NEWS ONGRATULATIONS - University of Southern California · and tips from recent award recipients....
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CONGRATULATIONS Laura Henkhaus (HLEC Program; Dr. Jeffrey McCombs, advisor) received the B.B. Robbie Rossman Annual Memorial Child Maltreatment Re- search Award at the Internaonal Summit on Violence, Abuse and Trau- ma in La Jolla for her work on "Adverse childhood experiences and adult income in the US." Laura is also the Schaeffer-Amgen predoctoral fellow. Nhat Huynh (CXPT Program, Dr. Daryl Davies, advisor) published a second- author arcle tled, “Reduced Expression of Purinergic P2X4 Receptors Increases Voluntary Ethanol Intake in C57BL/6 Mice” in Alcohol American Journal of Respira- tory Cell and Molecular Biology, in September 2017. Jordanna Jayne (CXPT Program, Dr. Paul Beringer, advisor) published a first-author arcle tled, “Rhesus Theta (θ)-Defensin-1 Aenuates En- dotoxin-Induced Acute Lung Injury by Inhibing Proinflammatory Cytokines and Neutrophil Recruitment” in Amer- ican Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology, in September 2017. Larry Rodriguez (PSCI program; Dr. Daryl Davies, advisor) received the American Foundaon for Pharmaceu- cal Educaon (AFPE) Pre-Doctoral Fellowship in Pharmaceucal Sciences for Underrepresented Minories. Chrisne Solinsky (CXPT Program; Dr. Roberta Diaz Brinton, advisor) defend- ed her PhD on October 6th. Her dis- sertaon focused on “An iPSC-based Biomarker Strategy to Idenfy Neuro- regenerave Responders to Allopreg- nanolone.” NEWS Jugal Dhandhukia Published Three First-Author Arcles During the Summer of 2017! Jugal Dhandhukia, PhD (PSCI program, Dr. Andrew MacKay, advisor) defended his PhD on June 15, 2017 and has since then published 3 first-author arcles related to his doctoral research: 1. “Bi-funconal elasn-like polypepde nanoparcles bind rapamycin and integrins, and suppress tumor growth in vivo” in Bioconjugate Chemistry; 2. “Berunda Polypepdes: Mul-Headed Fusion Proteins Promote Subcutaneous Administraon of Rapamycin to Breast Cancer In Vivo” in Theranoscs; and 3. “Elasn-like polypepde switches: A design strategy to detect mulmeric proteins” in Protein Sci. During his graduate career, Jugal has been a recipient of the Discovery award, the Best Teaching Assistant Award, and chaired the 2014 Annual Moving Targets Symposium. Jugal also received the Order of Arete Award, which is awarded to graduate students that demonstrate significant depth and scope of responsibility in leadership roles that benefit their peers as well as the broader community. Mansour Dughbaj and Casandra Walker Receive Culty Graduate Student Diversity Scholarships! Mansour Dughbaj and Casandra Walker (PHTS Program) were awarded the 2017-2018 Culty Graduate Student Diversity Scholarship on September 25, 2017. Dr. Marne Culty, Associate Professor in the School of Pharmacy, established this award to enhance diversity in the graduate student body. The Culty Graduate Student Award is for first-year PhD students from a underrepresented minority background and carries an award amount of $2,500, which can be used for travel or purchase of educaonal materials that enhance the training experience. PHARMACY GRADUATE ALLIANCE (PGA) CORNER PGA will host a Happy Hour! The PGA Board will be hosng the first happy hour of the 2017-2018 school year on Wednesday, October 18th from 4:00–6:00 pm in PSC 104. Please join the PGA at “The Social Hour.” If you would like to contact the PGA Board, please email [email protected]. ANNOUNCEMENTS Third Annual Research and Fellowships Week to Begin The 3rd Annual Research and Fellowships Week will be from November 6-10, and will include various sessions that inform undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows about different fellowship and research opportunies. There are 2 sessions held on the HSC on Thursday, November 9th, 2017: 1. “Postdoc Funding Opportunies Workshop and Informaon Session “– 1:00-2:30 pm in HSC NRT 503/504; this session will cover postdoc funding opportunies, grant wring techniques, and ps from recent award recipients. 2. “External Fellowship Opportunies for PhDs in Health Fields” – 3:00-3:50pm in HSC NRT 503/504; this session will be addressed by a panel of funded PhDs who will discuss opportunies and ps. Internaonal PhD students should consider aending the “Fellowships for Internaonal PhD Students” session on Thursday, November 9th at 1:00–1:50 pm in UPC TCC 227 to learn about external fellowship opportunies. The full schedule can be found at hp://ahf.usc.edu/rfw/. New Blackboard Organizaon for SOP Graduate Students The Office of Graduate Affairs has created a new Blackboard organizaon for all SOP graduate students. Students should log on to Blackboard to access the organizaon. Frequently requested forms such as travel award applicaons, IDPs, and qualifying exam/dissertaon commiee request forms can now be found in Blackboard. Please email [email protected] if you do not see this organizaon on your blackboard account or if you have any suggesons for other forms/content