Congratulations, Dr. Yan Zhang!
It is my distinct pleasure to announce that our own Dr. Yan Zhang has been awarded the VCU Distinguished Scholarship Award. The announcement actually came out yesterday but somehow I missed it. Better late than never!! Dr. Yan Zhang is being recognized for his stellar achievements over a long period of time. Please join me in congratulating him. […]
Congratulation, Dr. Martin Safo!
I am extremely happy to report that Prof. Safo’s anti-sickling agent ILX002 has been taken up for pre-clinical and clinical development by the NHLBI under the CATALYZE Drug Development Program. He had been funded by an R61/R33 grant so far to perform a number of pre-clinical studies and acceptance into the NIH CATALYZE Program implies […]
Congratulations, Dickson Donu & Shadid Zaman!!
It is my pleasure to announce that two of our PhD students, Dickson Donu (Advisor Yana Cen) and Shadid Zaman (Advisor: Jiong Li) won oral presentation awards at the recent VCU Symposium in the graduate student category. The titles of their talks were “Targeting Plasmodium falciparum Sir2 for the development of novel antimalarials” (Basic Science Category) and “Targeting KDM3 family of epigenetic […]
Congratulations, Dr. Yan Zhang!
It is my pleasure to announce that Prof. Yan Zhang has just been awarded a collaborative VCU Breakthroughs Fund grant from the Office of Vice President for Research and Innovation (OVPRI). Please join me in congratulating him! This grant is a joint effort between the Zhang lab and the Fuss Lab of the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology […]
Congratulation, Dr. Martin Safo!
I am pleased to inform you that Dr. Safo’s proposal “Novel Nitric Oxide Releasing Antisickling Aromatic Aldehydes for Sickle Cell Disease Therapy“ has just been awarded a VCU Research Quest grant, which originates from the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation (OVPRI). Please join me in congratulating him!! – Umesh
Congratulation, Dr. Yana Cen – Bertha Rolfe Teacher of the Year 2024!
It is my pleasure to inform you that Dr. Yana Cen was awarded the Bertha Rolfe Teacher of the Year award at the recent graduation ceremony of the School. This is a major accolade from all the students, especially on the PharmD side, and recognizes her teaching skills. It is rare for Department faculty members to win […]
Congratulation Dr. Yana Cen!
Dr. Yana Cen has been promoted to associate professorship with tenure in our department. As you may know, this is a major milestone in the life of an academician and recognizes the potential and promise of a faculty member in terms of past achievements and future contributions. Please join me in congratulating her for all […]