COP Staff Celebrates Beginning of New Year at Annual Staff Social On July 14, the Memphis Campus gathered at Ghost River Brewing Company for our Annual Staff Social, celebrating the close of summer and the start of a new year together. It was a wonderful opportunity to connect with colleagues, enjoy great food, share laughs,… Read More
The College was proud to host the 51st Annual MALTO Medicinal Chemistry & Pharmacognosy Meeting-in-Miniature from May 20-22 at our Memphis College of Pharmacy Building! The event brought together professionals and students from six southern states for award presentations, inspiring podium talks, and fantastic networking opportunities. This year’s A. Nelson Voldeng Memorial Lecturer was Shaomeng… Read More
Congratulations to our recent Pharmaceutical Sciences graduate, Dr. Paridhi Gupta! She was one of three recipients of the Trainee Award at the American Conference on Pharmacometrics 2025, held October 18–21 in Colorado, USA. Dr. Gupta earned this honor for her internship work at Johnson & Johnson, where she collaborated with Dr. Vivaswath S. Ayyar on a… Read More
Kristiana Avad, PharmD, a graduate student in Dr. Kirk Hevener’s lab, for being awarded the prestigious Research in Emerging Areas Critical to Human Health Loan Repayment (LRP) award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)! The LRP program is designed to help retain highly qualified healthcare professionals in research. The program offers… Read More
Congratulations to Ishita Kathuria, a graduate student in Dr. Bhupesh Singla’s lab, on being awarded the American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship! This fellowship aims to enhance integrated research and clinical training for promising students enrolled in pre-doctoral or clinical health professional degree programs who aspire to careers as scientists, physician-scientists, clinician-scientists, or related fields focused… Read More
An entire thesis in just three minutes? A huge round of applause goes to Pharmaceutical Sciences third-year student Ishita Kathuria, who took on the challenge and emerged the winner of the UT Health Science Center 3 Minute Thesis competition on October 18! Contestants comprised graduate students from across the UT Health Science Center. Congrats also… Read More
Kelli Adeleye, a 5th-year graduate student in Dr. Wei Li’s lab, was awarded the Alma Hal Reagan Fellowship for the second year in a row! With the award money, Adeleye plans to advance her research on SP-1-39, a promising colchicine-binding site inhibitor. This funding will support further studies to assess its efficacy in drug-resistant and… Read More
Graduate student Nelufar Yasmen receives Trainee Professional Development Award from the Society for Neuroscience! The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) presents the Trainee Professional Development Award (TPDA) to recognize outstanding young scientists and support their participation in the SfN annual meeting. This award is designed to help trainees advance their careers by allowing them to present… Read More
We were grateful to have heard the important research of Dr. Christopher McCurdy, winner of the Duane D. Miller Lectureship, on Monday, June 3rd. McCurdy delivered a lecture titled “Sigma Receptor Ligands from Conception to the Clinic: Illumination of an Enigma.” Dr. McCurdy is a professor and holds The Frank A. Duckworth Eminent Scholar Chair… Read More
Congratulations to Kelli Adeleye, a graduate student in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, who received the Duane D. Miller Award in Drug Discovery on Monday for her significant research contributions to advancing health as a graduate student at the College. Adeleye’s research focuses on characterizing the biological activity of novel colchicine-binding site inhibitors. Colchicine-binding site… Read More
