{"id":5420,"date":"2023-02-23T17:15:02","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T21:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pharm.virginia.edu\/?p=5420"},"modified":"2026-05-22T20:37:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T20:37:33","slug":"congrats-clint-upchurch-dissertation-defense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/pharm\/2023\/02\/23\/congrats-clint-upchurch-dissertation-defense\/","title":{"rendered":"Congrats Clint Upchurch: Dissertation Defense!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5450 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/pharm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/468\/2023\/02\/Upchurch-Clint-FEB-21-defense-298x300.jpg\" alt=\"Clint Upchurch wearing a suit smiles and stands in front of greenery\" width=\"296\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/pharm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/468\/2023\/02\/Upchurch-Clint-FEB-21-defense-198x200.jpg 198w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/pharm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/468\/2023\/02\/Upchurch-Clint-FEB-21-defense-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/pharm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/468\/2023\/02\/Upchurch-Clint-FEB-21-defense-70x70.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 296px) 100vw, 296px\" \/>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, February 21st, 2023. He talked about\u00a0 \u201cTargeting oxidized phospholipids by AAV-mediated gene therapy in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease\u201d. Way to go, Clint!\u00a0 Pharm is very proud of you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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, February 21st, 2023. He talked about\u00a0 \u201cTargeting oxidized phospholipids by AAV-mediated gene therapy in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease\u201d. 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