Orly Vardeny, John Dopp, assistant professors (CHS), and Jill Kolesar, associate professor (CHS) and Director of the 3P Analytical Instrumentation Laboratory, UWCCC, all authored chapters in the “Pharmacotherapy Principles and Practice” book. The textbook received …
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Grant to further study of medication management
The research of Joshua M. Thorpe, assistant professor in the Social and Administrative Sciences Division, was awarded a $100,000 R03 grant from the National Institute on Aging for a two-year project, “Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use …
Kolesar renews editorial appointment
Jill M. Kolesar, associate professor (CHS) in the Pharmacy Practice Division, has accepted an additional three year term on the American Journal of Health-Systems Pharmacists editorial board beginning January 1, 2009. The Journal is the …
FDA explores oversight of nanotechnology
The nanotechnology research of Darin Furgeson, assistant professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, is referenced in the July 25 edition of Science Progress. The Food and Drug Administration’s Nanotechnology Task Force has been created to …
Vivian receives ICTR pilot grant for diabetes research
Eva Vivian, associate professor (CHS) in the Pharmacy Practice Division, was awarded a $40,000 pilot grant from the UW Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR) for her proposal, “Utilizing Novel Interventions to Prevent Diabetes …
Start-up company begins testing Alzheimer’s drug
Mithridion, a drug development company, co-founded by Jeff Johnson, professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, began a Phase 1 clinical trial of MCD-386, a small-molecule compound designed to treat Alzheimer’s patients. As highlighted in the …
Professor Kwon named to editorial board
Glen Kwon, professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, was named a member of the editorial board of the Biopharmaceutics & Drug Disposition Journal. This journal focuses on biopharmaceutics, drug disposition, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, especially those …
Shen lab studies role of Tandem Acyl Carrier Protein Domains in Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Biosynthesis
The June 2008 issue of Nature Chemical Biology summarizes the impact of recent laboratory research of Ben Shen, professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division and Department of Chemistry, on polyunsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis. The full …
New business aimed at drug delivery
A start-up drug delivery company using technologies developed by three UW-Madison professors–pharmacy professors Sandro Mecozzi and Glen Kwon, and anesthesiology Professor Robert Pearce–as well as chemistry graduate student Jonathan Fast was featured in the May …
Research may help you breathe easier
The research work of Ron Sorkness, professor in the Pharmacy Practice Division, and colleagues from the Severe Asthma Research Program (SARP) has identified key physiological differences between severe and non-severe forms of the disease. The …