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Colloquium Series

Colloquia, Spring 2012, Pharmacology and Physiology and Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology

Colloquia, Fall 2011, Pharmacology and Physiology and Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology

URMC Scientific Events Calendar

Department Honors and Awards

Faculty Recognized at Convocation

Three Department of Pharmacology and Physiology faculty members were recognized by Dean Mark B. Taubman, M.D., at the URMC Opening Convocation on October 5, 2011, for appointment to five-year named profesorships:

	Jean M. Bidlack, Ph.D., Paul Stark Professorship in Pharmacology
	Alan V. Smrcka, Ph.D., Louis C. Lasagna Professorship in Experimental Therapeutics
	A. William Tank, Ph.D., Lewis Pratt Ross Professorship in Pharmacology and Physiology

NARSAD Distinguished Investigator Award

Suzanne N. Haber, Ph.D., was a recipient of the NARSAD Distinguished Investigator Award, "Postnatal development of prefrontal white matter bundles." She also was invited to give a special lecture at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, entitled: "The Circuit of Reward and Value: Linking connectivity to Function and Disease CME."

University Dean's Award for Meritorious Service

Denise C. Hocking, Ph.D., was selected for The University Dean's Award for Meritorious Service in Ph.D. Defenses.

Department Press Releases

	Electrical Brain Stimulation May Strengthen Memory, Study Says
	Couch Potato Pill Might Stop Heat Stroke Too
	Scientists Fixate on Ric-8 to Understand Trafficking of Popular Drug Receptor Targets
	Exploiting the body's own ability to fight a heart attack (February 25, 2010) Probing New Ways to Reduce Damage from Heart Attack, Stroke (February 14, 2010)
	Neuroscience Symposia Highlight Brain Research, Relevance for Patients (June 23, 2010) $10.5 Million in funding creates center to study OCD (September 30, 2009)
	Targeting Flight-or-Fight Hormone Response to Combat Heart Failure (June 24, 2010) Study Unravels Detail of "Most Important" Cellular Signal (December 3, 2009)
	Genetic Source of Muscular Dystrophy Neutralized (July 16, 2009) Rare Genetic Syndrome May Hold Key to Cure for Heat Stroke (April 8, 2008)
	Decades-Old Question Answered: How Do Flexing Muscles Call for More Blood? (February 18, 2008)
	Researchers Unravel Key Mechanism of Cellular Demage in Aging and Disease (July 24, 2008)