Allie Bouza (Isom Lab) is one of the PIBS 2019 Graduate Student Awardees for her outstanding work in Research and promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
Congratulations, Allie!
Michigan Pharmacology congratulates Dr. Paul Jenkins on his receipt of the 2019 NARSAD Young Investigator Grant from the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation!!
Nicole Michmerhuizen (Brenner/Carey Labs), defended on July 22nd, 2019. Her thesis title “Examining Mechanisms of Sensitivity and Resistance to Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase Inhibitors in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma”. Kudos to her mentors Dr. Brenner and Dr. Carey.
Congratulations Nicole!
Congratulations to Dr. Jennifer Yeung (Tall Lab) on being awarded a NIH NHBLI F32 postdoctoral fellowship!
Congratulations Jen!
Julie Philippe (Jenkins’ Lab) won a poster prize at the 2019 FASEB Protein Lipidation: Enzymology, Signaling and Therapeutics Conference in Olean, NY.
Congratulations Julie!
Alex Stanczyk (Traynor Lab), defended on June 27th, 2019. His thesis title " Chasing the Holy Grail: Bias and Allosteryat Opioid Receptors ". Kudos to his mentor Dr. Traynor.
Congratulations Alex!
Andrew Nelson (Jenkins Lab), defended on June 28th, 2019. His thesis title " Understanding the Role of Ankyrin-G in Synaptic Biology ”. Kudos to his mentor Dr. Jenkins.
Congratulations Andrew!
Dr. Carrie Ferrario, recipient of the 2020 Henry Russel Award from the University of Michigan. This is the highest university honor awarded to faculty early in their careers.
Congratulations to Julie Philippe (Jenkins Lab), 1st place, Oral Presentations; Naincy Chandan (Smrcka Lab), tied for 2nd place, Oral Presentations. Andrea Pesch (Speers/Rae Labs) and Bryan Sears (Jutkiewicz Lab) tied for 2nd place, Poster presentations.
Dr. Les Satin has been elected to serve in ACAPT (Advisory Committee on Appointments, Promotions, and Tenure).
Congratulations, Les!
We are pleased to announce the new members of our Pharmacology Faculty!
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Arun Anantharam, Dr. Carrie Ferrario, and Dr. Emily Jutkiewicz on their promotions to Associate Professor with Tenure; Dr. Luis Lopez-Santiago on his promotion to Associate Research Scientist and Dr. Haoming Zhang on his promotion to Research Associate Professor.
Congratulations to Song Chen (Parent Lab), who will receive the 2019 Lucchesi Predoctoral Fellowship Award, and Dr. Hao Phan (Smrcka Lab), who will receive the 2019 Upjohn Postdoctoral Fellowship Award.
Nicholas Griggs (Traynor lab), defended on May 9th, 2019. His thesis title " Bifunctional Opioid Peptidomimetics: Studies on Affinity and Efficacy ". Kudos to his mentor Dr. Traynor.
Congratulations Nick!
Michigan Pharmacology congratulates our colleague, Dr. Mark Cohen, who will receive a 2019 University of Michigan Faculty Achievement Award!
Rebecca Derman (Ferrario lab), defended on April 24, 2019. Her thesis title "Individual Susceptibility to Obesity: Psychological and Neurobiological Mechanisms". Kudos to her mentor Dr. Ferrario.
Congratulations Rebecca!
Congratulations to Dr. Carrie Ferrario, who is the recipient of the 2019 Alan Epstein Research Award from the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB)!
Shreeya Bakshi, Oakland U.
Hao Chen, UM
Elyse Frydendall, UCLA
Anthony Garcia, U of New Mexico
Sharon Garrott, U of Virginia
Robert Goldsmith, BGSU
Anne Lietzke, Indiana U.
Nathalie Momplaisir, Tuskegee U.
Francisco Sanchez-Conde, Grinnell College
Brian Tran, UCSD
