Franco Puleo Receives the 2019-2020 American Physiology Society Porter Physiology Development Fellowship
Congratulations to Franco Puleo who has been awarded the 2019-2020 American Physiology Society Porter Physiology Development Fellowship. His research, “Sympathetic Nervous System Regulation of the NCC in Salt Sensitive Hypertension,” focuses on renal mechanisms of blood pressure control in salt sensitive hypertension. The Porter Physiology Development Fellowship provides Franco a year’s stipend support for his […]
Emily Mason-Osann Receives PhRMA Foundation Pre Doctoral Fellowship
Emily Mason-Osann, a fourth year Ph.D. student in the Program in Biomolecular Pharmacology, has received a pre doctoral fellowship in pharmacology/toxicology from the PhRMA Foundation. The research proposed is titled, “Defining Mechanism and Therapeutic Targets in the Alternative Lengthening of the Telomeres Pathway.” She is pursuing her thesis research under the mentorship of Rachel L. […]
Marc Vittoria Receives NCI F30 Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Award
Marc Vittoria, M.D./Ph.D. Graduate Student in the Program in Biomolecular Pharmacology, has been awarded an F30 Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award from the National Cancer Institute. Marc’s thesis research, “Defining Novel Mechanisms of Genome Instability in BRAF-mutant Melanoma,” is being carried out in the Laboratory of Cancer Cell Biology under the mentorship of […]
Alissa Frame and Franco Puleo Receive 2018 Caroline tum Suden/Francis A. Hellebrandt Professional Opportunity Award
Alissa Frame and Franco Puleo, Program in Biomolecular Pharmacology Ph.D. graduate students are recipients of 2018 Caroline tum Suden/Francis A. Hellebrandt Professional Opportunity Awards by The American Physiological Society. They will formally receive their awards at the 2018 Experimental Biology Annual Meeting in San Diego in late April. Alissa and Franco are conducting the Ph.D. thesis […]
Kevin Clayton Awarded F31 NRSA from the National Institute on Aging
Kevin Clayton has been awarded an F31 Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award from the National Institute on Aging. The title of his Ph.D. thesis research is “TREM12-TYROBP coupling modulation for the reduction of Alzheimer’s-mediated neuroinflammation: a novel pharmacologic therapy.” Kevin, a Program in Biomolecular Pharmacology Ph.D. graduate student, is conducting his thesis research […]
Brandon Maziuk Awarded NINDS F31 NRSA
Congratulations to Brandon Maziuk on receiving a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). Brandon is a PhD graduate student in the NIGMS supported Biomolecular Pharmacology Training Program. His F31 application is titled “Dysfunction of mRNA Metabolism in Tauopathy,” and this award will support this research over […]
Ryan Quinton Receives Predoctoral Fellowship from the Canadian Institutes of Health
Congratulations to Ryan Quinton on receiving a predoctoral Fellowship from the Canadian Institutes of Health. This award is the equivalent of an F30 predoctoral fellowship in the United States and will provide $35,000 per year for three years to cover his expenses. Ryan is an MD/PhD currently pursuing his PhD graduate research in the Laboratory […]
Kendra Kobrin and Jonathan Freedman Receive the 2017 Joseph Cochin Award in Pharmacology and Medical Ethics Award
At the Student Award Ceremony on Match Day, March 17th, Kendra Kobrin and Jonathan Freedman were awarded the 2017 Joseph Cochin Award in Pharmacology and Medical Ethics. This award honors the memory of Joseph Cochin, MD, PhD, who served as Professor of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics at BUSM for many years. Dr. Cochin was an […]
Brandon Maziuk Selected by the BU BEST Program as BU Representative to the AAAS CASE Workshop in Washington, DC
Brandon Maziuk, a Program in Biomolecular Pharmacology PhD graduate student, has been selected as one of two students by the Boston University Broadening Experiences in Scientific Training (BEST) program to represent Boston University at the AAAS Catalyzing Advocacy for Science and Engineering (CASE) Workshop in Washington, DC, April 2-5, 2017. Brandon was chosen from a […]
Alissa Frame Receives Best Poster Award at the AHA Council on Hypertension 2016 Scientific Sessions
Alissa Frame received the Best Poster Award at the American Heart Association’s Council on Hypertension 2016 Scientific Sessions in Orlando, Florida, September 14 – 17, 2016. Alissa’s poster, “Impaired Central, Renal, and Blood Pressure Responses to Alterations in Fluid and Electrolyte Homeostasis in Aged Sprague-Dawley Rats,” was selected from over 600 posters, which is quite a […]