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Posted: June 17, 2026<\/div>\n

SOP Makes a Strong Showing at ASPET Annual Meeting<\/a><\/h4>\n
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UW School of Pharmacy faculty, students and trainees were well represented at the recent 2026 American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Annual Meeting, showcasing the depth of discovery, leadership and scientific excellence across our…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: May 18, 2026<\/div>\n

TLC-ART Investigational Approval<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Professor and WE-REACH Excecutive Director Rodney J Ho and his team in the UW School of Pharmacy\u2019s targeted, long-acting therapy program (called TLC-ART) have achieved a breakthrough in technology to transform the most prescribed 3…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: April 27, 2026<\/div>\n

Tim Tsang Named Among the UW\u2019s Husky 100 for 2026<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Department of Pharmaceutics Postdoctoral Scholar Tim Tsang has been named to the University of Washington\u2019s 2026 Husky 100, an annual recognition honoring 100 undergraduate, graduate and professional students from across the UW Bothell, Seattle and…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: April 15, 2026<\/div>\n

For families facing DRPLA, UW research is helping illuminate a possible path forward<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Melissa Barker-Haliski\u2019s work at the UW School of Pharmacy is exploring whether emerging gene therapy approaches for DRPLA could help reduce seizures and improve daily life for patients and families.   For families living with…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: April 13, 2026<\/div>\n

Trusting Your Gut: Shijie Cao\u2019s lab studies how gut microbiomes impact human health<\/a><\/h4>\n
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At the UW School of Pharmacy, Shijie Cao leads the PRIME Lab (Pharmaceutical Research in Immune & Microbiome Engineering Laboratory), who are studying how signals from the gut microbiome shape human health\u2014and how that knowledge…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: January 29, 2026<\/div>\n

Nina Isoherranen Named 2025 ASPET Fellow<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Professor and Milo Gibaldi Endowed Chair of the Department of Pharmaceutics Nina Isoherranen\u00a0was recently named a 2025 Fellow by The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET) Council. Selection as a Fellow of the…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: October 23, 2025<\/div>\n

Pharmaceutics Award Winners at ISSX Conference<\/a><\/h4>\n
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The 2025 International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics (ISSX) International Meeting got underway last month, and Department of Pharmaceutics students Tim Tsang, Aurora Authement\u00a0and Arzoo Thakkur\u00a0took home awards in the poster competition. In the…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: October 23, 2025<\/div>\n

ISSX Names Jash Unadkat 2026 President-Elect<\/a><\/h4>\n
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The International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics\u00a0this week named Department of Pharmaceutics Professor Jash Unadkat\u00a0as 2026 President-Elect of ISSX. “My election as President Elect of ISSX could not have been possible without the support…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: July 22, 2025<\/div>\n

Pharmaceutics Students, Alumni and Faculty Shine at ASPET 2025<\/a><\/h4>\n
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The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET) Annual Meeting saw remarkable achievements from pharmaceutics students Aurora Authement, Emily Chien and Keiann Simon, who were awarded travel grants and poster awards for their outstanding…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: July 22, 2025<\/div>\n

Pharmaceutics Professor Jash Unadkat Elected to Washington State Academy of Sciences<\/a><\/h4>\n
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  We are proud to share that\u00a0Dr. Jash Unadkat, Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutics at the UW School of Pharmacy, has been elected as a member of the Washington State Academy of Sciences (WSAS)….<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: July 1, 2025<\/div>\n

Celebrating the Excellence and Impact of Our 2025 Student Award Honorees<\/a><\/h4>\n
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At the UW School of Pharmacy, excellence takes many forms. We celebrate not only academic success and groundbreaking research, but also the passion, initiative, and innovation our students bring to every challenge. This month, we\u2019re…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: March 24, 2025<\/div>\n

Ed Kelly Named Fellow of the Academy of Toxicological Sciences<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Congratulations to Pharmaceutics Associate Professor Ed Kelly on being named a Fellow of the Academy of Toxicological Sciences (ATS)! This prestigious recognition highlights his significant contributions to the field of toxicology. A well-earned honor\u2014congratulations, Dr….<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: December 3, 2024<\/div>\n

Pharmaceutics Students Win Big at ASPET Conference<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Earlier this spring, pharmaceutics students Aprajita Yadav, Amelia Shan and Winnie Wen were awarded travel grants for their poster presentations at the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET) Annual Meeting in Arlington, VA….<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: October 4, 2024<\/div>\n

Nina Isoherranen, Chair of Pharmaceutics, Receives North American Scientific Achievement Award<\/a><\/h4>\n
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The International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics (ISSX) has honored Dr. Nina Isoherranen with the 2024 North American Scientific Achievement Award. At the University of Washington School of Pharmacy, Nina is a professor and…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: June 26, 2024<\/div>\n

Department of Pharmaceutics Leads the Way in HIV Treatment with Long-Acting Drugs<\/a><\/h4>\n
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For those who can recall the devastation brought on by the HIV\/AIDS epidemic of the 1980s, today\u2019s treatments are nothing short of a miracle. In a new editorial from The New York Times, long-acting drugs…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: June 26, 2024<\/div>\n

Department of Pharmaceutics Welcomes Two New Faculty<\/a><\/h4>\n
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We are delighted to welcome two new Associate Professors to the Department of Pharmaceutics: Melissa Barker-Haliski, PhD, and Swayam Prabha, MBA, PhD. Dr. Barker-Haliski expands our expertise in behavioral pharmacology, disease models and the relationships…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: May 30, 2024<\/div>\n

School of Pharmacy Student Winnie Wen Named 2024-2025 Magnuson Scholar<\/a><\/h4>\n
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We are delighted to announce that Yue (Winnie) Wen, an outstanding student from the School of Pharmacy, has been named a Magnuson Scholar for the 2024-2025 academic year. This prestigious award, funded by a $2…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: April 15, 2024<\/div>\n

Profile on Pharmaceutics Ph.D. student, Sebasti\u00e1n Antonio Gallegos<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Sebasti\u00e1n Antonio Gallegos began his love for science in high school through an outsourcing program in Berkeley. Through this program, Sebasti\u00e1n had the opportunity to learn basic lab techniques and developed an understanding of drug…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: December 13, 2023<\/div>\n

