21/2023
Congratulations to Pharmacology Graduate Students Michael Chi and Mike Lemke on placing 1st and 3rd place respectively for their poster presentations at the 31st annual Graduate Bioscience Society Symposium on…
3/16/2023
Black History Month as a time to honor the achievements, rich culture and history of African Americans and recognizes the significant achievements and contributions of Black people to society. In alignment with recognizing these…
Congratulations Maddie Failor and Caitlin Pavelec on receiving the Double Hoo award!
3/7/2023
Congratulations to both Maddie Failor and Katie Pavelec on receiving the Double Hoo award!!! They each paired with an Undergraduate student to pursue a research topic, and will receive funding…
Pharmacology’s Merci Best to speak at Huskey Graduate Research Exhibition
3/6/2023
Pharmacology's own Merci Best will present at the annual Huskey Graduate Research Exhibition, speaking on: "Toxic Tau Damages the Axon Initial Segment Barrier in Alzheimer’s Disease Brain Cells". Congratulations Merci!…
Congrats Clint Upchurch: Dissertation Defense!
2/23/2023
The Pharmacology Department would like to send out a huge congrats to Clint Upchurch (Pharmacology Graduate Student in the lab of Norbert Leitinger) for presenting his Dissertation Defense on Tuesday,…
2/20/2023
Dr. Ruddiman’s PhD focused on understanding the role of arterial structure to function, with important implications in blood pressure control. Specifically, Dr. Ruddiman studied how endothelial cells organized lipids and…
Kudos to Dr. Irina Bochkis: ID’s Trigger for World’s Most Common Liver Disease
2/8/2023
The Pharmacology Department would like to extend a huge congratulations to Irina Bochkis, PhD, for publishing new research that discovered a key trigger for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, a mysterious…
Dr. Edward Nieh Joining the Pharmacology Department in May
2/7/2023
The Department of Pharmacology will soon be welcoming a new faculty member, Dr. Edward Horng-An Nieh, as he begins to set up his lab. The primary goal of the lab…
Jeffrey R. Martens, PhD, Appointed as Senior Associate Dean for Research
1/26/2023
Professor Martens is a nationally and internationally lauded leader, researcher and educator. Dr. Martens’ research is focused in two areas of pharmacology and therapeutics, including sensory neuropharmacology and cardiovascular pharmacology,…
Recent Pharm Grad Binita Rajbanshi Part of Groundbreaking Alzheimer’s Research
1/13/2023
"We discovered how taupT217, an early biomarker for Alzheimer's, builds up in the brain and compromises neuronal health in Alzheimer's pathogenesis, thus opening new roads for early Alzheimer's therapy" See…
