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Congratulations to R. Jude Samulski, PhD, on being named to the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) 2024 Class of Fellows!

January 17, 2025
This prestigious honor, awarded to 170 exceptional inventors worldwide, is the highest professional distinction given exclusively to academic inventors.

Laura Peng and Yi Xu publish article in Cancer Discovery

January 17, 2025
Congratulations to Dr. Laura Peng, PhD and Yi Xu, PhD, working in the lab of Jen Jen Yeh, MD, on their groundbreaking findings published in Cancer Discovery!      

Bryan Roth and Xi-Ping Huang named to Clarivate’s list of Highly Cited Researchers

January 17, 2025
This is an extraordinary recognition of their impactful contributions to biomedical sciences. Both were also named to Clarivate’s list of Highly Cited Researchers in 2023.  

Congratulations to our new PhD, Jonathan DeLiberty!

January 16, 2025
Dr. DeLiberty successfully defended his thesis, "Therapeutic Targeting of RAS-Driven Metabolic Dependencies by PIKfyve Inhibition," under the guidance of Drs. Kirsten Bryant and Channing Der.

Congratulations to our new PhD, Mariah Stewart!

January 14, 2025
Dr. Stewart successfully defended her PhD thesis “Phosphorylation-Dependent Interactions of Heat Shock Proteins and Co-Chaperones: Structural Insights and Implications for Cancer Cell Proliferation” under the guidance Dr. Jonathan Schisler.

Congratulations to our new PhD, David Lee!

January 14, 2025
Dr. Lee successfully defended his thesis, “Harnessing Neuron Type-Specific GPCR Targets and Tools for Precious Analgesia” under the guidance of Dr. Greg Scherrer.

Congratulations to our new PhD, Kaitland Smith!

January 14, 2025
Dr. Smith successfully defended her PhD thesis “Genetic and Pharmacological Inhibitors of Necroptosis in STUB-1 Dependent Ataxias” under the guidance Dr. Jonathan Schisler.

PHCO Celebrates 2024 Annual Award Winners and Holidays!

December 20, 2024
We thank all the awardees and everyone in Pharmacology for your contributions to making the department a great place to be and do research together!

Congratulations to our new PhD, Aditi Kothari!

December 20, 2024
Dr. Kothari successfully defended her PhD thesis, “HPV-Associated Head and Neck Cancer: Etiology and Determinants of Radiation Sensitivity” under the guidance of Dr. Natalia Isaeva!

Leon G. Coleman, MD, PhD and Dan Dominguez, PhD are winners in the 2024 Creativity Hubs award for the Human MHC project!

December 18, 2024
The title of the project is "Revolutionizing Cancer Therapy by Total Sequencing of the MHC Peptidome."