Shijie Cao Receives PhRMA Grant<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Congratulations to UW School of Pharmacy Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutics, Shijie Cao, who recently received a Faculty Starter Grant in drug delivery from the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association Foundation (PhRMA). This award is intended to provide…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: December 5, 2023<\/div>\n

UWSOP Faculty Receive $4.5M NIH Grant<\/a><\/h4>\n
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A team consisting of four UW School of Pharmacy faculty recently received a 5-year, $4.5 million grant from the National Institute of Health\u2019s (NIH) Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: October 20, 2023<\/div>\n

Professor Jash Unadkat awarded the ISSX North American Scientific Achievement Award<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Department of Pharmaceutics Professor Jash Unadkat was recently awarded the ISSX North American Scientific Achievement Award in honor of Ronald W. Estabrook. This is an outstanding recognition of Jash’s remarkable research contributions in understanding transporter…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: October 16, 2023<\/div>\n

Pharmaceutics Student Awards & Fellowships<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Each year, UWSOP Department of Pharmaceutics announces student awards & fellowships. Here are the 2023 recipients: Tim Tsang – Danny Shen Endowed Graduate Award Anish Mahadeo – William E. Bradley Endowed Fellowship Christopher Arian –…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: August 28, 2023<\/div>\n

Inga Erickson Wins American Epilepsy Society 2023 Grass Foundation Young Investigator Award<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Inga Erickson, a master’s student in the Department of Pharmaceutics, won the American Epilepsy Society 2023 Grass Foundation Young Investigator Award. Her abstract stood out among 1,300 entries. Inga’s remarkable achievement earns her a spot…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: August 8, 2023<\/div>\n

SOP Faculty Present Research at ISS Conference<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Drs. Ed Kelly (Department of Pharmaceutics) and Cathy Yeung (Department of Pharmacy) recently attended and presented their research at the International Space Station Research and Development Conference (ISSRDC) held in Seattle August 1-3. Drs. Kelly…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: June 13, 2023<\/div>\n

Pceut Presenters Awarded for ASPET Posters<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Pharmaceutics students Let\u00edcia Salvador Vieira (left) and Ellen Riddle (right) both received awards for their poster presentations at the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET) 2023 Conference in St. Louis in May. Let\u00edcia…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: January 12, 2023<\/div>\n

King Yabut Receives MLK Community Service Award<\/a><\/h4>\n
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King Yabut, a PhD candidate in the Department of Pharmaceutics in his sixth year, has been named a recipient of the 2023 MLK Community Service Award. Yabut dedicates his personal and professional life to empowering…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: October 31, 2022<\/div>\n

Extraordinary Support<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Three exceptional UW School of Pharmacy graduate students \u2013 Keiann Simon, Alex Wiley and Adi Kumar \u2013 discuss their individual journeys at the #UWSOP and offer insight on what makes the School so special.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: October 28, 2022<\/div>\n

Congratulations, Leticia Salvador Vieira, on receiving the 3rd prize for Best Podium Presentation at the GPEN Conference<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Congratulations, Leticia Salvador Vieira, on receiving the 3rd prize for Best Podium Presentation at the 13th biennial Globalization of Pharmaceutics Education Network (GPEN) Conference 2022 (Minneapolis, October 19th-22nd)! Leticia is a 5th year Ph.D. student…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: June 3, 2022<\/div>\n

Sara Shum Receives Gillette Award for Publication<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Sara Shum \u201821, a PhD graduate from UWSOP\u2019s Department of Pharmaceutics, has been chosen as a recipient of the 2021 Gillette Award for the last chapter of her dissertation, which has been published in the…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: May 11, 2022<\/div>\n

UWSOP Professor Wins Award of Excellence in 2022<\/a><\/h4>\n
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The School of Pharmacy is proud to announce that Yvonne Lin \u201902, Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutics, will receive the Distinguished Contributions to Lifelong Learning Award at the upcoming 52nd Annual UW Awards…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: May 6, 2022<\/div>\n

Pharmaceutics Student Wins Mary Gates Research Scholarship<\/a><\/h4>\n
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UWSOP Department of Pharmaceutics student, Roshni Sabhaya, has been awarded a Mary Gates Research Scholarship to investigate the effects of certain toxins on Chronic Kidney Diseases of Unknown Etiology (CKDu) using the kidney chip system…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: April 13, 2022<\/div>\n

Four UWSOP Faculty Each Receive $20k Innovation Award for 2022<\/a><\/h4>\n
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The UWSOP Faculty Innovation Award provides financial support of up to $20,000 each for high-risk, innovative research projects. The reviewers look for projects with high scientific merit and great potential to generate extramural funding.\u00a0This year,…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: March 17, 2022<\/div>\n

\u201cKidney on a Chip\u201d team Awarded Contract for New Study and Collaboration<\/a><\/h4>\n
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UWSOP Assistant Professor and Kidney Research Institute Investigator Cathy Yeung \u201805 and her team\u2014composed of Ed Kelly, Benjamin \u201cBeno\u201d Freedman, along with Kenneth Thummel \u201887, and Jonathan Himmelfarb\u2014have been awarded a contract for their study…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: March 8, 2022<\/div>\n

Ed Kelly Joins NASA Panel<\/a><\/h4>\n
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The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world and shape sound policies, inform public opinion,…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: March 8, 2022<\/div>\n

Students Provide Hopeful \u2018FEEDBACK\u2019<\/a><\/h4>\n
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New initiative champions equity among marginalized students. Though the University of Washington (UW) prides itself on diversity, there\u2019s still much work to be done regarding the promotion of equitable representation of our state\u2019s native and…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: January 31, 2022<\/div>\n

Healing Hands<\/a><\/h4>\n
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WE-REACH Helps Fund Game-Changing Hand Injury Treatment, ReHeal. It\u2019s a wonder how much you depend on your hands and fingers to navigate daily life. Whether it\u2019s dialing a number on your phone or grabbing your…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: January 12, 2022<\/div>\n

Ken Thummel Receives 2022 ASPET Bernard B. Brodie Award<\/a><\/h4>\n
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UWSOP Pharmaceutics professor Ken Thummel\u00a0was recently named recipient of the 2022\u00a0Bernard B. Brodie Award in Drug Metabolism and Disposition from the ASPET Division for Drug Metabolism and Disposition.\u00a0 This award recognizes outstanding original research contributions…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: November 12, 2021<\/div>\n

