Congratulations to Juanita Limas for both co-founding and being selected in the first cohort of the Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) Leadership Fellows Program!

Juanita Limas wins Boka W. Hadzija Award for Distinguished Scholarship, Leadership, and University Service by a Graduate or Professional student.

Megan Agazanian, graduate student in Ben Major’s lab, successfully defended her PhD, “Kinase regulation of WNT signaling” Feb. 16.

Congatulations to all the recipients of Pharmacology Annual Awards of 2020! We applaud you and are proud of your accomplishments and service!

Psychology Today highlights the Roth lab’s groundbreaking research that used cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) to illustrate precisely how psychedelic compounds bind to the 5-HT2A serotonin receptor complex.

Danielle Chappell, Pharmacology graduate student in the Damania lab, co-hosts a podcast on “Bias, misinformation and COVID-!9”

This work, published in Cell and led by the Roth lab sets the stage for the discovery of new kinds of antidepressants, anti-anxiety drugs, and treatments for substance use disorders. Kuglee Kim is co-first author on the paper.

Waylin Yu, graduate student in Tom Kash’s lab, successfully defended his PhD thesis Sept. 3. Way to go Waylin!

Congratulations to Dr. Yadong Li, postdoc in the Juan Song lab, on being awarded a prestigious Brain and Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF) Young Investigator Grant!

Raquel Martiniz Chacin successfully defended her PhD on June 2! Hurray! Way to go!