Eric Schmidt, Ph.D., professor of medicinal chemistry at the University of Utah, searches marine organisms for novel compounds that could be transformed into therapeutics, such as medicines to combat pain or cancer.... Read More
Tom Cheatham had a high profile paper come out yesterday in Nature Communications... Read More
University Information Technology (UIT) is pleased to announce that after a competitive search, Professor Thomas E. Cheatham III has been named director of the Center for High Performance Computing (CHPC), which provides large-scale computer and networking resources to facilitate advances in academic disciplines that require computing and network capabilities beyond those existing in individual colleges, departments, and groups.... Read More
Nathaniel Cordova, a Hispanic student in the Class of 2018 at the College of Pharmacy, began researching with Dr. Mario Alburges, Diversity Committee Chair and Research Associate Professor from the Pharmacology and Toxicology Department, three years ago. They study the role of neuropeptides in mediating the effects of drug of abuse on rat CNS, and together with a team of other researchers, they published a paper on, “Responses of the Rat Basal Ganglia Neurotensin Systems to Low Doses of Methamphetamine.” Conference coordinators awarded Nathaniel with an all-expenses paid scholarship to present the paper at this year’s SACNAS Conference (Society for the Advancement of Chicos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science) in Los Angeles.... Read More
PKA helps regulate basic cellular functions, leads to disease when mutated... Read More
Two of our faculty, You Han Bae and Sung Wan Kim were recognized as the World's Most Influential Scientific Minds of 2014 by Science Watch.... Read More
University of Utah, College of Pharmacy, L.S. Skaggs Pharmacy Institute is hosting the Community Pharmacy-Based Point-of Care Testing certificate & Train the Trainer program, NACDS’ two-day training opportunity for pharmacists.... Read More
Read the article from Interim Dean Kristen A. Keefe in the Fall 2014 Grad News. Click here to read the article... Read More
Congratulations to Geoff Miller who won best poster award at the UU Biosciences Symposium on September 23, 2014... Read More
Brandon Jennings (Associate Professor) in the Department of Pharmacotherapy was just named 2014 Pharmacist of the Year by the Utah Society of Health System Pharmacists.... Read More
Professor You Han Bae is a Controlled Release Society College of Fellows 2014 awardee. His outstanding contributions to the field including thermosensitive polymers and hydrogels, material design for improving cellular drug delivery and to CRS with his service and leadership are many. The selection committee is very pleased to honor Professor You Han Bae with this most prestigious CRS award – induction into the CRS College of Fellows. The award will be presented at the CRS annual meeting in July.... Read More
Thomson Reuters has generated a new list of Highly Cited Researchers in the sciences and social sciences to update and complement a previously published list that was presented on the website ISIHighlyCited.com. ... Read More
I am deeply saddened to inform you that my close friend and Colleague Gary S. Yost passed away this morning. Professor Gary Yost joined the faculty of the College in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology in 1987. Throughout his career Gary maintained an active research group and was a mentor to many generations of students, postdocs and visiting scholars. Gary was always an an avid support of the College and ardent Ute fan. The family has asked me to pass along their thanks to the College for its support of Gary over the years and lifelong friendship. He will truly be missed. Information about services will be forthcoming. Our Best Wishes Go out to Barb and all of Gary's family.... Read More
The College of Pharmacy maintains a #3 ranking in grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).... Read More
The latest post to Ruth Watkins' Academic Insider blog features the six Presidential Scholars.... Read More
LANDOVER, MD, May 29, 2014 – The Epilepsy Foundation announced today that H. Steven White, Ph.D., professor of pharmacology and toxicology and principal investigator of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)-sponsored Anticonvulsant Drug Development Program at the University of Utah College of Pharmacy, has been named the 2014 recipient of the Epilepsy Foundation’s Lifetime Accelerator Award, in recognition of his commitment and pioneering contributions to the field of epilepsy and seizures. Dr. White will be honored at the 4th Biennial Epilepsy Pipeline Conference 2014, being held June 5-7, 2014, at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco.... Read More
Dean Chris M. Ireland Receives the 2014 Paul J. Scheuer Award, the most prestigious award in the field of Marine Natural Products Research.... Read More
The University of Utah Academy of Health Science Educators membership committee has selected Dr. Don Blumenthal to be a Fellow of the Academy.... Read More