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Vijay Ivaturi, PhD

ECP alumnus Vijay Ivaturi, PhD ('10), is the new president-elect of the International Society of Pharmacometrics (ISoP). He will serve a one-year term as President-Elect prior to assuming the role of President in 2024.

gunda georg accepting carl mannich medal

Award given by German Pharmaceutical Society

Dr. David Ferguson & the Mini Med School Logo

Medicinal Chemistry’s Prof. David Ferguson is sharing his expertise in the upcoming Mini Medical School event sponsored by the Office of Academic Clinical Affairs

NIEHS

Their paper entitled Nuclear DNA and Mitochondrial Damage of the Cooked Meat Carcinogen 2-Amino-1-methyl-6-phenylimidazo[4,5-b]pyridine in Human Neuroblastoma Cells was selected as a Paper of the Month in September 2023.

Caitlin Lichtenfels

Lichtenfels was named a Leader in the Promotion of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Respect by the American Chemical Society (ACS).

A photo of Nicole, Nan, and Conrad

Nicole Mai Bentz, Nan Wang, and Conrad Fihn each successfully defended their PhD thesis this summer to become our program's most recent graduates.

Kelsey Holdaway

Holdaway received the Dr. Paul B. Myrdal Memorial Pre-Doctoral Fellowship from the American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education (AFPE).

Group photo of PGx trainees and hosts at OneOme location

On June 15th and 16th, the UMN College of Pharmacy hosted 21 pharmacists from the 2023 cohort of the Applied Pharmacogenomics for the Healthcare Workforce program for a workshop targeting pharmacists working in rural and/or underserved communities.

Chenxu Li is the recipient of the 2022 James C. Cloyd Neuropharmacology Fellowship.

Reena Kartha

Dr. Reena Kartha, is promoted to associate professor (term) in the Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology.