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Dr. Kevin Wickman appointed Head of Pharmacology

Dr. Kevin Wickman has been appointed Head of the Department of Pharmacology effective June 8th, 2020. Dr. Wickman was selected by Dean Jakub Tolar based on the recommendation of a search committee...

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Pharmacology Trainees win annual non-Retreat awards

We are proud to announce the winners of the annual, non-Retreat awards in Pharmacology for 2020. Frederick E. Shideman Leadership AwardHallie Hintz, PhD Candidate, LeBeau Lab...

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Dr. April Huseby Kelcher named American Association of Immunologists Public Policy Fellow

Dr April Huseby Kelcher, a postdoctoral researcher in Dr Marco Pravetoni's lab, has been named a member of the tenth class of Public Policy Fellows of the American Association for Immunologists (AAI...

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PhD candidate Allison Anderson to be published in PNAS

Allison Anderson, a senior PhD candidate in Dr Kevin Wickman's lab, has first-authored a paper accepted for publication by the prestigious journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences...

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Dr. Zoi Sychev earns DoD grant for study of prostate cancer

Dr. Zoi Sychev, a postdoctoral associate in Dr. Justin Drake's lab, has earned a grant from the US Department of Defense! Dr. Sychev's grant is titled "Unraveling the dynamic protein expression...

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Dr. Marco Pravetoni recognized for his effort to battle the opioid epidemic

The Medical School at the University of Minnesota recently recognized Dr. Marco Pravetoni, Associate Professor of Pharmacology, for his effort to combat the opioid epidemic with novel vaccines. Read...

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Pharmacology graduate students featured for promoting passion for science at Women in Science & Engineering event

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Dr. Kevin Wickman awarded new R01 grant

The project title of the grant is "Alcohol-related suppression of GIRK channel activity in the basal amygdala: a link to plasticity of glutamatergic neurotransmission and withdrawal-associated...

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Carolyn Fairbanks and George Wilcox are awarded a $4.5 million DoD grant

A $4.5 million Department of Defense grant will allow Carolyn Fairbanks, PhD, and George Wilcox, PhD, to continue their research of non-opioid alternatives to treat pain.

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Dr. Aaron LeBeau featured by the Medical School for his multi-million dollar prostate cancer research effort

Associate Professor Dr. Aaron LeBeau was recently featured by the Medical School at the University of Minnesota for his multi-million dollar prostate cancer research effort.

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Marco Pravetoni elected to the Board of Directors of The College on Problems of Drug Dependence

We are pleased to announce that Associate Professor Dr. Marco Pravetoni has been elected to the Board of Directors of The College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD). Dr. Pravetoni will serve...

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PhD student Ben Brian wins three Medical School awards

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Pharmacology Graduate Student Organization makes a donation to local Twin Cities charity

The Pharmacology Graduate Student Organization (PGSO) recently solicited donations from the Department of Pharmacology and Medical School community for The Sheridan Story.

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Dr. Hai Dang Nguyen joins the Department of Pharmacology

Dr. Nguyen joins the Department of Pharmacology as an Assistant Professor from Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center.

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Congratulations to our fall semester Pharmacology Minor graduates!

The Department of Pharmacology is proud to recognize eight students who graduated at the end of fall semester 2019 with a minor in Pharmacology. Congratulations to Rebekka Alm, Alison Doyle, Dwight...

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The Lee Lab publishes research article in Psychopharmacology

Margot DeBaker, a Neuroscience graduate student in Dr. Anna Lee's lab, has first-authored a paper published in Psychopharmacology, titled "Unequal interactions between alcohol and nicotine co-...