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Meagan Horan

PhRMA Foundation Grant Awardee

Go check out PhRMA Foundation’s interview with our very own Dr. Erick Rodriguez-Palma speaking on his exploration of the underlying cause of #fibromyalgia, a chronic #pain condition. Specifically, he is studying the role of calcium & sodium ion channels, key players in pain signaling. Watch the full…

NIH UG3: Russ Lab

Congratulations to Dr. Holger Russ for receiving the NIH UG3 grant for his research titled “Understanding thymic epithelial and hematopoietic stem cell-intrinsic immune abnormalities”. …

NIH P50 Grant Renewal

Congratulations to Dr. Lee Sweeney and collaborators for receiving the NIH P50 grant for his research titled “Addressing Shortcomings of AAV Gene Therapies for the Muscular Dystrophies”. Dr. David Hammers is also a leader on this grant. Congratulations!…

ASH Graduate Hematology Award

The Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics is proud to announce that Qingchen “Jeremy” Yuan, has been selected by the American Society of Hematology (ASH) to receive in the 2025 ASH Graduate Hematology Award, part of ASH’s investment hematology research and the next generation of hematology physicians and scientists.

Association for Chemoreception Sciences meeting (AChemS) 2025

Congratulations to Sarah Sniffen, from the Wesson Lab, for receiving the Don Tucker Memorial Award for outstanding graduate student presentation at the annual Association for Chemoreception Sciences meeting. AchemS is the largest organization dedicated to research in the chemical senses and this award is given to one graduate…

Neurobiology of Disease Journal

Congratulations to Dr. Moehle and his lab for recently having their manuscript titled “Early A-synuclein aggregation decreases corticostriatal glutamate drive and synapse density” accepted in the Neurobiology of Disease journal.

Training Spot Awarded

Congratulations Austin Kratz, from the Russ Lab, for being awarded a training spot on the Diabetes/Bioengineering T32. …

The Barry Goldwater Scholarship &  Stanford Amgen Scholar

Congratulations to Sultan Khanfar, from the Oliveira Lab, for winning The Barry Goldwater Scholarship , the nation’s most prestigious undergraduate award in the natural sciences, mathematics, and engineering! Scholars are recognized for demonstrating outstanding potential to become future leaders in research. He was also selected for the Amgen…