Nina Isoherranen named the Milo Gibaldi Endowed Chair in Pharmaceutics<\/a><\/h4>\n
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UWSOP\u2019s Department of Pharmaceutics Chair, Nina Isoherranen, has been named the Milo Gibaldi Endowed Chair in Pharmaceutics. Isoherranen is the first woman to be honored with this appointment, which was bestowed in recognition of her…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: April 21, 2021<\/div>\n

Leticia Salvador Vieira Named Magnuson Scholar Award Recipient<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Congratulations to the Department of Pharmaceutics\u2019 Leticia Salvador Vieira for being named the UW School of Pharmacy\u2019s 2021-22 Magnuson Scholar Award recipient. Each year, the scholarship is awarded to six outstanding students nominated by each…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: January 15, 2021<\/div>\n

Ed Kelly Receives the 2021 MLK Community Service Award<\/a><\/h4>\n
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UWSOP Pharmaceutics Associate Professor Ed Kelly has been presented with the 2021 MLK Community Service Award, an annual honor celebrating individuals or groups who exemplify Martin Luther King, Jr.\u2019s principles. A champion of diversity, equity and inclusion in sciences for his entire career, Ed has served as a mentor for entering UW freshman in the GenOM-ALVA program for the past 15 years and frequently hosts diverse students from the Stipends for Training Aspiring Researchers (STAR) summer program.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: December 9, 2020<\/div>\n

WE-REACH Executive Director Dr. Rodney JY Ho to be named NAI Fellow<\/a><\/h4>\n
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The Washington Entrepreneurial Research Evaluation and Commercialization Hub (WE-REACH) is honored to announce that WE-REACH Executive Director and UWSOP Professor of Pharmaceutics Rodney JY Ho has been elected to the rank of NAI Fellow by…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: November 18, 2020<\/div>\n

Out Of The Lab And On The Air<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Department of Pharmaceutics student Kendan Jones-Issac has found his voice. Third-year Department of Pharmaceutics graduate student Kendan Jones-Issac has participated in several ambitious projects during his tenure at UW, including working on the development of…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: November 16, 2020<\/div>\n

UWSOP Alumna Deanna Kroetz Named Jere E. Goyan Presidential Chair At UCSF<\/a><\/h4>\n
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UWSOP alumni legend\u00a0Deanna Kroetz was recently named the inaugural Jere E. Goyan Presidential Chair for the Advancement of Pharmacy at the University of California San Francisco School of Pharmacy. A professor in the Department of…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: November 2, 2020<\/div>\n

Pharmaceutics Graduate Fellowship Support<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Graduate students are at the heart of our leading innovations and most impactful work \u2014 from modeling pharmacokinetic changes during pregnancy, to groundbreaking discoveries in drug transport, metabolism and drug-drug interactions that inform government policy…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: July 14, 2020<\/div>\n

Sara Shum named winner of 2020 UWSOP Pharmaceutics\u2019 Graduate Student Leadership Award<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Congratulations to Sara Shum, a #UWSOP Department of Pharmaceutics graduate student who was awarded the 2020 UWSOP Pharmaceutics\u2019 Graduate Student Leadership Award in May. Sara, who expects to graduate this fall with her PhD in…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: July 14, 2020<\/div>\n

Biomedical innovations win WE-REACH go-to-market awards<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Seattle, WA (July 14, 2020)\u2014The Washington Entrepreneurial Research Evaluation and Commercialization Hub (WE-REACH) is pleased to announce its first awards to facilitate early-stage product development for two biomedical innovations. WE-REACH invests up to $200,000 per…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: January 31, 2020<\/div>\n

UW\u2019s new WE-REACH center to accelerate development of the \u2018most exciting\u2019 biomedical discoveries<\/a><\/h4>\n
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With well over a billion dollars in research funding annually, the University of Washington is an engine of discovery and generates more than $15 billion in the state\u2019s economy. Now, with a $4 million grant…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: January 24, 2020<\/div>\n

Xu and Kelly receive SOP Faculty Innovation Award<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Libin Xu and Ed Kelly take a novel approach to investigate toxicity of common household cleaners Libin Xu and Ed Kelly were selected as this year\u2019s recipients of the UW School of Pharmacy Faculty Innovation…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: January 17, 2020<\/div>\n

Pharmaceutics student, Kendan Jones-Isaac honored at the UW Health Sciences Martin Luther King Tribute<\/a><\/h4>\n
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The award honors individuals or groups who exemplify Martin Luther King\u2019s principles: a commitment to the needs of communities, particularly communities of color and low income; to programs that improve the human condition; and efforts…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: September 18, 2019<\/div>\n

Promoted UWSOP faculty tackling tough problems facing population health with novel approaches<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Recently promoted faculty are finding news ways to solve significant population health problems from Alzheimer\u2019s and related dementias to kidney disease to cancer to MRSA. These preeminent researchers were all recently awarded promotions. Learn more…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: September 13, 2019<\/div>\n

A Commitment to the End of HIV\/AIDS<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Shiu-Lok Hu\u2019s work began decades ago in utter frustration with a powerful and unknown virus and continues today…with promising new leads and a novel approach to creating an HIV vaccine. \u201cI began this work 30…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: September 13, 2019<\/div>\n

Improving Care for Alaska Native People<\/a><\/h4>\n
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One of the University of Washington\u2019s significant population health projects began ten years ago with a collaboration led by Pharmaceutics Professor Ken Thummel and Wylie Burke, professor of Bioethics and Humanities in the UW School…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: September 10, 2019<\/div>\n

The Future of Pharmacy<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Celebrating 125 Years of Impact & Innovation Our mission is to develop exceptional pharmacy leaders and researchers, discover solutions to improve population health, and serve the health and well-being of the public, locally and globally…even…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Nina Isoherranen named Chair of Pharmaceutics Department<\/a><\/h4>\n
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On July 1, 2019, UW School of Pharmacy Professor and Dean Sean D. Sullivan appointed Professor Nina Isoherranen to the Milo Gibaldi Endowed Chair of Pharmaceutics. Her appointment makes her the first woman to chair…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: July 17, 2019<\/div>\n

