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 …

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 …

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 …