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  2. Taking Cues From Nature to Unlock Pharmaceutical Potential

Faculty Highlight

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Jason Kwan in the lab

Taking Cues From Nature to Unlock Pharmaceutical Potential

Posted on June 8, 2018

Assistant Professor Jason Kwan, in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, is researching microbialites in South Africa to unearth new pharmaceutical tools.

portrait of Olayinka Shiyanbola

Putting the Patient Back into the Health Care Equation

Posted on March 24, 2018

Assistant Professor Olayinka Shiyanbola’s research on medication adherence takes patient-centered approach.

portrait of Glen Kwon in his lab

Improving Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment

Posted on February 23, 2018

Two professors at the UW–Madison School of Pharmacy’s Pharmaceutical Sciences Division are up for the challenge of being both entrepreneurs and academic researchers, and they’re both targeting cancer.

Michelle Chui working at her desk

Leveraging Technology to Keep Patients Safe

Posted on February 21, 2018

CancelRx is the only tool that automatically alerts the pharmacy when a doctor discontinues a drug for a patient. Associate Professor Michelle Chui will study its effectiveness.

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To Die or Not to Die?

Posted on January 2, 2018

School of Pharmacy research reveals new insights into the cell death machinery

Weiping Tang in lab

UW–Madison School of Pharmacy Scientists Develop New Mild Glycosylation Method of Carbohydrate Synthesis

Posted on December 4, 2017

Coming up with methods of carbohydrate synthesis is difficult work. Yet, it is critical to advancing scientists’ knowledge of carbohydrate structure and biological function. Contributing to that advance, Weiping Tang

headshot of Jiaoyang Jiang

Jiang advances enzyme research with additional R01 award

Posted on September 18, 2017

Jiaoyang Jiang, assistant professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, is the principal investigator of a second R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study the critical role of a human enzyme (O-GlcNAcase)

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Faculty and students contribute expertise to national peer meeting

Posted on July 24, 2017

Pharmacy practice faculty, the Director of the American Institute of the History of Pharmacy, and PharmD students were among several from the School who contributed expertise through presentations, roundtable discussions, leading special interest groups, or …

headshot of Eva Vivian Pharmacy Practice Division

Vivian launches new program with support of Baldwin mini-grant

Posted on June 14, 2017

The health of African American (AA) women is the focus of Peers Empowering Peers (PEP) a new program created by Eva Vivian, professor (CHS) in the Pharmacy Practice Division is one of 18 projects to …

headshot of Professor Jun Dai, Pharmaceutical Sciences Division

Two-pronged research is more than skin deep

Posted on May 30, 2017

For Jun Dai, assistant professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, her early research in cell biology laid the groundwork and proved pivotal for the transition and current focus on skin diseases.

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