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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 …

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 …