Matteo Ottolini- Winner of the 2020 Ted Rall Award
Professor and Chair, Douglas Bayliss presents the 2020 Ted Rall Award to Matteo Ottolini for his first-authored publication "Local Peroxynitrite Impairs Endothelial TRPV4 Channels and Elevates Blood Pressure in Obesity,"…
Jeffrey Sturek Talks About Testing Blood Plasma from COVID-19 Survivors to Treat the Sick
In a recent article, Jeffrey Sturek, MD, PhD (Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology Student Alumni, Class of 2010), talks about his pandemic aftermath experience as a physician-scientist in pulmonary…
Congratulations, Katelyn Ahern- F31 NRSA Recipient!
The Pharmacology department is sending out a huge congrats to Katelyn Ahern (Pharmacology Graduate Student, in Thurl Harris’s Lab) for being a recent recipient of the Ruth L. Kirchstein Predoctoral…
Congratulations, Liz Gonye- F31 NRSA Recipient!
The Pharmacology department is sending out a huge congrats to Elizabeth (Liz) Gonye (Pharmacology Graduate Student in Douglas Bayliss’s Lab) for being a recent recipient of the Ruth L. Kirchstein…
Dr. Alexandra Kadl- Taking care of COVID Patients After They Leave the ICU
The Pharmacology department would like to thank Dr. Alexandra Kadl (Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology at UVA) for her dedication to helping patients through their recovery with COVID-19. She…
Elizabeth Sharlow, PhD – Promoted to Professor of Research in Pharmacology
The Pharmacology department is sending out kudos to Beth Sharlow! Effective July 1, Dr. Sharlow is promoted to Professor of Research in Pharmacology. Dr. Sharlow’s research focuses on drug discovery…
Kudos to Dr. Zhen Yan- Weightlifting Mice Could Possibly Lead Us to An Exercise Pill
Pharmacology is sending kudos to Zhen Yan, PhD (Professor of Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine and joint appointee in Pharmacology) for making headlines again for his recent work as an exercise researcher…
Congratulations to Merci Best- Recipient of the Double Hoo Research Award!
Pharmacology is sending out kudos to Merci Ngozi Best (3rd Year Pharmacology Student in George Bloom’s Lab) for being one of the recipients of the UVA Double Hoo research awards.…
Gaultier and Rosen Make Headlines for Discovery of A Potential Treatment for COVID-19
UVA researchers Alban Gaultier (one of our Pharmacology Training Faculty) and Dorian Rosen (one of our Pharmacology Student Alumni) found last year that fluvoxamine may stop the deadly inflammation known…
George Souza- Winner of the 2020 NCAR Brody Award!
Pharmacology sends kudos to George Souza (Reseach Associate in Dr. Patrice Guyenet's Lab) for being the winner of the 2020 Michael Brody Young Investigator Award. The award is presented at…