Dr. Alan Jones, Fulbright Fellowship Recipient Dr. Alan Jones, George and Alice Welch Distinguished Professor of Biology and joint Professor in Pharmacology has received a Fulbright Fellowship to study at the University of Queensland in Brisbane for the Spring of 2013. There he will work in several labs, but in particular Dr. Jose Botella’s. The … Read more
Dr. Tom Kash receives the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) in recognition of his research contributions on the effects of alcohol on neural circuits in the brain.
Terry Kenakin receives Dutch Pharmacological Society award and will give plenary lecture
Dr. Johnson, Chair of the Department of Pharmacology, receives Distinguished Kenan Professorship to honor his excellence in research and teaching at UNC.
Dr. Channing Der, Kenan Professor of Pharmacology and member of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and UNC Cancer Hospital, has been honored with one of two Hyman L. Battle Distinguished Cancer Research Award for 2011
Amy Abel, Research Assistant Professor, and Nicole Vincent-Jordan, graduate student, are first authors on paper published in Cell Stem Cell May 6, 2011.
Dr. Henrik Dohlman Two papers by Henrik Dohlman’s lab have been highlighted in Science & Science Signaling. Henrik Dohlman is a joint professor in the Department of Pharmacology. The most recent one, “The Crystal Structure of a Self-Activating G Protein α Subunit Reveals Its Distinct Mechanism of Signal Initiation” with lead author Janice C. Jones, … Read more
Receives award for second year in a row
Dr. Bryan Roth, the Michael J. Hooker Distinguished Professor in Pharmacology in the School of Medicine has received the PhRMA Foundation Award in Excellence in Pharmacology/Toxicology. PhRMA Awards in Excellence are given to scientists who have previously received a PhRMA award at the beginning of their careers when they are deciding on their area of … Read more
Jasco Pharmaceuticals, LLC, has initiated a collaborative research program in pancreatic cancer with the laboratory of Antonio Baines, a professor at North Carolina Central University and an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Pharmacology at the University of North Carolina. The focus of the research is on developing therapeutics for pancreatic cancer that function through … Read more