that should be included on Blackboard for easy access. UPCOMING EVENTS Stress, Mindfulness, and Support for Graduate Students, Wednesday, October 18, 10-11 am: The seminar will take place at the NML East Conference Room. Mindfulness has been scienfically shown to reduce anxiety and stress, improve aenon, boost the immune system, reduce emoonal reacvity, and promote a general sense of well-being. Join us for a discussion on mindfulness, stress and support! Southern California Clinical and Translaonal Science Instute (SC CTSI) and USC Keck School of Medicine Biostascs Workshop Series, Thursday, October 19, 12:30 pm: The Lunch & Learn Biostascs workshop will focus on “Study Designs and Data Collecon Strategies” and will be held at NRT LG 503/504. Lunch will be provided. Register at nyurl.com/uscbiostat. For more informaon contact Aileen Dinkjian at [email protected]. LGBTQ Cultural Competency, Wednesday, October 25, 12 pm: Speaker Rev. Kelby Harrison, PhD, Director of the USC LGBT Resource Center will speak at the lunchme seminar on increasing LGBT cultural competence in PSC 200, Walgreens Conference Room. Homecoming Picnic, Saturday, November 4, exact me TBA, will be 3 hours before kickoff: Join the USC Associates at Founders Park, University Park Campus for fun, food and the Trojan Marching Band. All RSVPs must be completed by Friday, October 27 at usc.edu/esvp (code: PHARMACY 114). Graduate Programs in the Pharmaceucal & Translaonal Sciences Open House, Wednesday, November 29, 9 am-12:30 pm: The PHTS program will be hosng prospecve students interested in aending the USC SOP for their graduate studies. Prospecve students will hear from faculty about research projects and will be given tours of the facilies and labs. For more informaon contact [email protected]. Student Seminars (Wednesdays at noon in PSC-104): Oct 18: Charles Caldwell (CXPT, Cadenas lab) Oct 25: Sean Wang (PSCI, Shen lab) Nov 1: Jordan Despanie (PSCI, MacKay lab) Nov 8: Kevin Lin (PSCI, Wang lab) Nov 15: Jillian Romsdahl (MPTX, Wang lab) USC School of Pharmacy Office of Research and Graduate Programs Associate Dean: Annie Wong-Beringer, PharmD Newsletter Editor: Liz Aguiniga, PhD; Contributors: Rosie Soltero, Wade Thompson-Harper Photo credit: Isaac Mora (Media Dept.), Michele Keller, Director of Communications and Marketing Email: [email protected] Website: https://pharmgradprograms.usc.edu/ 1985 Zonal Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90089 (323) 442–1474
Transcript of NEWS ONGRATULATIONS - University of Southern California · and tips from recent award recipients....
CONGRATULATIONS
Laura Henkhaus (HLEC Program; Dr. Jeffrey McCombs, advisor) received the B.B. Robbie Rossman Annual Memorial Child Maltreatment Re-search Award at the International Summit on Violence, Abuse and Trau-ma in La Jolla for her work on "Adverse childhood experiences and adult income in the US." Laura is also the Schaeffer-Amgen predoctoral fellow. Nhat Huynh (CXPT Program, Dr. Daryl Davies, advisor) published a second-author article titled, “Reduced Expression of Purinergic P2X4 Receptors Increases Voluntary Ethanol Intake in C57BL/6 Mice” in Alcohol American Journal of Respira-tory Cell and Molecular Biology, in September 2017. Jordanna Jayne (CXPT Program, Dr. Paul Beringer, advisor) published a first-author article titled, “Rhesus Theta (θ)-Defensin-1 Attenuates En-dotoxin-Induced Acute Lung Injury by Inhibiting Proinflammatory Cytokines and Neutrophil Recruitment” in Amer-ican Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology, in September 2017. Larry Rodriguez (PSCI program; Dr. Daryl Davies, advisor) received the American Foundation for Pharmaceu-tical Education (AFPE) Pre-Doctoral Fellowship in Pharmaceutical Sciences for Underrepresented Minorities. Christine Solinsky (CXPT Program; Dr. Roberta Diaz Brinton, advisor) defend-ed her PhD on October 6th. Her dis-sertation focused on “An iPSC-based Biomarker Strategy to Identify Neuro-regenerative Responders to Allopreg-nanolone.”
NEWS
Jugal Dhandhukia Published Three First-Author Articles During the Summer of 2017!
Jugal Dhandhukia, PhD (PSCI program, Dr. Andrew MacKay, advisor) defended his PhD on June 15, 2017 and has since then published 3
first-author articles related to his doctoral research: 1. “Bi-functional elastin-like polypeptide nanoparticles bind rapamycin and
integrins, and suppress tumor growth in vivo” in Bioconjugate Chemistry; 2. “Berunda Polypeptides: Multi-Headed Fusion Proteins
Promote Subcutaneous Administration of Rapamycin to Breast Cancer In Vivo” in Theranostics; and 3. “Elastin-like polypeptide switches:
A design strategy to detect multimeric proteins” in Protein Sci. During his graduate career, Jugal has been a recipient of the Discovery
award, the Best Teaching Assistant Award, and chaired the 2014 Annual Moving Targets Symposium. Jugal also received the Order of
Arete Award, which is awarded to graduate students that demonstrate significant depth and scope of responsibility in leadership roles
that benefit their peers as well as the broader community.
