The National Science Foundation awards Assistant Professor Jason Kwan a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award, funding that is granted to top young faculty in support of innovative research.
Pharmaceutical Sciences Division
New Assistant Professor Jason Peters Wins NIH Career Transition Award
The National Institutes of Health is helping Assistant Professor Jason Peters get to work developing CRISPR-based tools to uncover genetic functions crucial to the life and reproduction of pathogenic bacteria.
Pharmaceutical Sciences and the New Age of ‘Comfort’ Foods
Pharmaceutical Sciences alumnus Kwadwo Owusu-Ofori created a food project to people manage anxiety and attention-deficit disorders.
Alumni Support Fuels Graduate Student Success
Fellowships, scholarships, and awards funded by alumni and friends advance student education in the Pharmaceutical Sciences and Social and Administrative Pharmacy programs.
Former Dean Jeanette Roberts Retires from the School of Pharmacy
Jeanette Roberts—a medicinal chemist, professor, mentor, and philanthropist—is retiring in January 2019 after 15 years at the School of Pharmacy, including 11 as dean.
Pharmaceutical Sciences Student Earns NIH Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Grant
Pharmaceutical Sciences graduate student Arielis Estevez will use the NIH CBI Traineeship to understand the role of protein glycosylation upregulation in most cancer types.
School Awards Four Pharmacy Innovators with 2018 Citations of Merit
Three Badger alumni and a Wisconsin pharmacy leader are honored for their contributions to the field.
5 New Assistant Professors Advance School’s Research and Teaching
Three new hires and two new appointments strengthen the School’s Pharmacy Practice and Pharmaceutical Sciences Divisions.
New Award Will Support Faster, More Powerful Drug Lead Development
The School’s Professor Weiping Tang is the principal investigator on the project that won funding from the UW2020: WARF Discovery Initiative program.
Taking Cues From Nature to Unlock Pharmaceutical Potential
Assistant Professor Jason Kwan, in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, is researching microbialites in South Africa to unearth new pharmaceutical tools.