Congratulations to Peng Hsiao who successfully completed his general exam on Thursday, November 5th, 2009. Peng will be working on a research project entitled "Can P-gp based drug interactions at the human blood-brain barrier be predicted from in vitro and rat studies?".

Dr. Ho Receives Biotech Award

Dr. Rodney Ho,  Professor at the UW School of Pharmacy, has been named the recipient of the 2009 Paul R. Dawson Biotechnology Award. Full Story

Dr. Thummel Receives ARRA Award

Dr. Kenneth Thummel, Chair and Professor at the Department received one of the first ARRA awards distributed to the University of Washington. Full Story

Three of our graduate students received travel awards to present their work at national or international events.  Li Liu and Peng Hsiao received awards from the Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) while Aaron Moss received an award from the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS).  Li Liu will present her  study on induction of enzymes and transporters by anti-HIV protease inhibitors in human hepatocytes at the 2009 International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics (ISSX) conference, while Peng Hsiao will present his work on drug interactions at the blood-brain barrier at the 2009 Japanese Society for the Study of of Xenobiotics (JSSX) conference.  Aaron Moss will present his work on the role of nucleoside transporters on ribavirin absorption and distribution at the 2009 AAPS Annual meeting and Exposition.

Other Pharmaceutics faculty who also received ARRA awards this year are Dr. Joanne Wang, Dr. Jashvant Unadkat, Dr. Nina Isoherranen, and Dr. Shiu-Lok Hu.

Congratulations to Ian Templeton, Lin Zhou, and Huixia Zhang who successfully completed their PhD degrees during the 2008-09 academic year. Dr. Templeton is leaving in September for a 2-year postdoctoral training in England. Dr. Zhou and Dr. Zhang have both been offered positions with a federal agency in Washington, D.C. and expect to start work there early next year.

Congratulations to Emily Zheng who successfully passed her general exam on August 19th, 2009. She will be working on a research project entitled “Elucidating the mechanism of drug-induced osteomalacia by hPXR agonists: involvement of intestinal CYP3A4-dependent 1"alpha",25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 metabolism.”

Dr. Qingeng Mao's student, Michelle Mark, has been awarded in March 2009 a Mary Gates Research Scholarship, a competitive award. Dr. Zhanglin Ni who is a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Mao's lab has been working hard with Ms Mark on the project. The specific aim of Ms Mark's project is to demonstrate using FRET that BCRP forms homodimer in living cells which is essential for transport activity.