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Tue, 02/11/2025

Jesse Wiley presents a Scientific Seminar

Jesse Wiley, M.S., Ph.D. presented a Scientific Seminar entitled "Multiomic Analysis Converges Upon The Epigenetic Theory of AD" on February 6. Dr. Wiley is a Principal Research Scientist at Sage Bionetworks in Seattle, Washington.
Wed, 02/05/2025

Dong-oh Seo presents a Scientific Seminar

Dong-oh Seo, Ph.D. presented a Scientific Seminar entitled “Exploring the Crossroads of Gut Microbiota, Alzheimer's Disease, and PTSD” on January 23. Dr. Seo is an Instructor in Neurology at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.
Wed, 12/11/2024

Heng Du receives R01 grant

Dr. Heng Du was awarded an NIH R01 grant in the amount of $2.93M to fund Alzheimer’s research. The project focuses on the role of ghrelin o-acyltransferase (GOAT) dysfunction in the development of hippocampal damage as well as systemic dysmetabolism in Alzheimer's disease.
Thu, 12/05/2024

KU Pharmacology & Toxicology seeks applicants for open position

Applications are invited for an Assistant or Associate Professor in Pharmacology and Toxicology for a full-time, tenure-track position. An individual is sought with research expertise in using a systems-based approach to understand mechanisms of disease and drug action, in order to advance disease prevention, diagnosis, and treatment for Alzheimer’s disease or other neurological or neuropsychiatric disorders.
Wed, 12/04/2024

Novel neuroscience research targets social loss therapy

KU School of Pharmacy Associate Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology Adam Smith is uniquely exploring the brain science of social stress. Smith and his graduate student researchers are looking for ways that pharmacology can intersect with neurobiology with a goal of finding potential therapies that can help people better navigate stress.
Mon, 11/25/2024

Agenor Limon presents a Scientific Seminar

Agenor Limon, Ph.D. presented a Scientific Seminar entitled “Mechanisms of Synaptic Resilience to Neuropathological Change in Alzheimer's Disease” on November 13. Dr. Limon is an Associate Professor at the Mitchell Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases in the Department of Neurology at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas.
Mon, 03/18/2024

Dr. Subramanian RO1 grant

Dr. Jai Subramanian was awarded an NIH R01 grant as co-PI with Dr. Shirley Yan at Columbia University. The research studies whether detoxifying advanced glycation end products improves synaptic plasticity and memory in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease.
Mon, 03/04/2024

KU Pharmacology & Toxicology seeks applicants for Mossberg Distinguished Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology

Applications are invited for appointment as a tenured, Distinguished Professor at the Full Professor level in the Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, School of Pharmacy at the University of Kansas. ...

Tue, 02/27/2024

Dr. Zhao appointed to NIH study section

Liqin Zhao (PhD) has been appointed a standing member of the NIH's Neural Oxidative Metabolism, Mitochondria, and Cell Death (NOMD) study section, with a four-year term from 2023 to 2027. The NOMD study section reviews applications studying the molecular mechanisms of neuronal cell death involving aging, neurodegenerative diseases, and mitochondrial...

Tue, 08/22/2023

Pharmacy Researcher Develops Intervention For Metabolic Diseases Like Diabetes, Stroke, and Heart Disease

An investigator with the University of Kansas School of Pharmacy has filed an invention disclosure, part of a provisional patent application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, for a treatment that could apply to heart disease, stroke and a host of other human diseases related to metabolism. ...

Wed, 05/17/2023

Yueming Li presented a Scientific seminar recently

Yueming Li, Ph.D., Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center of New York, New York, presented a Scientific Seminar in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology on April 11. The presentation was titled “Modulation of γ-secretase in Alzheimer and Cancer.”Li is a biochemist and heads up Sloan Kettering’s Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology...

Wed, 05/17/2023

Pan Pan recently presented a Beyond the Lab seminar

Pan Pan, Ph.D., from AstraZeneca in Gaithersburg, Maryland, presented a Beyond the Lab seminar on April 28. The presentation was titled "Don’t Be Afraid of Change—My Journey After Graduation.”...

Fri, 11/18/2022

Pharmacology & Toxicology Open House Dec. 1

Individuals interested in a research career or an advanced degree in biomedical science are invited to attend the Pharmacology & Toxicology open house and lunch in the KU School of Pharmacy beginning at noon on Dec. 1 in Room 5052 of Malott Hall. ...

