News and Events
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!!!
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!
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!
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
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
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
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!
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
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
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…
Congratulations Caitlin Pavelec: Dissertation Defense!!!
The Pharmacology Department would like to send out a huge congrats to Caitlin Pavelec (Pharmacology Graduate Student in the lab of Norbert Leitinger) for presenting her Dissertation Defense on Monday,…
BIMS Lab Coat Ceremony: Welcome to Pharmacology!
The School of Medicine celebrated our first-year BIMS students at the UVA Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program (BIMS) Lab Coat Ceremony on March 29. This event marks the transition to the…
2024 Joseph Larner Memorial Lecture in Pharmacology
On Friday, March 22, the Pharmacology Department hosted Dr. Ronald Evans as the speaker for the annual Joseph Larner Memorial Lecture in Pharmacology. His talk was titled: Nuclear Receptors: Overcoming…
Congratulations Elizabeth Gonye: Dissertation Defense!!!
The Pharmacology Department would like to send out a huge congrats to Elizabeth Gonye (Pharmacology Graduate Student in the lab of Doug Bayliss) for presenting her Dissertation Defense on Monday,…
Congratulations Yuntian Guan: Dissertation Defense!!!
The Pharmacology Department would like to send out a huge congrats to Yuntian Guan (Pharmacology Graduate Student in the lab of Zhen Yan) for presenting his Dissertation Defense on Thursday,…
