C.K. “David” Chu, ’75, was presented with the
Antonín Holý Memorial Lecture Award, which recognizes
significant contributions in medicinal chemistry, at the annual
meeting of the International Society of Antiviral Research held
recently in Atlanta.
Faculty and staff from the University at Buffalo School of
Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences and School of Management
worked collaboratively on the completion of two recent articles for
the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education (AJPE).
The University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical
Sciences will receive $1 million to hire a senior level research
scientist in the field of systems pharmacology.
Twenty-five UB students will receive $25,000 in scholarship and
internship support through fellowship program made possible by the
Prentice Family Foundation.
Javier G. Blanco, associate professor in the UB School of
Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, received a $400,000
grant from the NICHD to investigate how therapeutic
antibodies are handled in the human lung.
Two faculty members in the University at Buffalo School of
Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences have been recognized for
excellence by the State University of New York.
UB School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences professor
and associate dean for research Joseph P. Balthasar has
been selected to serve as a member of the NIH's Gene and Drug
Delivery Study Section in the Center for Scientific Review.
One study will look at the barriers to PrEP usage through
interviews with patients and clinicians, while the other will
investigate a less invasive method for measuring PrEP
adherence.
