Powell awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

C. Travis Powell, a chemistry graduate student, was selected to receive a 2010 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship (GRF) to further his research on the crystallization of organic glasses under positive and negative …

Johnson’s research spotlighted in toxicology journal

A research paper by Delinda Johnson, a pharmaceutical sciences researcher, is highlighted in the April issue of Toxicological Sciences. The paper addresses how the pro-antioxidant transcription factor Nrf2 attenuates experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis, an animal model …

Kleinbeck awarded research travelship

Kyle Kleinbeck, a pharmaceutical sciences graduate student, will spend eight weeks in Singapore this summer studying stem-cell therapies skin regeneration and wound healing with Dr. Casey Chan in the departments of Bioengineering and Orthopedic Surgery …

Hsung named Vilas Award recipient

Richard Hsung, professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, was honored with a 2010 Vilas Associate Award from the University’s Physical Sciences Division. The Vilas Associate Award recognizes a faculty member’s scholarly achievements as well as …

International journal bestows award

Weiping Tang, assistant professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, has been selected as a 2010 Journal Award Recipient by the editorial board of Synlett and Synthesis, two well-known international journals devoted to synthetic organic chemistry. …

Postdoc training award to further cancer research

Kimberly Hammer, postdoctoral research associate, in the laboratory of Paul Marker, assistant professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, has been awarded a postdoctoral training award from the Department of Defense-Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs to …

Gunn named 2010 PhRMA fellow

Erica Gunn, postdoctoral research associate in the laboratory of Lian Yu, pharmaceutical sciences professor, has been awarded a 2010 Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) Foundation Post Doctoral Fellowship in Pharmaceutics. PhRMA represents the …