Research News

Gaine Lab

Gaine Studies Quality of Sleep and Neurodegeneration

Friday, December 8, 2023
Marie Gaine's lab works to understand the role of epigenetics—how environmental factors can alter our DNA—in the development and treatment of psychiatric disorders.
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Brogden Named Ting-Fong and Nei-Jia Chin Professor in Pharmaceutics

Monday, November 27, 2023
Associate Professor Nicole Brogden named the Ting-Fong and Nei-Jia Chin Professor in Pharmaceutics, receives NIH grant.
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Associate Professor Mary Schroeder Receives Grant Totaling $2.24M

Monday, October 9, 2023
Observational research will compare current-practice data from a network of medical facilities to find optimal chemo dosing for breast-cancer patients with and without obesity.
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Nejadnik Grant to Benefit Protein Therapeutics

Monday, August 7, 2023
Reza Nejadnik receives NIH R21 grant to create a novel approach for looking at the self-association of monoclonal antibodies, important to the research and development of protein drug products.
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Graduate Student Earns Prestigious NIH Award

Tuesday, April 18, 2023
Valeria Cota, completing her fourth year as a graduate student focuses on the use of microneedles to improve drug delivery through the skin.
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Falk Medical Research Trust Catalyst Award 2022

Friday, January 6, 2023
Two College of Pharmacy faculty members received the Dr. Ralph and Marian Falk Medical Research Trust Catalyst Award
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Pharmacy Researchers Create Nanoparticle-Vaccine Combination to Target Melanoma

Monday, July 25, 2022
Pharmaceutical scientists at the UI College of Pharmacy may have discovered a new strategy to overcome cancer’s resourceful defenses.
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Quicker Diagnosis of Parkinson's Drives Crawford

Tuesday, February 22, 2022
PhD student Rachel Crawford's molecular research could help future physicians diagnose Parkinson’s Disease much earlier in their patients.
Wesam Ismail

Graduate Student Specializes in Population Research and Comparative Effectiveness

Tuesday, April 6, 2021
Wesam Ismail is a registered pharmacist and PhD candidate in the College of Pharmacy, focusing on pharmacoepidemiology – the utilization and effects of drugs in large numbers of people.
Nejadnik Lab

College Welcomes New Faculty Member Reza Nejadnik

Thursday, February 11, 2021
Associate Professor Reza Nejadnik has experience working in academic and industrial settings and has played critical roles on multi-national research teams in Europe and the U.S.
Gaine Lab

Gaine Probes Gene Regulation to Address Psychiatric Disorders

Wednesday, November 18, 2020
Marie Gaine studies how a person’s environment can impact them at the genetic level:...