Congratulations to Joan M. Taylor, Ph.D., Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Department of Pathology, UNC McAllister Heart Institute, for being invited to speak at the Vasculata 2022 – Environmental Determinants of Vascular Health & Disease Meeting. Dr. Taylor spoke about the role of Rho activory to control systemic blood pressure.
Congratulations to Ke Cheng, Ph.D., Randall B. Terry, Jr. Distinguished Professor in Regenerative Medicine, Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, NC State University and UNC/NCSU Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering; Adjunct Professor, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, in collaboration with UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke University colleagues, for leading the development of the inhalable COVID-19 vaccine prototype … Read more
Congratulations to Victoria L. Bautch, Ph.D., Beverly Long Chapin Distinguished Professor of Biology; Co-Director, UNC McAllister Heart Institute, for presenting keynote address at the Vasculata 2022 – Environmental Determinants of Vascular Health & Disease Meeting. Dr. Bautch did a great job presenting to a full house on Monday, July 18th, at Duke University. Vasculata is … Read more
Congratulations to the Lab of Jimena Giudice, Ph.D., a MHI member and Assistant Professor, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, for publishing paper, titled “Alternative splicing regulation of membrane trafficking genes during myogenesis”, in the journal RNA. The work from Dr. Giudice’s Lab team was co-first authored by Genetics and Molecular Biology (GMB) … Read more
Congratulations to Dr. Wen Yih Aw, a biomolecular engineering (BME) postdoctoral fellow in the Polacheck Lab, for recently receiving a 2022 research grant from the CLOVES Syndrome Foundation. The one-year pilot grant provides funds to extend Dr. Aw’s work in developing patient-specific microfluidic models of the microvasculature to screen for potential therapeutic interventions for CLOVES.
Congratulations to Li Qian, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, for publishing a Voices article, titled “Anniversary Reflections: Inspiring Discoveries and the Future of the Field”, in the journal Cell Stem Cell. Dr. Qian was invited to share her opinion and vision for the future of stem cell field in the June … Read more
Congratulations to Anthony Hazelton, a Ph.D. student in Dr. Nguyen’s Lab, for recently receiving a T32 pharmacological sciences training program fellowship award from NIH’s NIGMS. Anthony’s fellowship provides ongoing stipend support for research training in quantitative and systems pharmacology, which is defined as an approach to translational medicine that combines computational and experimental methods to … Read more
Congratulations to Craig R. Lee, Pharm.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Pharmacy and Interim Vice Chair for Research and Graduate Education, Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy; Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, for being appointed new Chair of the DPET. Read More
Congratulations to Li Qian, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, for recently receiving The Graduate School at UNCCH’s 2022 Faculty Award for Excellence in Doctoral Mentoring. Dr. Qian was presented with this award by Suzanne Barbour, Dean of The Graduate School, at the doctoral hooding ceremony on May 7, 2022. This annual … Read more
Congratulations to Uriel Luccene Jean-Baptiste, a graduate student, who received his Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Biochemistry from the Florida State University, currently in Dr. Neher’s Lab, for successfully passing qualifying doctoral oral exam. Under the mentorship of Saskia Neher, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Uriel is studying the mechanisms and kinetics … Read more