Ken Thummel returns to faculty after 13 years of success as Chair<\/a><\/h4>\n
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After thirteen years leading the Department of Pharmaceutics to international success, Professor Kenneth Thummel will return to faculty full time and Professor Nina Isoherranen will become the Milo Gibaldi Endowed Chair of Pharmaceutics. Dr. Thummel…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: July 1, 2019<\/div>\n

Congratulations to our recent Pharmaceutics PhD alumni!<\/a><\/h4>\n
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We are so proud of our Pharmaceutics PhD alumni who completed their dissertation research in academic year 2018-2019.   Ryan Cheu Dissertation: Impact of the Vaginal Microbiome on HIV Transmission   Savannah McFeely Dissertation:\u00a0Clinical Significance…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: June 18, 2019<\/div>\n

Lopez receives 2019 UWSOP Pharmaceutics’ Graduate Student Leadership Award<\/a><\/h4>\n
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The UW School of Pharmacy Graduate Program Awards offer special recognition of our preeminent graduate students and faculty. We are pleased to share that Antonio Lopez, a graduate PhD student in Pharmaceutics, was recognized for…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: June 17, 2019<\/div>\n

Pharmacological Sciences Summer Diversity Program brings undergrad students to UWSOP<\/a><\/h4>\n
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In summer 2019, we welcome two undergraduate student scientists taking part in the Pharmacological Sciences Summer Diversity Program. Sierra Napoleon, a junior from Louisiana Tech University, who will receive her BS in Chemistry in 2020….<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: June 7, 2019<\/div>\n

UWSOP at ISSX 2019 in Portland<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Don\u2019t miss out on these UWSOP alumni and faculty presenting at ISSX! This meeting will also mark the last meeting with Dean Emeritus Tom Baillie presiding as President of ISSX. Join us for the UWSOP…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: May 6, 2019<\/div>\n

Rodney Ho recognized with AACP Volwiler Research Achievement Award<\/a><\/h4>\n
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We are so proud to learn that Professor Rodney Ho has been named the recipient of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) Volwiler Research Achievement Award. The research prize in academic pharmacy was…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: May 6, 2019<\/div>\n

Licit and illicit drugs and maternal health<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Qingcheng Mao collaborates with colleagues across UWSOP to gain insight into how pregnancy affects drug disposition in expectant mothers and their fetuses About 80% of pregnant women take at least one medication to treat everything…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: May 6, 2019<\/div>\n

Kidney on a Chip has gone to outer space..and returned to Earth!<\/a><\/h4>\n
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What did it take to send delicate kidney cells into space to be studied by astronauts wearing big, clunky gloves who may, or may not, have a background in biochemistry? We popped into the lab…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: April 23, 2019<\/div>\n

Henderson wins poster award at national AsPET Conference<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Congratulations to PharmD and Pharmaceutics PhD student Lindsay Henderson who received the 2nd place graduate student poster presentation award for the Drug Metabolism and Disposition Division of ASPET (American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics)….<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: April 23, 2019<\/div>\n

5\/3 UPDATE: 5\/3 11:48 PM PDT launch for Kidney on a Chip project to the International Space Station!<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Updated May 3, 11:29 am Pacific: NASA has pushed back the launch to Friday, May 3 at 11:48 PM Pacific time…weather dependent. \u00a0 May 3 update: Welp. It seemed like it was going to go…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: January 23, 2019<\/div>\n

Undaunted by setbacks, Jash Unadkat and his lab team search for new therapies to fight Alzheimer\u2019s<\/a><\/h4>\n
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It\u2019s called an experiment for a reason. The secret in science\u2014what world-class researchers know\u2014is that you don\u2019t let the failures stop you. You think of the failures as more data, part of your larger body…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: January 22, 2019<\/div>\n

Jash Unadkat named Outstanding Faculty Mentor<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Congratulations to Jash Unadkat, the Milo Gibaldi Endowed Professor of Pharmaceutics, named Outstanding Faculty Mentor at this year\u2019s Commencement. The Outstanding Mentor Award recognizes and encourages outstanding mentorship of graduate students by our School\u2019s faculty….<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: January 16, 2019<\/div>\n

Claw honored for service at Martin Luther King Tribute<\/a><\/h4>\n
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We are thrilled that Pharmaceutics\u2019 post doc Katrina Claw, PhD, will be honored with a service award at this year’s UW Health Sciences Martin Luther King Tribute on Thursday, January 17, 12:30 pm-2pm in Hogness…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: June 13, 2018<\/div>\n

In finding a different linking protein, Plotnik and Hu Lab open new possibilities for HIV therapies & treatments<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Pharmaceutics graduate student David Plotnik is first author on a paper published in the Journal of Virology with his mentor Shiu-Lok Hu as senior author. David discovered that the HIV virus does not bind to…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: May 30, 2018<\/div>\n

Organs-on-chips: Tiny technology helping bring safe new drugs to patients faster<\/a><\/h4>\n
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It doesn\u2019t look like a kidney, but this \u2018kidney-on-a-chip\u2019 is a breakthrough for new drug testing. Alex Levine, CC BY-ND Catherine Yeung, University of Washington; Edward Kelly, University of Washington, and Jonathan Himmelfarb, University of…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: May 24, 2018<\/div>\n

Shum and collaborators unveil new maternal and fetal health risks associated with shellfish toxin<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Pharmaceutics graduate student Sara Shum recently presented and won an award for the preliminary results from a study of the shellfish toxin domoic acid. The project is a collaboration with Professor Tom Burbacher and Senior…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: April 27, 2018<\/div>\n

Wienkers is keynote speaker at June 2018 AAPS-RMDG meeting at UW<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Abstracts are due Friday, May 18, 2018 The American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists \u2013 Rocky Mountain Discussion Group (AAPS-RMDG) Annual Meeting will be held at the University of Washington, Seattle, WA, on June 12-13, 2018….<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: November 27, 2017<\/div>\n

Mao and Unadkat presented AAPS Journal High Impact Article Award<\/a><\/h4>\n
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At the annual meeting in November, UW School of Pharmacy professors Qingcheng Mao and Jashvant Unadkat were presented the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) Journal High Impact Article Award.\u00a0This prestigious award recognizes outstanding contributions…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: November 27, 2017<\/div>\n

Alumna Kroetz named AAAS Fellow<\/a><\/h4>\n
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We are so proud of our Pharmaceutics alumna, Deanna Kroetz, PhD, ’90, who was among the\u00a0396 new fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, announced this week.\u00a0Election as a fellow of AAAS…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: October 4, 2017<\/div>\n

