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Smanski to present at ASP annual meeting

Posted on February 11, 2009

Michael Smanski, graduate student, working under the guidance of Ben Shen, professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, has been awarded a 2009 American Society of Pharmacognosy (ASP) travel grant attend to attend the ASP annual …

Extra genes protect against Parkinson’s disease

Posted on February 2, 2009

Research by Jeff Johnson, professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, and UW-Madison colleagues Pei-Chun Chen, Marcelo Vargas and Delinda Johnson, impacts the progression of Parkinson’s disease. Drawing local and national attention, the study published in …

Pharm Sci Division receives national ranking

Posted on February 1, 2009

The UW-Madison School of Pharmacy Pharmaceutical Sciences Division ranked among the best Pharmaceutical Sciences programs in the US according to Academic Analytics (AA, LLC). The division was identified by the Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index (FSP …

Pilot grant to focus on Alzheimer’s research

Posted on December 28, 2008

Joshua M. Thorpe, assistant professor in the Social and Administrative Sciences Division, was awarded a $50,000 pilot grant from the Wisconsin Comprehensive Memory Program to measure medication adherence and barriers to medical care in persons …

Centrose ranks as top university start-up

Posted on December 22, 2008

Centrose, a Madison-based start-up company involving Jon Thorson, professor, and C. Richard Hutchinson, emeritus professor, in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, was selected by the National Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer (NCET2) in the final round …

Johnson lab makes strides in ALS research

Posted on December 9, 2008

Research by Marcelo Vargas, a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Jeff Johnson, professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, was reported in the current issue of the Journal of Neuroscience. The experiments prolonged the life …

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