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BUSM Researcher Receives Grant from CURE
Shelley J. Russek, PhD, professor of pharmacology at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), and director of the School’s Graduate Program for Neuroscience, was recently honored with an award from the CURE (Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy) Foundation. The prestigious award, given as well to her colleague Amy Brooks-Kayal, MD, from University of Colorado […]
Maya E. Woodbury awarded PhRMA Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship
Maya Woodbury was recently awarded the Predoctoral Fellowship in Pharmacology/Toxicology through the PhRMA Foundation. The title of her approved proposal is “miR-155/STAT3 signaling: a novel pharmacological target for Down syndrome.” For this project, she will receive financial support for her research in the amount of $20,000 per year for two years. The Foundation only awards […]
Dr. Valentina Sabino honored by The Peter F. McManus Charitable Trust Foundation
The Peter F. McManus Charitable Trust Foundation recently honored Dr. Valentina Sabino for the second time with a grant to research the causes of alcohol addiction. The title of her approved project is “Neurobiological Bases of Alcohol Addiction.” According to Dr. Sabino, “alcoholism constitutes one of the most serious public health problems worldwide. The World […]
Dr. Camron Bryant selected as the recipient of the 2014 IBANGS Young Scientist Award
Dr. Camron Bryant has been selected as the recipient of the 2014 IBANGS Young Scientist Award. The Young Scientist Award honors a scientist who is 7 or fewer years post first faculty or faculty-equivalent appointment, and whose area of research is in behavioural and neural genetics. Key considerations are the scientific importance of research discoveries, […]
Dr. Benjamin Wolozin Receives Alzheimer’s Association Zenith Fellows Award
From the Office of the Dean: I am pleased to share that Benjamin Wolozin, MD, PhD, Professor, Pharmacology and Neurology, was awarded the Alzheimer’s Association Zenith Fellows Award. Initiated in 1991, the award provides support for cutting edge basic science or biomedical research that addresses fundamental problems related to early detection, etiology pathogenesis, treatment and/or prevention […]
BU Pharmacology Trainee Discovers FDA Approved Treatment for MS
Kenneth J. Rhodes, Ph.D., Vice President of Neurology Discovery at Biogen Idec and an alumni of the Boston University Pharmacology Training Program, led the team of researchers that developed Tecfidera, an oral medication that defends against relapsing Multiple Sclerosis (MS). The Food and Drug Administration recently approved Tecfidera, also known as dimethyl fumarate, for treating […]
2013 Pfizer Symposium – “Therapeutic Innovation: Oxidative Stress and the Next Generation of Discovery
Please click here for the 2013 BU-Pfizer Symposium program book PDF file. Boston University Department of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics – Pfizer Symposium Tuesday, November 5, 2013 8am to 7pm Boston University Trustee Ballroom, 1 Silber Way, 9th Floor, Boston, MA For more information, please contact Ms. Sara Johnson at pharm3@bu.edu or 617-638-4302.
Kendra Kobrin receives Carl E. Rosow Award for Pharmacology Education
Kendra Kobrin, M.D., Ph.D. candidate in Pharmacology, received the Carl E. Rosow Award for Pharmacology Education at the Department of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics New Faculty & New Student Reception held on 19 September. Kendra graduated Summa Cum Laude from Boston University in 2008 with Bachelor degrees in both Psychology and Music. Following graduation, she […]
September 2013 issue of The Pharmacologist now available
The September 2013 issue of The Pharmacologist is now available online. Read about new Executive Officer Judith A. Siuciak, some thoughts from President Rick Neubig, the program for the Joint ASPET/Chinese Pharmacological Society Annual Meeting at Experimental Biology 2014, and more. Be sure to check it out! In this issue: Introduction to new ASPET President, Judith […]
Wendy Wei Qiao Qiu, M.D., Ph.D., receives J&J CIAP Award
Dr. Wendy Wei Qiao Qiu was chosen to receive the 2013 Johnson & Johnson Clinical Innovation Award Program (J&J CIAP) award. According to the BU Institute for Technology Entrepreneurship & Commercialization website, the J&J CIAP was designed to “stimulate innovative solutions to unmet clinical challenges emerging from the Boston University medical community” by funding research […]