September 2015

Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics Professor Lee Sweeney, Ph.D., has been awarded a grant through the Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Center. Dr. Sweeney’s project is focused on understanding the pathways and cell types that contribute to inflammation, fibrosis, and fatty deposition, but now will utilize an exciting new mouse model…

Department Pharmacology and Therapeutics Professor Nihal Tümer, Ph.D., was awarded the Alberto Ferrari Poster Prize for a poster presentation she presented earlier this year. The poster presentation, titled “High fat plus dietary fructose is not more deleterious than a high fat diet on cardiovascular health,” was presented at the 25th…