Cyrus Khojasteh receives Distinguished Alumni Award<\/a><\/h4>\n
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CYRUS KHOJASTEH, \u201998, chose to study Medicinal Chemistry at UWSOP after serendipitously attending a lecture by then Professor, now Dean Emeritus, Tom Baillie on acetaminophen mechanism of hepatotoxicity, drug induced liver injury, in the early…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: October 1, 2017<\/div>\n

John Amory MD, MS, and grad student Faith Stevison find breakthrough treatment for male infertility<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Infertility can be a physically, emotionally, and financially painful experience for couples wanting to have biologically-related children. If a couple has been unable to conceive naturally in a 12-month period, they are considered infertile. Next…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: June 2, 2017<\/div>\n

Pharmaceutics lab team learns why HIV prevention drug is not as effective in some women<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Klatt lab team\u2019s findings published in Science offer solutions to increase efficacy More than 1 million women are infected with HIV annually, and the majority of these new infections occur in young women in sub-Saharan…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: March 31, 2017<\/div>\n

UW Team develops an HIV therapy dose that lasts two weeks in test model<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Collaboration between UW School of Pharmacy and UW Medicine leads to promising breakthrough to ease daily regimen An interdisciplinary team led by Professors Rodney JY Ho of the UW School of Pharmacy and Ann Collier…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: November 7, 2016<\/div>\n

Navajo genetic scientist Katrina Claw bridges cultures to advance research and underrepresented scientists<\/a><\/h4>\n
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As a Navajo scientist trained in genomics, UWSOP post doctoral researcher Katrina Claw is on a two-fold mission to make a difference: As a scientist, she seeks to understand the role genetics play in Vitamin…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: October 31, 2016<\/div>\n

Common genetic disorder linked to increased death rate from cancer drug<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Researchers recommend \u2018caution\u2019 when using the chemotherapy busulfan in patients with Gilbert\u2019s syndrome By\u00a0Susan Keown, Staff Writer, Fred Hutch News Service, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Research\u00a0published Thursday\u00a0shows that a common genetic disorder \u2015 one…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: October 31, 2016<\/div>\n

Med Chem & Pharmaceutics faculty, alumni well-represented at MDO Symposium<\/a><\/h4>\n
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The University of Washington was well-represented at the 21st International Symposium on Microsomes & Drug Oxidations (MDO) held at UC Davis from October 2-6, 2016. Our faculty and alumni researchers presented drug metabolism and related…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: October 26, 2016<\/div>\n

Sid Nelson\u2019s legacy lives on in science and collaboration<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Busulfan is one of our oldest anticancer drugs. Today, it is often used to prepare a patient\u2019s body for a bone marrow transplant (hematopoietic cell transplant [HCT]) to fight various cancers. Busulfan kills some of…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: August 16, 2016<\/div>\n

UW team finds key piece to HIV drug-effectiveness puzzle<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Pharmaceutics researchers detect bacteria that counteracts protective drug Increasingly, people at risk for HIV infection are turning to preventive drug measures to help stave off the virus. Researchers from the University of Washington School of…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: July 1, 2016<\/div>\n

UW and Teva partner to increase provider access to critical drug interaction data<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Clinical content from UW School of Pharmacy\u2019s Drug Interaction Database to be integrated into Teva\u2019s DDI+ platform to help improve health care delivery The University of Washington (UW) announced today an exclusive partnership that will…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: April 15, 2016<\/div>\n

UW Symposium on Past Present and Future of ADME Sciences Dedicated to Deans Sid Nelson and Tom Baillie<\/a><\/h4>\n
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\u201cThanks to the strong academic programs in the Department of Pharmaceutics and Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Washington, I have been well prepared for an exciting career in the pharmaceutical sciences,\u201d said alumnus Ian…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: January 21, 2016<\/div>\n

Award season comes to UWSOP!<\/a><\/h4>\n
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It’s award season–not just for\u00a0film, also for the UW School of Pharmacy! Many of our School’s\u00a0faculty, students, post docs and alumni have been recognized in the past few months for their accomplishments. Don Downing, Martin…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: December 22, 2015<\/div>\n

The Art of Science: “Human Kidney Tubule Cells” by Jenna Voellinger<\/a><\/h4>\n
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In addition to being a newly-minted Ph.D., Jenna L. Voellinger is also an exhibiting artist. Her image, \u201cHuman Kidney Tubule Cells,\u201d created as a graduate student in the laboratory of Edward J. Kelly, Ph.D., Associate…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: December 8, 2015<\/div>\n

Pharmaceutics welcomes six new students with a passion for discovery<\/a><\/h4>\n
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  UWSOP\u2019s Department of Pharmaceutics welcomed six new students this fall, here to join a great tradition of life-changing research. These researchers share a passion for discovery and come to our school from all over…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: November 19, 2015<\/div>\n

Pharmaceutics’ Carol Collins part of drug risks in pregnancy mobile app team<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Carol Collins, Clinical Associate Professor in Pharmaceutics, will bring her expertise in drug safety\u00a0information and the design of drug safety databases to this important project that seeks to create a mobile app that will help…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: November 2, 2015<\/div>\n

Intercollegiate team will study natural product-drug interactions<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Herbal remedies are a multi-billion dollar industry. Sales of natural product supplements have nearly tripled in the past twenty years since passage of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act in 1994. Fueled in part…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: August 30, 2015<\/div>\n

Zhang named inaugural Ji-Ping Wang Endowed Fellow<\/a><\/h4>\n
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The inaugural Ji-Ping Wang Fellow is Faye Zhang in the Department of Pharmaceutics. Faye Zhang (pictured left) received her B.S. in Pharmaceutics from China Pharmaceutical University and M.S. in Biostatistics from University of Massachusetts, Amherst….<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: July 30, 2015<\/div>\n

UW-led team to develop innovative HIV treatment lasting at least 7 days<\/a><\/h4>\n
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New regimen would make it easier for patients and potentially clear residual virus   An interdisciplinary team led by Professors Rodney JY Ho of the UW School of Pharmacy and Ann Collier of the UW…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: July 30, 2015<\/div>\n

