University at Buffalo Pharmacology and Toxicology

Congratulations to our Spring 2022 Master's degree recipients! You make us proud!

Love these photos of our newest PhD alum, Dr. Rasheen Powell, recipient of the Jacobs School Dean's Award) AND the PMY Higgins Award. Rasheen started in as an undergrad in 2012, and is now a postdoc fellow at Boston Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical School!

Congratulations to Dr. on the 2022 Dennis Higgins Award for your outstanding dissertation and academic accomplishments, spirit of collegiality, and community service, reflecting the values exemplified by the late Dr. Higgins, Professor of .

Our first thesis defense of the Spring is today at 3pm! Please join us for Luke Graser’s seminar on his research on the cardio toxicity of tyrosine kinase inhibitors. Congratulations, Luke!

Super excited to host on Monday! Dr. Henderson recently received a 2022 Division for Neuropharmacology Early Career Award! All are welcome to join; if you need the Zoom link, or wish to join the seminar list, email [email protected]. **ng

Very excited to host Dr. Javid Moslehi from in our seminar series on March 28th! All are welcome.

Super excited to host Dr. Loukia Karacosta of to share her recent findings in lung research. She is a 2013 grad of our PhD program (swipe to see a couple photos from her time with us), and we're so proud of her accomplishments and career path! Monday March 7 at 3pm!

Today is not only but the 11th day of  . Henrietta Lacks, whose cells were taken without consent — left a ‘world-changing’ legacy. This podcast gives incredible insight into this unwitting pioneer. Listen to episode 70 of This Podcast Will Kill You!

This morning our second-year PMY Master’s students are presenting their research progress thus far! Despite the snowy day, and COVID restrictions, it is great to see the department all together again!

Welcome back, future UB pharmacologists, toxicologists, and affiliates! Just a reminder from Liz’s bulletin board and that it’s important we celebrate every milestone, such as starting a brand new semester! Wishing everyone a successful new beginning!

Congratulations to SUNY Distinguished Professor (and former chair) Dr. Margarita L. Dubocovich on this prestigious honor!

Sending best wishes “from our department to yours” 🤣! Looking forward to another amazing year!

Happy Thanksgiving from all of us in UB Pharmacology and Toxicology! Who’s got a BINGO?

We are excited to announce that all of our 2021-2023 Master’s students have chosen their labs for their thesis projects. Our MS students work through at least one rotation before deciding on a thesis mentor. Our students will be doing research in neurodegenerative diseases, nanomedicine, pain pharmacology, pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics, cardiovascular pharmacology, and neuro peptides, among other topics. We can’t wait to see the work they will do!

This summer, our department was proud to celebrate the graduation of 2 PhD students and 8 Master’s students, who are all embarking on exciting news adventures. Congratulations to all!

Governor Kathy Hochul is speaking at right now! She’s updating the public on the state of the state in terms of the pandemic.

The day has arrived! Wishing everyone a happy and safe return to campus!

Our first-year grad students are ready to roll!

The early birds got the first selfie at PMY Orientation this morning! Welcome to our new grad students!!

PhD Candidate Rasheen Powell is defending his dissertation Nociceptor Endocytosis Regulates Inflammatory Pain right now! He's been part of since 2012, and he is ready to graduate as (the newly minted) Dr. Powell. We're very proud!

Congratulations to our recent graduates who received their degrees officially yesterday! You make us proud! (Summer grads, don’t worry- you’re amazing too and you’ll be honored on PMY social media in August!!) 😁🎓

Congratulations to our new Master’s grads!

Congratulations, Dr. Samantha VanEtten!

Congrats to Dr. George Techiryan on your long-awaited graduation! Wishing you nothing but the best!

Reposted from - statement from President Satish Tripathi on the Derek Chauvin verdict. Our department echoes his sentiments.

“A few moments ago, we all learned the verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial. This landmark trial has been viewed as a referendum on police accountability and brutality against Black and Brown Americans — and, as such, it has been closely followed by millions of people demanding the abiding structural change that is long overdue in our country.

Of course, the deep-seated hurt, sadness and anger that George Floyd’s murder evoked cannot be wiped away with the reading of a guilty verdict. It is my ardent hope that as we pause and reflect on the verdict, we consider how we can transform this moment in our collective history into a turning point for genuine reconciliation and change: change in our hearts, our minds, our practices, our systems.

As I have said before, we at UB can actively contribute to transformative change through our mission and its expression in our education, our research, scholarship and creative activities, and our engagement with one another and the many communities we serve.

Together, as a university community, we must continue working toward the ideals of social justice, recognizing that achieving them will lead to a brighter future for those who have been marginalized and disenfranchised throughout our country’s history — and for our nation as a whole."

Our PMY Seminar Series continues on April 12 with a talk by Dr. Andrew Gulick, Professor of Structural Biology and PPBS Program Director. Visit the PMY site for link info.

This morning kicked off the PPBS Accepted Student Week- thank you to our students James, Rasheen, and Shirley for your succinct and impactful 3-minute thesis presentations. Our program has a wide range of research opportunities, including neuro degenerative disorders, chronic pain, and cardiotoxicity of cancer drugs (the 2nd image is from Shirley’s project). Hope to see many of the new students rotate in PMY labs!

It's International Day of Women in Science! Cheers to our students, today and every day!

The PMY Seminar Series is finally back! Join us March 8th for a lecture on new treatments and devices for neuropsychiatric disorders by Mayo Clinic researcher Dr. Charles D. Blaha. Zoom info on the PMY events page (link in bio)