Congratulations to the recipients of the 2026 College of Pharmacy Seed Research Grants!
The College designed the Seed Research Grants to help faculty members generate preliminary data for new research initiated by the investigators. By strengthening their research foundations, our faculty members are better positioned to pursue competitive external funding, particularly from federal sources.
Dennis Leo, PhD
Targeting immune cell function to treat peripheral artery disease
Maxwell Gyamfi, PhD
Co-exposure to perfluorooctanoic acid and delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol in alcohol-related liver disease
Alina Cernasev, PhD, PharmD Pharmacists as gateways to HIV post-exposure prophylaxis in Tennessee
Chao-Yie Yang, PhD
Multi-omics study of a compound regulating replication in cancer cells
Brian Peters, PhD
Peptide vaccine candidates against vulvovaginal candidiasis
Jarrod Fortwendel, PhD
Targeted protein depletion system for Aspergillus fumigatus
Santosh Kumar, PhD
Novel drug delivery approach to treat HIV-associated neuropathogenesis