Ed Elder, director, Lenor Zeeh Pharmaceutical Experiment Station, was elected to the compounding Expert Committee of the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP). Elder is one of 20 scientific and public health experts, representing 22 countries, elected …
Research
Mount serves as PI on scholarships grant
Jeanine Mount, associate professor in the Social and Administrative Sciences Division, and associate dean for Academic Affairs and Hammel-Sanders Chair in Pharmacy, will serve as principle investigator on the Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students grant. The …
Gantt wins travel award
Richard Gantt, a fourth-year pharmaceutical sciences graduate student, was distinguished by receiving the Jeremy Knowles Memorial Travel Award, sponsored by the American Chemical Society’s Division of Biological Chemistry. The award was presented at the recent …
Chemistry & Engineering News highlights Shen’s work
The June 14 issue of Chemical & Engineering News highlights the work of Ben Shen, professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, and members of the Shen research team. The research concerns potent antitumor agents known as enediynes, …
Gantt to speak at national conference
Richard Gantt, fourth-year graduate student in the laboratory of Jon Thorson , professor of pharmaceutical sciences, has been selected to give a presentation at the upcoming Bioorganic Chemistry Gordon Research Conference (GRC). Nationally only three …
Joshi receives pilot grant for Alzheimer’s research
Gururaj Joshi, a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Jeff Johnson, professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, was awarded an Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC) pilot project grant from the University of Wisconsin ADRC. The …
Kwon, Zografi receive recognition from the Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
A mini review co-authored by Glen Kwon, professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, was distinguished as the fifth-most highly cited article in 2009 by the Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences (JPharmSci). In tabulating this list, JPharmSci …
Johnson’s research spotlighted in toxicology journal
A research paper by Delinda Johnson, a pharmaceutical sciences researcher, is highlighted in the April issue of Toxicological Sciences. The paper addresses how the pro-antioxidant transcription factor Nrf2 attenuates experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis, an animal model …
Thorpe recognized as exceptional journal reviewer
Joshua Thorpe, assistant professor in the Social and Administrative Sciences Division, has achieved the distinction of “Exceptional Reviewer” for Medical Care for 2009. Exceptional Reviewer designation includes the top 5% of its peer reviewers. Top …
Hsung named Vilas Award recipient
Richard Hsung, professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, was honored with a 2010 Vilas Associate Award from the University’s Physical Sciences Division. The Vilas Associate Award recognizes a faculty member’s scholarly achievements as well as …