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Beenhakker Lab Student, Arya Rajesh, Receives 2025 Harrison Undergraduate Research Award
Congratulations to Arya Rajesh on her receipt of the 2025 Harrison Undergraduate Research Award! Made possible through the generosity of the late David A. Harrison, III and his family, the…
Dr. Ana Omoto Receives AHA Career Development Award
New addition to the Pharmacology Department, Research Assistant Professor Ana Omoto, has received an AHA Career Development Award to fund her research for the next three years. She has just…
Schulman Lab Published in Nature Communications Journal
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
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
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
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,…
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
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!
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
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!
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
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,…
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.…