Author Archives: Betsy Clarke

Congratulations to Dr. Terry Kenakin on being named a Fellow of the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (FASPET) as part of the 2025 Fellows Class.

Congratulations to Dr. Yinglong Miao for earning major media attention for his team’s groundbreaking study revealing, for the first time, how G-protein complexes detach from activated GPCRs—a key step in cell signaling.

Big congratulations to Dr. Bryan L. Roth and Dr. Xi-Ping Huang for being named among Carolina’s 2025 Highly Cited Researchers!

Eight poster and three oral presentations, and best T-shirt design won awards at the Pharmacology 2025 research retreat.

Dr. Bivins successfully defended her thesis, "Evolution of Antimicrobial Resistance in N. Gonorrhoeae: Balance Between Essential Function and Preventing Antibiotic Activity." under the direction of her mentor, Dr. Rob Nicholas.

Dr. Gentile successfully defended her thesis, "Impact of the L421P Mutation in Penicillin-Binding Protein 1 on Fitness and Antibiotic Resistance in Neisseria Gonorrhoeae" under the guidance of her mentor, Rob Nicholas.

Congratulations to Leon Coleman, MD, PhD, winner of a 2025-26 James W. Woods Junior Faculty Award, which recognizes Dr. Coleman's outstanding accomplishments!

Lee M. Graves's Lab played a pivotal role in the approval of a new medication for pediatric patients that could also be used to treat other types of cancer.

Dr. Jenner successfully defended her thesis, “Kinase Inhibitor Therapies for Pancreatic Cancer" under the direction of her mentor, Dr. Jen Jen Yeh.

Hats off to Dr. Juan Song on the publication of SOM/UNC Health's Newsroom's article, “Junk Food Puts Memory at Risk—Here’s How to Protect It,” highlighting her lab's ground-breaking research published in Neuron Sept. 11.