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Course upgrade nets teaching innovation award

Robert Breslow, associate professor (CHS) in the Pharmacy Practice Division, and Michelle Chui, assistant professor in the Social and Administrative Sciences Division, received the School of Pharmacy 2009 Teaching Innovation Award for their innovative revamping …

Fruit research linked to cancer chemoprevention

Jeremy Johnson, assistant scientist in the Pharmacy Practice Division, received funding from the National Cancer Institute to study xanothes in the mangosteen fruit and the anti-cancer properties on prostate cancer chemoprevention. The R03 project titled …

Grants support natural product drug discovery

Ben Shen, professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, received grants from American Recovery Act Funds to support his ongoing program on natural product biosynthesis, engineering, and drug discovery. A Competitive Revision grant will expand Shen’s …

Research on beta blockers continues with funding

Orly Vardeny, assistant professor (CHS) in the Pharmacy Practice Division, was awarded funding from GlaxoSmithKline to study associations of beta adrenergic receptor polymorphisms on insulin resistance in patients with hypertension being treated with specific beta …