Thomas C. Rowe, Ph.D., is the next associate dean for graduate education and director of the Interdisciplinary Program in Biomedical Sciences, UF College of Medicine Dean Dr. Michael Good announced Thursday. “As the administrative head of the interdisciplinary program, Dr. Rowe will chair the program’s advisory board and provide leadership…
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…
Drs. Philip Scarpace and Nihal Tumer post recent findings in Journal of Gerontology: http://scienceblog.com/78855/rapamycin-older-rats-lose-weight/#CSo8SjpoEkVRFO4F.97…
H. Lee Sweeney, Ph.D., a world-renowned researcher on neuromuscular diseases, joins the Department of Pharmacology as The Thomas H. Maren, M.D., Eminent Scholar Chair. In addition to continuing his ground breaking research, Dr. Sweeney will be developing a Myology Institute at the University of Florida.
Edgardo Rodriguez-Lebron, Ph.D., will be joining the Department of Pharmacology at the beginning of September. Dr. Rodriguez received his Ph.D. from UF (Neuroscience) in 2005. He is returning to his alma mater from the University of Iowa where he was a Research Assistant Professor. Dr. Rodriguez specializes in neurodegenerative…
Effective September 1st, Dr. Steven D. Munger will be joining the faculty as a preeminent hire. Dr. Munger, a University of Florida alumnus, returns to his alma mater from The University of Maryland where he was a professor in the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology. Dr. Munger has also…
Jeffrey Harrison, Ph.D. has received a two-year award from the Ocala Royal Dames for Cancer Research to conduct research on “Combining CXCR4, VEGFR and TRFβR inhibitors to synergistically inhibit GBM progression”. …
Tom Biel, Ph.D. candidate in Dr. Jae-Sung Kim’s lab, received a Silver Award during the 39th annual UF College of Medicine Medical Guild Research Symposium April 3. Tom’s work investigates the changes in Sirtuin 1 expression during liver ischemia/reperfusion injury.