Mansour Dughbaj and Casandra Walker Receive Culty Graduate Student Diversity Scholarships!
Mansour Dughbaj and Casandra Walker (PHTS Program) were awarded the 2017-2018 Culty Graduate Student
Diversity Scholarship on September 25, 2017. Dr. Martine Culty, Associate Professor in the School of Pharmacy,
established this award to enhance diversity in the graduate student body. The Culty Graduate Student Award is
for first-year PhD students from a underrepresented minority background and carries an award amount of
$2,500, which can be used for travel or purchase of educational materials that enhance the training experience.
PHARMACY GRADUATE ALLIANCE (PGA) CORNER
PGA will host a Happy Hour!
The PGA Board will be hosting the first happy hour of the 2017-2018 school year on Wednesday, October 18th from 4:00–6:00 pm in PSC 104. Please join the PGA at
“The Social Hour.” If you would like to contact the PGA Board, please email [email protected].
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Third Annual Research and Fellowships Week to Begin
The 3rd Annual Research and Fellowships Week will be from November 6-10, and will include various sessions that inform undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows about different fellowship and research opportunities. There are 2 sessions held on the HSC on Thursday, November 9th, 2017: 1. “Postdoc Funding Opportunities Workshop and Information Session “– 1:00-2:30 pm in HSC NRT 503/504; this session will cover postdoc funding opportunities, grant writing techniques, and tips from recent award recipients. 2. “External Fellowship Opportunities for PhDs in Health Fields” – 3:00-3:50pm in HSC NRT 503/504; this session will be addressed by a panel of funded PhDs who will discuss opportunities and tips. International PhD students should consider attending the “Fellowships for International PhD Students” session on Thursday, November 9th at 1:00–1:50 pm in UPC TCC 227 to learn about external fellowship opportunities. The full schedule can be found at http://ahf.usc.edu/rfw/.
New Blackboard Organization for SOP Graduate Students
The Office of Graduate Affairs has created a new Blackboard organization for all SOP graduate students. Students should log on to Blackboard to access the organization. Frequently requested forms such as travel award applications, IDPs, and qualifying exam/dissertation committee request forms can now be found in Blackboard. Please email [email protected] if you do not see this organization on your blackboard account or if you have any suggestions for other forms/content that should be included on Blackboard for easy access.
UPCOMING EVENTS Stress, Mindfulness, and Support for Graduate Students, Wednesday, October 18, 10-11 am: The seminar will take place at the NML East
Conference Room. Mindfulness has been scientifically shown to reduce anxiety and stress, improve attention, boost the immune system, reduce emotional reactivity,
and promote a general sense of well-being. Join us for a discussion on mindfulness, stress and support!
Southern California Clinical and Translational Science Institute (SC CTSI) and USC Keck School of Medicine Biostatistics Workshop
Series, Thursday, October 19, 12:30 pm: The Lunch & Learn Biostatistics workshop will focus on “Study Designs and Data Collection Strategies” and will be
held at NRT LG 503/504. Lunch will be provided. Register at tinyurl.com/uscbiostat. For more information contact Aileen Dinkjian at [email protected].
LGBTQ Cultural Competency, Wednesday, October 25, 12 pm: Speaker Rev. Kelby Harrison, PhD, Director of the USC LGBT Resource Center will speak
at the lunchtime seminar on increasing LGBT cultural competence in PSC 200, Walgreens Conference Room.
Homecoming Picnic, Saturday, November 4, exact time TBA, will be 3 hours before kickoff: Join the USC Associates at Founders Park, University
Park Campus for fun, food and the Trojan Marching Band. All RSVPs must be completed by Friday, October 27 at usc.edu/esvp (code: PHARMACY 114).
Graduate Programs in the Pharmaceutical & Translational Sciences Open House, Wednesday, November 29, 9 am-12:30 pm: The PHTS
program will be hosting prospective students interested in attending the USC SOP for their graduate studies. Prospective students will hear from faculty about research projects and will be given tours of the facilities and labs. For more information contact [email protected].
Student Seminars (Wednesdays at noon in PSC-104):
Oct 18: Charles Caldwell (CXPT, Cadenas lab)
Oct 25: Sean Wang (PSCI, Shen lab)
Nov 1: Jordan Despanie (PSCI, MacKay lab)
Nov 8: Kevin Lin (PSCI, Wang lab)
Nov 15: Jillian Romsdahl (MPTX, Wang lab)
USC School of Pharmacy Office of Research and Graduate Programs Associate Dean: Annie Wong-Beringer, PharmD
Newsletter Editor: Liz Aguiniga, PhD; Contributors: Rosie Soltero, Wade Thompson-Harper
Photo credit: Isaac Mora (Media Dept.), Michele Keller, Director of Communications and Marketing
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://pharmgradprograms.usc.edu/ 1985 Zonal Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90089
(323) 442–1474
