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Jeanette Roberts, PhD, has been selected by the University’s Board of Regents to receive the Outstanding Achievement Award. The award is the U’s highest non-degree honor. University President Dr. Eric Kaler will present the award to Roberts on May. 23.
Roberts was recognized for her outstanding achievements as a leader in academic pharmacy and medicinal chemistry.
Dr. Gunda Georg of the Institute for Therapeutics Discovery and Development has recently been featured in a number of media outlets regarding her laboratory's efforts to develop a male birth control pill using the plant extract ouabain.
Congratulations to Dr. Natalia Tretyakova, who has been selected as a 2018 Distinguished McKnight University Professor!
U scientists are teaming up with the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe to investigate aspects of lung cancer and nicotine metabolism from commercial tobacco use that may be unique to the American Indian populations.
Jay's research focuses on the determination of known genetic variations within Very Important Pharmacogenes (VIPs) in the Hmong population which brings local, state-wide and regional relevance to the nationally supported NIH “Precision Medicine Initiative”.
Welocome to our newest member, Debra Skaar, PharmD, FCCM. She is an Associate Professor in Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology. Read her hio here.
Samuel is a PhD Candidate in the Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology department. During his time in the program Samuel has pursued various avenues of research related to precision medicine in neuropharmacology with a focus on anti-seizure drugs.
Pamala Jacobson received the Sara Evans Faculty Woman Scholar/ Leader Award from the University of Minnesota Women’s Center, Office for Equity and Diversity and was honored at their Celebrating Changemakers Awards event on October 11, 2018.
Cindy Luo
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist (Solid Organ Transplant), Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC
Sabbatical focus: application, integration and implementation of pharmacogenomics (PGx) to clinical pharmacy practice
Siddhee Sahasrabudhe, CODR graduate student, earned two additional certificates recently: NIH ethics and regulatory affairs and TACA pharmacometrics statistics.
Congratulations Siddhee on your continued commitment to pursuing knowledge!