Lingjun Li, associate professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, has been awarded an Innovation and Economic Development Research (IEDR) grant from the UW-Madison Graduate School. These grants require collaboration with industry to bring an invention …
Pharmaceutical Sciences
School welcomes Xiong as assistant professor
May Xiong, joins the School of Pharmacy as an assistant professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division on June 1. Xiong is a UW-Madison alumna, having earned her PhD here in 2007. Most recently, Xiong was …
Graduate students awarded prestigious fellowships
Grant Buchanan and Richard Gantt have been awarded Pre-Doctoral Fellowships in the Pharmaceutical Sciences by the American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education (AFPE) for the 2009-10 academic year. Buchanan, from Midland, Texas, began his graduate work …
Yu among campus team to study crystal growth in glasses
Lian Yu, professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, and collaborators in chemistry, chemical engineering and Abbott Laboratories, as an industrial partner, received funding from the National Science Foundation for a Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison …
Peterson receives best poster at inaugural symposium
Ryan Peterson, a third-year pharmaceutical sciences graduate student in the laboratory of Ben Shen, professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division and Charles Johnson Chair in Pharmacy, won a “best poster” award at the inaugural David …
Easing the pain for animals
Research by Tim Heath, associate professor emeritus in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, on the formulation of extended-release pain-relieving drugs for animals and its use in a drug study by campus colleague Lesley Smith, a veterinary …
Vezina accepts position in Vet Med
Chad Vezina, postdoctoral research associate in Professor Richard Peterson’s group in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, has accepted a position as an assistant professor in the Department of Comparative Biosciences at the UW-Madison School of Veterinary …
Collier is 2009 Kimmel Scholar Award recipient
Lara Collier, assistant professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, has been named a Kimmel Scholar by the Sidney Kimmel Foundation for Cancer Research, one of 12 such awards given nationally in 2009.
Mitchell receives outstanding service award
Joni Mitchell, program assistant in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, and a School of Pharmacy employee since 1982, has been selected to receive a 2009 UW-Madison Classified Employee Recognition Award (CERA). Mitchell is one of five …
Li and Kao receive 2009 Vilas Associate Award
Lingjun Li, associate professor, and W. John Kao, professor, both in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division were awarded the 2009 Vilas Associate Award.