Congratulations to our new PhD, Adam Graves! June 3, 2025 Dr. Graves successfully defended his PhD thesis, "ERK Regulates IKK Epsilon Expression and Oncogenic Functions of Pancreatic Cancer" under the guidance of Dr. Albert Baldwin.
Pharmacology students honored at 27th Annual Graduate Student Recognition Celebration April 30, 2025 Congratulations to Amy Aponte, Tania Bellinger, McKenzie Grundy Gehris, Sarah Mott, Ryan Robb, and Michael Sturdivant!
Congratulations to our new PhD, Kaeli Welsh February 27, 2025 Dr. Welsh successfully defended her PhD Thesis, “Regulating the Anaphase-Promoting Complex/Cyclosome (APC/C): Intrinsic Mechanisms and Cell Cycle Inhibitors" under the guidance of Dr. Nicholas Brown.
Laura Peng and Yi Xu publish article in Cancer Discovery January 17, 2025 Congratulations to Dr. Laura Peng, PhD and Yi Xu, PhD, working in the lab of Jen Jen Yeh, MD, on their groundbreaking findings published in Cancer Discovery!
Congratulations to our new PhD, Jonathan DeLiberty! January 16, 2025 Dr. DeLiberty successfully defended his thesis, "Therapeutic Targeting of RAS-Driven Metabolic Dependencies by PIKfyve Inhibition," under the guidance of Drs. Kirsten Bryant and Channing Der.
Congratulations to our new PhD, Mariah Stewart! January 14, 2025 Dr. Stewart successfully defended her PhD thesis “Phosphorylation-Dependent Interactions of Heat Shock Proteins and Co-Chaperones: Structural Insights and Implications for Cancer Cell Proliferation” under the guidance Dr. Jonathan Schisler.
Congratulations to our new PhD, David Lee! January 14, 2025 Dr. Lee successfully defended his thesis, “Harnessing Neuron Type-Specific GPCR Targets and Tools for Precious Analgesia” under the guidance of Dr. Greg Scherrer.
Congratulations to our new PhD, Kaitland Smith! January 14, 2025 Dr. Smith successfully defended her PhD thesis “Genetic and Pharmacological Inhibitors of Necroptosis in STUB-1 Dependent Ataxias” under the guidance Dr. Jonathan Schisler.
Congratulations to our new PhD, Aditi Kothari! December 20, 2024 Dr. Kothari successfully defended her PhD thesis, “HPV-Associated Head and Neck Cancer: Etiology and Determinants of Radiation Sensitivity” under the guidance of Dr. Natalia Isaeva!
PHCO Research Retreat Presentation Awardees October 15, 2024 Our congratulations to all! Awardees Pictured: Mingyu Choi, Ourania Tsahouridis, Corina Damian, Grant Goda, Quinn Eberhard, and Elizabeth Abrash, with Henrik Dohlman.