Pharmacology

Congratulations on the publication of their recent article, "Advances in RAS Therapeutics for Pancreatic Cancer.”

Congratulations to Dr. Dominguez on being honored with this prestigious award recognizing outstanding faculty excellence at UNC Chapel Hill!

The title of The New York Times article is, "How an ‘Impossible’ Idea Led to a Pancreatic Cancer Breakthrough!"

The award is one of two 2025–2026 Distinguished Teaching Awards for Post-Baccalaureate Instruction.

The CLARION Competition brings students from different disciplines together to develop system-level solutions to improve healthcare.

Dr. de Castro successfully defended his Phd thesis, Neuroimmune Mechanisms of Adolescent Alcohol-Induced Neuropathology" under the guidance of Dr. Ryan Vetreno!

Dr. Sturdivant successfully defended his PhD thesis, "The Distinct Roles of APOBEC3A and APOBEC3B in APOBEC3-Driven Mutagenesis in Urothelial Carcinoma," under the mentorship of the Dr. William Kim.

Dr. Daglish successfully defended her PhD thesis, "Small Molecule ClpP Activators Impair Mitochondrial Function and Induce Senescence in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer," under the direction of Dr. Lee Graves!

Dr. Hazelton successfully defended his PhD thesis, “Engineering Probiotic Yeast for Targeted Oral Protein Delivery in IBD,” under the guidance of Dr. Juliane Nguyen!

The article, “The Effect of Case-Based Instruction on Physician Assistant Pharmacology Education," was published in Cureus Journal of Medical Science, a Springer-Nature journal.

Dr. Martin successfully defended his PhD thesis, "Changing The Guardian's Playbook: Dissecting How Cancer Driver Rewire p53 Gene Regulatory Networks," under the guidance of Dr. John Morris IV!

Dr. VanKeulen-Miller successfully defended her PhD thesis, "The Dynamic Cell as a Contextual Variable in the Mechanism and Efficacy of mRNA Lipid Nanoparticles," under the direction of Dr. Owen Fenton!

Congratulations to Amy Aponte, Mckenzie Gehris, Anh Luu, Ryan Robb and Michael Sturdivant for your well earned recognition!

Dr. Bellinger successfully defended her PhD thesis,"Structural, Functional, and Transcriptional Responses of Nucleus Accumbens Microglia to Long-access Cocaine Self-Administration," under the guidance of Dr. Kate Reissner!

Dr. Aponte successfully defended her PhD thesis, "Post-translational Regulation of the RB Tumor Suppressor in Response to CDK4/6 Inhibition" under the mentorship of Dr. Mike Emanuele!