Lingjun Li, professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, was awarded the 2014 Biemann Medal from the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS). The award is in recognition of Li’s outstanding contributions in the field of …
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Cohen recognized as best podia presentation
Hannah Cohen, a fifth-year graduate student and dissertator from the laboratory of W. John Kao, professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, was recognized with one of the two “Best Podia Talk” awards given at the …
Kao among leaders positioning UW-Madison as a global partner
John Kao, professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, associate dean of the Division of International Studies, and faculty director of the Shanghai Innovation Office, was on hand when a new international collaboration with a Taiwanese …
Kwon among top cited researchers
Glen Kwon, professor and Jens T. Carstensen Distinguished Chair in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, is one of 3000 highly-cited researchers in the world. Highly Cited Researchers 2014 represents some of world’s leading scientific minds. Over …
Faculty mentors recognized through Hilldale Award recipients
Four undergraduate students working with pharmaceutical sciences division faculty mentors have been granted a Hilldale Faculty/Undergraduate Research Award for the 2014-15 academic year. The recipients and their faculty mentors are: Tyler Lieberthal, Weiyuan John Kao, …
Cho joins faculty of St. Louis College of Pharmacy
Hyunah Cho, Ph.D. ’13, accepted a faculty position at the St. Louis College of Pharmacy (StLCoP). Cho will be teaching PharmD courses in drug delivery systems and compounding. She hopes to continue the strong research …
UW Madison researchers aim to treat drug-resistant infections with new drugs created by bugs
Scientists Dr. David Andes, Tim Bugni, and Cameron Currie are part of a team that recently received a five-year, $16 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to look for potential new drugs from …
Graduate students selected as NSF Fellows
Michelle Pizzo, in the lab of Professor Robert Thorne, and Celeste Alvarez, in the lab of Professor Glen Kwon, both in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, received a 2014 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship …
Peterson Receives SOT Distinguished Toxicology Scholar Award
Richard E. Peterson, PhD, professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division at the UW-Madison School of Pharmacy received the Society of Toxicology (SOT) Distinguished Toxicology Scholar Award at the 53rd Annual SOT Meeting and ToxExpo in …
Thorne awarded funding from WARF’s Accelerator Program
Robert Thorne, assistant professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division at the UW-Madison School of Pharmacy, received $158,611 from the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) Accelerator Program for his project titled “Use of Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 to …