More than 180 individuals applied to the Pharmaceutical Sciences Doctoral Program for fall 2015 admission. Twenty-two were offered admission, and the school will welcome the following eight new graduate students this September: Mark Cadena, a …
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Drug developed by Kwon receives granted orphan designation by FDA
Co-D Therapeutics, Inc., a pre-clinical stage pharmaceutical company developing agents for the treatment of cancer, was granted orphan designation for Triolimus for the treatment of Angiosarcoma. Triolimus technology was developed by Glen Kwon, professor in …
Zhang is Journal of Polymer Science poster prize winner
Wei Zhang, graduate student in the lab of Lian Yu, professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, was one of three outstanding young polymer scientists awarded the 2015 Journal of Polymer Science poster prize for the …
Kwon named regional editor
Glen Kwon, professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, was selected to be a Regional Editor for the journal Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology. Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology publishes original manuscripts, reviews, thematic issues, rapid technical notes and commentaries that provide …
Plavicki brings cool factor to science
Jessica Plavicki, an assistant scientist in the Pharmacuetical Sciences Division, was among only 11 winners of the 2015 Cool Science Image Contest. Her entry of the micrograph of vasculature in the adult zebrafish brain was …
Bugni contributes to interdisciplinary international research grant
An International Cooperative Biodiversity Group (ICBG), led by Professor Jon Clardy and Harvard Medical School, and Professor Monica Tallarico Pupo, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirao Preto, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, will discover and …
Li named Vilas Professor
Lingjun Li, professor, in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division has been appointed a Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor. The newly-created professorship recognizes professors whose distinguished scholarship has advanced the confines of knowledge, and whose excellence has also …
Pharmaceutical Sciences Division Research Day Poster Contest
Postdoctoral Category, 1st place, $250—Kimberly Toops, PhD (Lakkaraju Research Group) Dissertation Category, 1st place, $250—Navid Adnani (Bugni Research Group) Dissertation Category, 2nd place, $100—Gabrielle Winston-McPherson (Tang Research Group) Pre-Dissertation Category, 1st place, $250—Ian Miller (Kwan …
Fall 2014 Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduates
Congratulations to the following students who successfully defended their dissertations: Hannah Cohen, under the supervision of Dr. W. John Kao: Biomaterial-Mediated Polymorphonuclear Leukocyte Degranulation and Associated Effects on the Host Response. Xiaoxun Li, under the …
deVilliers to serve on AACP Board
Melgardt de Villiers, professor (CHS), in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, was elected Secretary of the Pharmaceutics Section of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP). AACP is structured as a democratic organization with decision-making …