Jill M. Kolesar, professor (CHS) in the Pharmacy Practice Division, has received funding to support two clinical trials on lung cancer research from the Frontier Science & Technology Research Foundation, Inc. (FSTRF) Based at UW …
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Research continues on Staph infection
Warren Rose, assistant professor (CHS) in the Pharmacy Practice Division, received funding to further his research on staphylococcus aureus (S. aureas) biofilms and the barriers to antimicrobial therapy. S. aureas is an epidemic pathogen in …
Research focus is smoking cessation and diabetes
Eva Vivian, associate professor (CHS) in the Pharmacy Practice Division, is co-investigator of a P-50 grant from the National Cancer Institute that will advance treatments for smokers with diabetes. “Engineering Effective Interventions for Tobacco Use: …
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 …
Can meditation or exercise ease respiratory infections?
Mary Hayney, associate professor (CHS) in the Pharmacy Practice Division, is co-investigator on an NIH-funded grant to study the effects of meditation or exercise on respiratory infections and influenza vaccine response. Titled “Meditation and Exercise …
Project focus is enhanced pharmacist-physician communication
Michelle Chui, assistant professor in the Social and Administrative Sciences Division, was awarded a $50,000 grant from the Community Pharmacy Foundation for a project titled “Enhancing Physician Referral and Recommendation of Pharmacist Provided Medication Therapy …
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 …
Grant supports non-animal methods in research
Warren Rose, assistant professor (CHS) in the Pharmacy Practice Division, received funding from the Alternatives Research and Development Foundation to support significant advancement towards the animal free study of the pathogenesis of infectious diseases. In …