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UKCOP Grad is President-Elect of AAPS
Philip R. Mayer, Ph.D., a 1981 graduate of the pharmaceutical sciences graduate program at the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy, has been named president-elect of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS). He is assistant vice president of clinical pharmacology at Wyeth. READ MORE
Cavity-Fighting Gum Desinged for Troops Takes Next Step toward Market
Only a decade ago, the life expectancy of someone with cystic fibrosis was around 18 years. Today, it is 35 and continues to slowly rise. At the University of Kentucky, immunologist David Feola, Pharm.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Science at the UK College of Pharmacy, and his colleague, infectious disease specialist Brian Murphy, M.D., Assistant Professor in the UK College of Medicine, are hoping their work in altering the immune response in CF patients' lungs will further slow down the progression of the disease. READ MORE
Clinical Researchers Work to Progress Treatment of CF, Pulmonary Diseases
A cavity-fighting gum developed for soldiers who are deployed in areas where they often don't have the time or means to brush or floss is receiving global attention as the product nears testing in an upcoming Phase 1 clinical trial. READ MORE
Black Recieves Research Funding in Memory of Kentucky Cancer Patient
When Kim Seibert of Prospect, Ky., was diagnosed with lung cancer she became determined to help other non-smokers beat this deadly disease. The wife and mother of two young boys never smoked, yet she was diagnosed with a lethal drug-resistant form of lung cancer. She lost her battle in September 2007, but in her memory, cancer researcher Dr. Esther Black, pharmaceutical scientist at the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy, will be able to further her research in treating drug-resistant tumors that mostly affect non-smokers. READ MORE
Nixon's research featured in Odyssey Magazine
Kimberly Nixon’s current research began with an old nugget of common wisdom and the discovery that this long-held belief was dead wrong. “Once upon a time, scientists thought that when longtime alcoholics destroyed brain cells, they were simply gone forever, even if the drinker jumped on the wagon and stayed there,” says Nixon, an assistant professor in the UK Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences.READ MORE
Mansour and Bae Participate in IGERT Progarm
UK Pharmaceutical Sciences faculty members Drs. Heidi Mansour and Younsoo Bae, both assistant professors, have been added as faculty collaborators in the Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) program which is supported by the National Science Foundation. READ MORE