Tue, 10/18/2022

Pharmacy researcher earns $2.3 million NIH award to study opioid addiction

A University of Kansas researcher is taking a novel approach to the prolific problem of opioid addiction in America. With a $2.3 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, Zijun Wang will research the implications of the DNA break-and-repair process in opioid use disorder.
Thu, 09/15/2022

KU PharmTox seeks applicants for Mossberg Distinguished Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology

Applications are invited for appointment as a tenured, Distinguished Professor at the Full Professor level in the Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, School of Pharmacy at the University of Kansas. 
Wed, 06/01/2022

Online master’s in Pharmacology and Toxicology the right fit for Foster

Working professionals don’t often have the flexibility to pursue a traditional on-campus graduate degree. Lack of local access and conflicting hours are two huge hurdles. For JD Foster, a veterinarian based in Washington, D.C., the online Master of Science in Pharmacology and Toxicology from the University of Kansas School of...

Mon, 05/09/2022

Two Kansas Pharmacy faculty earn tenure and promotion

KU Chancellor Doug Girod recently approved the University Committee on Promotion and Tenure’s recommendation to award promotion and tenure to two School of Pharmacy faculty members. The academic milestone was earned by Jessica Bates, clinical associate professor of pharmacy practice and Adam Smith, associate professor of pharmacology and toxicology. ...

Thu, 04/28/2022

Dr. Claire Croutch and Dr. Kristin Aillon to present Beyond the Lab seminar

Dr. Claire Croutch and Dr. Kristin Aillon, MRIGlobal of Kansas City, Missouri, will present a Beyond the Lab seminar titled "Introduction to a Scientist's Career at MRIGlobal" on Friday, April 29 at 11:00 a.m. in Malott Hall, Room 2049. ...

Mon, 01/31/2022

Eduardo Rosa-Molinar named AAAS fellow

Eduardo Rosa-Molinar, professor of pharmacology and toxicology, has the honor of being named a 2022 fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Wed, 01/26/2022

Liqin Zhao receives R01 Grant

Dr. Liqin Zhao, Associate Professor in the Pharmacology & Toxicology Department together with Dr. Teruna Siahaan, Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, received an RO1 grant titled “Reshaping ApoE4 and Alzheimer’s Brains with ApoE2.”
Tue, 01/25/2022

First online laboratory-based Distance Master of Science Degree earned

Jonathan (J.D.) Foster, has earned the first Distance Laboratory-Based Master of Science (M.S.) degree in the Pharmacology & Toxicology Department. The title of his Master’s Thesis was “Population Pharmacokinetic Analysis of Enrofloxacin and Its Active Metabolite Ciprofloxacin Following Intravenous Injection in Cats with Reduced Kidney Function.”
Thu, 01/13/2022

Heng Du receives RO1 grant

Congratulations to associate professor Heng Du on receiving an RO1 grant from the National Institutes of Health entitled “mtDNA Leakage and Sting-Dependent Microglial Innate Immune Response in Alzheimer's Disease.”...

Thu, 01/06/2022

37th Annual Mossberg Honors Symposium and Poster Sessions

We are excited to announce that the 37th Annual Mossberg Honors Symposium will be held on Wednesday, January 12 in the School of Pharmacy, Room 2020. The poster session will take place in the School of Pharmacy Atrium. Both the symposium and poster sessions will be from 8:30 a.m through...

Fri, 08/27/2021

Welcome and updates for start of fall semester

We are excited to be back on campus for classes this semester. And welcome to our new graduate students in the Pharmacology & Toxicology department. ...

Thu, 07/15/2021

Recent Pharmacology & Toxicology graduates

We are proud to announce the recent graduations of four students in the Pharmacology & Toxicology department. ...

Thu, 11/19/2020

Anonymous donation funds Ph.D. fellowship

An anonymous donation of $300,000 to the KU School of Pharmacy’s Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology was inspired by the donor’s niece and her experience as a Ph.D. student. ...

Tue, 10/27/2020

Rick Dobrowsky receives NIH Innovation Grant

Congratulations to Dr. Rick Dobrowsky on receiving an NIH Innovation Grant to Nurture Initial Translational Efforts (IGNITE). ...

Tue, 10/27/2020

Jim Tracy to serve on NIH Scientific and Technical Advisory Board to the Office of the Director (STOD)

We are pleased to announce that Professor Jim Tracy was selected to serve a term on the Scientific and Technical Advisory Board to the Office of the Director (STOD), National Institutes of Health. STOD reviews and advises the Director on proposed extramural building projects, including research laboratories and animal facilities. ...

Wed, 09/09/2020

Department welcomes Assistant Professor Zijun Wang

We would like to welcome Assistant Professor Zijun Wang to the Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology. She officially joined us in August. ...

Wed, 09/09/2020

Department welcomes associate professor Heng Du