Pharmaceutical Sciences News

The University at Buffalo (UB) research teams of Robert M. Straubinger, PhD, UB Distinguished Professor, and Jun Qu, PhD, Professor, both of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, recently published a research article in Molecular & Cellular Proteomics, a top international proteomics journal, describing their work in identifying key metabolic regulators involved in cancer cell resistance to gemcitabine (Gem), a standard-of-care chemotherapy for pancreatic dual adenocarcinoma (PDAC), the most lethal type of pancreatic cancer. The team also includes William J. Jusko, PhD, SUNY Distinguished Professor, and several of his lab members.

Wojciech Krzyzanski, PhD, associate professor, pharmaceutical sciences, has been named a 2022 fellow of the International Society for Pharmacometrics (ISoP). The fellowship is given in recognition of outstanding professional and scientific contributions to the global pharmacometrics community and sustained volunteer service to ISoP.

Kimberly Adams, PhD student in the UB School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (UB SPPS) is the recipient of a 2022 Unsung Hero Award from the International Society of Pharmacometrics (ISoP). 

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Donald E. Mager, PharmD, PhD has been appointed Chair of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, effective July 11, 2022.

BUFFALO, N.Y.— Jun Qu, professor of pharmaceutical sciences, is the recipient of a 2022 SUNY Chancellor’s Award in Scholarship and Creative Activities.