Ragueneau-Majlessi named UW CoMotion Presidential Innovation Fellow<\/a><\/h4>\n
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UW School of Pharmacy Pharmaceutics Clinical Professor Isabelle Ragueneau-Majlessi has been named a UW CoMotion Presidential Innovation Fellow for 2015. The prestigious fellowship program debuted in 2011 to foster entrepreneurial thinking across UW. Ragueneau-Majlessi is…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: June 17, 2015<\/div>\n

Scenes from Commencement 2015<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Friday was a day of recognition and celebration! Over 100 graduate and PharmD students received their degrees and began a new phase in their professional careers. Associate Dean\u00a0Peggy Odegard welcomed\u00a0the graduates telling them, “We are…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: April 13, 2015<\/div>\n

Solving Bietti\u2019s Crystalline Dystrophy is mission of Pharmaceutics Prof Kelly<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Department of Pharmaceutics Associate Professor Ed Kelly and graduate student Cate Lockhart (UW PharmD, ’13) are undaunted by the challenge of researching the rare blinding eye disease, Bietti\u2019s Crystalline Dystrophy (BCD). \u201cOnly one in 70,000…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: April 8, 2015<\/div>\n

Pharmaceutics Ph.D. Student Alenka Jaklic Named Magnuson Scholar<\/a><\/h4>\n
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We are so proud of Pharmaceutics third year Ph.D. student, Alenka Jaklic, this year’s School of Pharmacy Magnuson Scholar! Alenka has had the unique opportunity to join the start-up of an NIH-funded project aiming to…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: April 3, 2015<\/div>\n

Three Pharmaceutics Graduate Students Selected for Prestigious ITHS TL1 Scholar Award<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Congratulations go to Brian Chapron, Cate Lockhart and Savannah Kerr\u00a0 and\u00a0 who were selected as Institute of Translational Health Sciences (ITHS) TL1 scholars starting Summer 2016. They will be participating in curriculum and interdisciplinary clinical…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: March 27, 2015<\/div>\n

New center to use novel method to screen chemicals\u2019 toxicity<\/a><\/h4>\n
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will provide $6 million in seed funding for a Predictive Toxicology Center at the University of Washington, enabling researchers, including Department of Pharmaceutics Associate Professor\u00a0Edward Kelly,\u00a0to develop more accurate in…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: February 23, 2015<\/div>\n

Klatt Receives NIDA\/NIH Award to Research Cannabis Impact on HIV<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Pharmaceutics Assistant Professor, Nichole Klatt is one of five scientists selected to receive the prestigious 2015 Avant-Garde Award for HIV\/AIDS Research from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: December 12, 2014<\/div>\n

Why the Bad Taste? Dr. Joanne Wang\u2019s Team Finds a Reason<\/a><\/h4>\n
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TAKING A MEDICATION AS PRESCRIBED IS CRITICAL to a drug\u2019s effectiveness. But for some people, taking medications literally turns their stomach \u2013 and if a medication leaves a persistently bitter taste, many people, especially children…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: October 15, 2014<\/div>\n

North American ISSX Meeting will award two of our faculty.<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Not one, but two of our faculty were selected to receive the only awards given by The International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics (ISSX). Dean Emeritus Tom Baillie was selected for the North American…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: June 23, 2014<\/div>\n

Professor Thummel elected President of ASPET<\/a><\/h4>\n
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The Chair of Pharmaceutics, Ken Thummel will take office July 1, 2014. The 4,800- member society was founded in 1908 to further the growth of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics in the United States.   Link…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Vineet Kumar: Graduate Student, Unadkat Lab, winner of the 2013\/14 Simcyp Fellowship<\/a><\/h4>\n
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The response received to the first call was tremendous but only a select number of applications were forwarded to the second stage. All of the full proposals received were of a very high standard and…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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UW researchers win grant to study effects of drugs during pregnancy<\/a><\/h4>\n
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University of Washington faculty members from the School of Pharmacy and School of Medicine will study the effects of drugs on pregnant women with a $4.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.UW pharmaceutics…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: June 21, 2014<\/div>\n

Top 10 MOST Cited Articles by the AAPS Journal:<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Ho-Leung Fung, Ph.D., is editor-in-chief of The AAPS Journal. At The AAPS Journal Editorial Advisory Board meeting at the 2013 AAPS Annual Meeting and Exposition in San Antonio, I shared a list of the top…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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WELCOME New Students<\/a><\/h4>\n
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New\u00a0Students (from left to right) Faith Stevison, Gabriela Patilea, Jake Kraft, David Wagner and Savannah Kerr   Link to Pharmaceutics archived news<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: June 17, 2014<\/div>\n

2013 Gibaldi Picnic<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Posted: June 15, 2014<\/div>\n

Congratulations to the class of 2013!<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Link to Pharmaceutics archived news<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: June 10, 2014<\/div>\n

News digest: Recyclemania results, professor speaks on career journey, Honor: Rodney Ho<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Professor Ho to receive award at National Biotechnology Conference later this month. Professor Rodney Ho will receive the Research Achievement in Biotechnology Award from the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists. He is receiving this honor…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: June 8, 2014<\/div>\n

Congrats to pharmaceutics grad students<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Congrats to pharmaceutics grad students Jessica Tay and Jenna Voellinger for winning second and third place respectively for their poster presentations in the Predoctoral Awards Competition at the International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: June 1, 2014<\/div>\n

Nasal Drug-Delivery System Noted as a Seattle Innovation<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Magazine article highlights the work of a company that markets an invention made at our School. Impel Neurophama, a company started by Professor of Pharmaceutics Rodney Ho, John Hoekman, PhD, \u201910, and a UW business…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: May 26, 2014<\/div>\n

