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Congratulations to our grad students who completed their defenses this month!
Tenzin Ngodup receives NCI F31 award
Tenzin Ngodup, Pharmacology PhD student in the Lee lab, recently received the NCI F31 award for his work entitled "Role of hypoxia in fibroblast reprogramming in pancreatic cancer."
Congratulations, Tenzin!
Sean Hannifin (Lee Lab) has been awarded the NIH NRSA F31

Ian Levine becomes 100th MS graduate to earn a Pharmacology degree

Alexander Vizurraga is the Highlighted Trainee Author for the June 2023 issue of Molecular Pharmacology

Dr. Andy Alt receives the OVPR Faculty Achievement Award

James Teuber wins oral presentation at the annual Pharmacology Research Colloquium
James Teuber, Ph.D. Candidate in the Brody lab, won the 2023 Duncan A. McCarthy, Jr. Memorial Award for Outstanding Oral Presentation at the Annual Pharmacology Research Colloquium.
Congratulations, James!

Robert Goldsmith receives the 2023 Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Entrepreneurship
Robert Goldsmith, Ph.D. student in the Brody lab, recently received the 2023 Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Entrepreneurship. Robert serves as the Director of Professional Development for miLEAD Consulting, a graduate student-led consulting organization. He has helped organize the Midwest Healthcare Case Competition, and received an
2023 PSTP Cohort

Jean Carlos Rodriguez Diaz successfully defends dissertation

Dr. Julie Finnell, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Ferrario Lab, has recently accepted a position in Pharmacology and Toxicology housed in the Jacobs School of Medicine at the University of Buffalo.
Dr. Paul Jenkins, Kumar Subramani, and Dr. Lia Min receive EBS Awards for outstanding achievement in teaching and research.

Dr. Kyoung Lee receives $1.4M grant from NCI to study the role of low oxygen supply in pancreatic cancer
Faculty Promotions (effective September 1, 2023)
Dr. Les Satin has book published for IOP Press
Dr. Les Satin, Joanne I Moore Research Professor of Pharmacology, Professor of Pharmacology, and Professor of Internal Medicine, recently had a book published for IOP Press. Dr. Satin is an editor (and series chair) for the book "Calcium Signals: From single molecules to physiology". More info can be found here:
Chiamaka Ukachukwu is awarded Rackham Graduate Student Research Grant

Dr. Rich Auchus quoted in CNN article
Dr. Rich Auchus, Professor of Internal Medicine, Professor of Pharmacology, and James A Shayman and Andrea S Kevrick Professor of Translational Medicine, was recently quoted in CNN article "Scientists unlock new secrets from a male woolly mammoth tusk". Read the full article here: