Pharmacology-Toxicology senior (’15) Matthew Wleklinski of Howards Grove, Wisconsin, has accepted admission to the physician-scientist (MD/PhD) program at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, where he hopes to continue a research career focused on stem cell and …
Student News
Winston-McPherson named 2015 UNCF-Merck Graduate Science Research Fellow
Gabrielle Winston-McPherson, SciMed GRS Fellow and Research Assistant in the lab of Weiping Tang, Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, has been selected to participate in the United Negro College Fund, Inc. (UNCF) and the Merck Company Foundation …
Pharm-Tox students earn fellowships
Three Pharmacology-Toxicology undergraduates earned Hilldale Undergraduate/Faculty Research Fellowships and an additional Pharm-Tox student was recognized with a Holstrom Environmental Scholarship for 2015-16. These fellowships support undergraduate research done in collaboration with UW-Madison faculty or research/instructional …
Young researcher receives recognition and accolades
Pharmacology-Toxicology junior Helene Altmann ‘x16 will participate in a 12-week research internship at the prestigious European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany. She is one of three UW-Madison undergraduates chosen for this honor
Pharm Sci and SAS announce incoming graduate students
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 …
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 …
Health sciences students learn about collaboration for care
Pharmacy students were among those in attendance at the annual interprofessional health summit held in mid-March. New in 2015 the Interprofessional Health Council partnered with the Gold Humanism Honor Society to present on the theme …
Pharmacy student among group that wins statewide healthcare competition
An interprofessional student team comprised of Ryan Miller, DPH-4, Matthew Shanahan, and P. Chulhi, School of Medicine and Public Health student colleagues, were awarded first place at a statewide healthcare case competition organization by Wisconsin …
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 …
Pharm-Tox students selected as Ganser Fellows
Pharmacology-Toxicology juniors Nicholas Poellinger ‘x16 and Alyssa Tiedemann ‘x16 have been selected as Ganser Fellows by Meriter-Unity Point Health for the summer of 2015. This is the third consecutive year that a “Pharm-Tox” undergraduate has …