Dr. Ed Kelly, a Research Assistant Professor at the Department of Pharmaceutics received a Jaconetter L. Tietze Yong Scientist Award<\/a><\/h4>\n
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for his project \u201cIdentification of MicroRNA Regulators of Hepatocyte Development\u201c. The monies provided by the award will be of great assistance in terms of generating preliminary data for a future grant submission and will help…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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2010 graduate, Dr. John Hoekman received the UW Graduate School\u2019s 6th Chapter Award<\/a><\/h4>\n
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2010 graduate, Dr. John Hoekman received the UW Graduate School\u2019s 6th Chapter Awardfor his dissertation \u201cThe Impact of Enhanced Olfactory Deposition and Retention on Direct Nose-to-Brain Drug Delivery.\u201d   Link to Pharmaceutics archived news<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Dr. Shiu-Lok_Hu is awarded with Milo Gibaldi Endowed Professorship in Pharmaceutics.<\/a><\/h4>\n
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The fund was created in 2008 in honor of the late School of Pharmacy Dean Milo Gibaldi. He was dean from 1978 to 1998 and was renowned for his work in pharmacokinetics. He helped make…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Nora Lee, a graduate student at the Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy is one of the recipients of this year\u2019s Warren G. Magnuson scholarships.<\/a><\/h4>\n
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The award will provide the scholar with financial support of up to $25,000 for her research needs. Ms Nora Lee is currently in her third year of studies toward her PhD and she works as…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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PGRN received grant to study underserved populations<\/a><\/h4>\n
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            Ken Thummel, chair and professor of pharmaceutics, and Wylie Burke, chair and professor of bioethics and humanities, and colleagues, recently learned they have received a five-year, $10 million grant…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Li Liu, a PhD candidate in Dr. Jashvant D. Unadkat\u2019s labrom Dept of Pharmaceutics, was awarded 1st place<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Li Liu, a PhD candidate in Dr. Jashvant D. Unadkat\u2019s lab from Dept of Pharmaceutics, was awarded 1st place in the poster presentation competition at the ISSX-17th North American Regional Meeting, for her work on…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Congratulations to Alice Ke, Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Pharmaceutics and ORISE fellow in the FDA Office of Clinical Pharmacology<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Congratulations to Alice Ke, Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Pharmaceutics and ORISE fellow in the FDA Office of Clinical Pharmacology, who received the 2011 OCP Science Day Poster Presentation First Prize Award in October…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Pharmaceutics graduate students Diana Shuster and Jenna Voellinger received (ITHS) training awards<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Pharmaceutics graduate students Diana Shuster and Jenna Voellinger received Institute of Translational Health Sciences (ITHS) TL1 Multidisciplinary Predoctoral Clinical Research Training awards for the upcoming 2012-13 academic year. The ITHS TL1 Multidisciplinary Predoctoral Clinical Research…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Nora Lee and postdoc Cara Nelson won the graduate student category of the poster competition<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Pharmaceutics graduate student Nora Lee and postdoc Cara Nelson did an outstanding job at the recent American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Annual Meeting. Lee (Adviser Joanne Wang) won the graduate student category of…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Professor Emeritus Gets Lifetime Achievement Award<\/a><\/h4>\n
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The American Epilepsy Society (AES) has announced that Rene Levy, professor and chair emeritus of our Department of Pharmaceutics, will receive the William G. Lennox\u2014Cesare T. Lombroso Award during this week’s AES 67th annual meeting…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A Closer Look: Q&A with Jashvant Unadkat<\/a><\/h4>\n
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In this Q&A, Professor of Pharmaceutics Unadkat discusses his new National Institute on Drug Abuse grant and its goals of making treatment and medications safer for pregnant women. Read more.   Link to Pharmaceutics archived…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: October 21, 2013<\/div>\n

IPSF Welcomes Another Exchange Student<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Finnish pharmacy student Arto Heinonen poses in the front of this photo, which was taken during a social event with UW students this past summer. This past spring and summer, our School’s chapter of the…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Grant to Study Drug Disposition in Pregnancy<\/a><\/h4>\n
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A new, $4.7 million NIH grant will study how certain drugs are absorbed, distributed, metabolized and excreted in the body among pregnant women and their babies. Professor of Pharmaceutics Jashvant Unadkat is the principle investigator….<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: September 2, 2013<\/div>\n

‘Columns’ Faculty Profile: Professor Shiu-Lok Hu<\/a><\/h4>\n
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The September issue of ‘Columns,’ the UW alumni magazine, profiles faculty member Shiu-Lok Hu. He is part of an international network of scientists dedicated to bringing promising new HIV vaccine candidates to clinical trials.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: July 18, 2013<\/div>\n

Professor’s Startup Highlighted in UW Showcase<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Professor of Pharmaceutics Rodney Ho’s new startup, Nova TheraNostics, has developed a brighter, longer lasting and safer MRI contrast agent. It is among 17 companies that the UW launched this fiscal year. Read more in…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Rodney Ho Receives National Research Honor<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Professor of Pharmaceutics Rodney Ho received the Research Achievement in Biotechnology Award from the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists. UW Today announcement Center for Commercialization article   Link to Pharmaceutics archived news<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Pharmaceutics professor wins Early Career Achievement Award<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Associate Professor of Pharmaceutics Isoherranen will receive the Drug Metabolism Division Early Career Achievement Award from the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. The prestigious honor goes to investigators who have received their doctorate…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: October 14, 2012<\/div>\n

Unadkat Awarded for Scientific Contributions<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Professor of Pharmaceutics Jashvant Unadkat has received the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Research Achievement Award in Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and Drug Metabolism. The award is for groundbreaking contributions to the pharmaceutical sciences. Read the ‘UW…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Studying Microchips that Imitate Human Organs<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Faculty contribute to federal initiative researching how computer chips could test for drug safety UW researchers are part of an initiative to engineer three-dimensional chips containing living cells and tissues that imitate the structure and…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: July 22, 2012<\/div>\n

NIH Grant Helps Turn Research Into Medical Products<\/a><\/h4>\n
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The UW Institute of Translational Health Sciences recently received its second five-year, $65 million grant from the National Institutes of Health for its work transforming researchers\u2019 discoveries into useful medical products. Among the researchers are…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: June 25, 2012<\/div>\n

Highlighting the Promise of Personalized Medicine<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Erica Woodahl, PhD, ’04, is working to improve participation in pharmacogenetic research and to build respectful relationships between researchers and Northwest tribal communities. She is part of the Northwest-Alaska Pharmacogenomics Research Network and she is…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: June 9, 2012<\/div>\n

