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 …
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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 …
NCI grant furthers research on personalized treatments
May Xiong, assistant professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, received funding from the National Cancer Institute to further her research in personalizing treatments for cancer patients. The R00 portion of Xiong’s Pathway to Independence Award, …
R01 grant to advance natural product research
Weiping Tang, assistant professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, has received his first R01 grant. The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) has also awarded him a Supplement for Collaborative Science award on ion …
Grants support Lou Gehrig’s and Alzheimer’s research
Jeff Johnson, professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, has received two R01 grants from NIH to further his research in the areas of Lou Gehrig’s and Alzheimer’s Disease. The first grant, a five year award, …
Five SOP faculty awarded ICTR research funding
Lingjun Li and Sandro Mecozzi, associate professors in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, Warren Rose, assistant professor (CHS), and Eva Vivian, clinical associate professor in the Pharmacy Practice Division and Henry Young, assistant professor in the …
Sun receives AAPS award
Ye Sun, graduate student in the laboratory of Lian Yu, professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, has been awarded the 2009 American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) Graduate Student Symposium Award in Physical Pharmacy and …