Kudos to Nissa Thomsen, MD/PhD student, for her article, "The synthesis of C8-aryl purines, nucleosides, and phosphoramidites," which was accepted for publication in Critical Reviews in Eukaryotic Gene Expression. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22077154
Bahar Noorbakhsh received a School of Pharmacy Travel Award to present her research, "Synthesis and pharmacological characterization of sigma-2 prefering compounds: implications for cocaine-induced behaviors," at the annual meeting for the Society for Neuroscience in Washington, DC.
Kudos to Nidhi Kaushal, PPS graduate student, forher article, "Synthesis and pharmacological evaluation of 6-acetyl-3-(-4(4-(4-flourophenyl)piperazin-1-yl)butyl)benzo[d]oxazol-2(3H)-one (SN79), a cocaine antagonist, in rodents," which was accepted for publication in the AAPS Journal. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21494909
Kudos to Maryam Sharifi Sanjani, PPS graduate student, for her article, "Contributions for A2A and A2B adenosine receptors in coronary flow responses in relation to KATP channel using A2B and A2A/2B double knockout mice," which was accepted for publication in the American Journal of Physiology Heart and Circulation Physiology. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2176711
Parul Agarwal received a School of Pharmacy Travel Award to present her research, "Excess health care expenditures associated with depression in individuals with arthritis and related joint disorders," at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association in Washington, DC.
Congratulations to Michael Seminerio for receiving a travel award from the Drug Design and Discovery Section of AAPS to present his research at the 2011 American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Meeting and Exposition in Washington, DC.
Kudos to Ami Vyas, HOR graduate student, for her article, "Multimorbidity and depression treatment," which was accepted for publication in General Hospital Psychiatry www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21601720
Congratulations to Mayank Ajmera for receiving an internship from Novartis Pharmaceutical Corporation in NJ
Kudos to Tricia Lee Wilkins, HOR graduate student, for her article, "Changing BMI categories and healthcare expenditures among elderly Medicare beneficiaries," which was accepted for publication in Obesity www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.pubmed/21527898
Tara Whetsel, assistant clinical professor, receives Public Service Grant for “Development of a Multi-Level Diabetes Education Team”
Multiple research-related searches are underway: Department Chair in Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences, HSC Vice President for Research and Graduate Education, WVU Vice President for Research (Research Corp).
Ryan Williams, graduate student, receives AFPE fellowship
Michael Seminerio, graduate student, invited to speak at International Drug Abuse Research Society (IDARS) meeting in Istanbul, Turkey
Mayank Ajmera, graduate student, receives summer internship at Novartis.