Four of our faculty members are featured on the journal\u2019s \u201cTop Ten Most Viewed Papers\u201d list.<\/a><\/h4>\n
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A paper published in \u201cClinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics\u201d by pharmaceutics alumnus Songmao \u201cBen\u201d Zheng and four of our faculty members is featured on the journal\u2019s \u201cTop Ten Most Viewed Papers\u201d list. The paper is entitled…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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New Partnership Forms to Support Drug Development<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Program seeks to provide better understanding of drug transporters, personalized medicine. Professor of Pharmaceutics Jashvant Unadkat has started the UW Research Affiliates Program on Transporters (UWRAPT). It is a cooperative effort between the School and…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Shen, Unadkat Named Fellows of AAAS<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Nine UW researchers are among 539 new Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Danny Shen, professor of pharmacy and pharmaceutics, and Jashvant Unadkat, professor of pharmaceutics, were among this year’s Fellows.Read…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Hu Receives Major Boost in Search for HIV Vaccine<\/a><\/h4>\n
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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded Shiu-Lok Hu, Gibaldi endowed professor of pharmaceutics, a $6.7 million grant to join the Consortium for AIDS Vaccine Discovery. He will collaborate with researchers from the Universities…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Ed Kelly Receives Tietze Young Scientist Award<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Research Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutics Ed Kelly has received the Jaconette L. Tietze Young Scientist Award from the UW Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine. He will receive one year of support of $25,000…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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UW Graduate School Honors Pharmaceutics Alumnus<\/a><\/h4>\n
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John Hoekman, Ph.D., Pharmaceutics, \u201910, has received the UW Graduate School\u2019s ‘6th Chapter Award’ for his dissertation. This award is for exceptional doctoral research that encourages commercial enterprise and technology transfer models. Hoekman worked with…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: October 4, 2011<\/div>\n

UW Lecture Series Features Pharmaceutics Professor<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Professor of Pharmaceutics Rodney Ho was among the six faculty members to speak in the UW Center for Commercialization lecture series, “Wake Up to the Possibilities.” This program is designed to inspire UW students and…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Pharmaceutics Student Receives University of Washington Magnuson Scholarship<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Nora Lee is one of six students from the health sciences schools to be named a 2011 Magnuson Scholar, one of the highest awards given annually by the UW. Magnuson Scholars are chosen for their…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Dr. Ho Featured in ‘Puget Sound Business Journal’<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Pharmaceutics Professor Rodney Ho was recently named an Entrepreneurial Fellow by the UW Center for Commercialization. ThePuget Sound Business Journal featured Ho in an article about this new UW entrepreneurial fellows program. Read more (PDF)….<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: March 31, 2011<\/div>\n

Dr. Ho Named Entrepreneurial Faculty Fellow<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Professor of Pharmaceutics Rodney Ho was honored as one of the UW\u2019s most entrepreneurial faculty researchers, under a new fellowship program initiated by Interim President Phyllis Wise. Read more   Link to Pharmaceutics archived news<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: February 8, 2011<\/div>\n

Grant Will Develop a Device Created at the School<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Impel Neuropharma, a biotech started by John Hoekman, Ph.D., \u201910, and Professor Rodney Ho, received a Life Sciences Discovery Fund grant in collaboration with Benaroya Research Institute. Through the grant, Benaroya will further test the…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: January 26, 2011<\/div>\n

Lifetime Achievement Award Goes to Rene Levy<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Professor and Chair Emeritus of Pharmaceutics Rene Levy has received the 2011 Arthur A. Ward, Jr. Achievement in Epilepsy Award from the Northwest Epilepsy Foundation. The award honors him for his contributions to the scientific…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Major Grant Will Support Underserved Populations<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Professor and Chair of Pharmaceutics Ken Thummel and colleagues recently learned they have received a $10 million NIH grant to create a Northwest-Alaska center to study pharmacogenomics in rural and underserved populations.   Link to…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Life Sciences Discovery Fund Issues Awards<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Milo Gibaldi Endowed Professor of Pharmaceutics Rodney Ho has received an LSDF grant to develop a safer and more effective MRI contrast agent. LSDF supports research to promote life sciences competitiveness and improve health. Read…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Levy Retires After Almost 40 Years<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Dr. Rene Levy, professor of pharmaceutics and director of the Metabolism and Transport Drug Interaction Database (DIDB), retired at the end of 2009. Levy worked at the UW School of Pharmacy for almost 40 years….<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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UW School of Pharmacy Ph.D. Research Programs Rank #1<\/a><\/h4>\n
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The University of Washington School of Pharmacy medicinal chemistry and pharmaceutical sciences research programs are the best in the nation according to a recent academic ranking. The findings, announced in the January 12 issue of…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Two Professors Named as Fellows, AAAS and ASCP<\/a><\/h4>\n
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The University of Washington School of Pharmacy is proud to announce that two if its professors, Drs. Rene Levy and Peggy Odegard have been named as fellows of the Association for the Advancement of Science…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Faculty Members’ Research Gets National Distinction<\/a><\/h4>\n
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A 2005 study by Qingcheng Mao and Jashvant Unadkat is one of the 10 most-cited articles in the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Journal’s history. Their article examined how breast cancer resistance protein relates to…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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DMTPR Welcomes Seventh Industry Partner<\/a><\/h4>\n
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The Drug Metabolism, Transport and Pharmacogenomic Research (DMTPR) program, launched in January of this year, is the result of a unique partnership between University of Washington School of Pharmacy (UWSOP) and seven industry leaders, the…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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DMTPR Launched January 1, 2004<\/a><\/h4>\n
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In the fall of 2002, corporate advisors and board members recommended that the School address the emerging gap between industrial research needs and trained graduates with a program focused on new research in drug metabolism,…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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New Associate Dean for Research and New Initiatives Named at the School of Pharmacy<\/a><\/h4>\n
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The University of Washington School of Pharmacy has announced the appointment of Dr. Ken Thummel to Associate Dean for Research and New Initiatives.\u00a0 This newly created role was designed to leverage the School\u2019s expertise in…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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NIH Grant Awarded to the Department of Pharmaceutics for study on how pregnant women handle drugs<\/a><\/h4>\n
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The UW Department of Pharmaceutics won an unprecedented grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that will enable UW researchers to examine how drugs are handled by pregnant women. The University of Washington was…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Posted: July 12, 2003<\/div>\n

Drs. Ho and Gibaldi Team Up on Landmark Therapeutics Book<\/a><\/h4>\n
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For the first time, a comprehensive study of biotechnology and biopharmaceuticals has been completed by two luminaries in pharmaceutical sciences, Drs. Rodney J.Y. Ho and Milo Gibaldi. These two pharmacy faculty members have collaborated on…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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