Highlights from Pharmaceutical Sciences' Summer Research Celebration

On Friday, July 26, the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences (PharmSci) celebrated another wonderful academic year and summer of student research experiences in PharmSci labs. As has become the department custom, faculty, postdocs, staff, trainees and students came together for a time of celebration and to share things learned and experiences gained in various faculty laboratories.

After enjoying refreshments together, PharmSci lab faculty members shared what students learned during their time in the labs and praised the impact of their work over the summer.

Over the past academic year, the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences sponsored activities for faculty to share their love of research with students and to offer a glimpse into the research world and various career opportunities. More than 70 students spent time getting first-hand experience in the research labs during the year. The experiences ranged from high school student visits to Ph.D. candidates working with major advisors to complete their dissertations.

Beyond NEOMED and Bio-Med, students from area high schools toured and volunteered in the labs, and students from area universities completed rotations and spent time joining in various research projects ranging from studying drug discovery, drug delivery, precision medicine, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, traumatic brain injury and metabolic disease. Some students got the opportunity to apply proteomic tools under faculty supervision.

Several students participated in the 2024 Research Fellows Program, and many of them are expected to present their research as part of the NEOMED Student Research Forum in November. Some will also have the opportunity to present their work at national meetings, highlighting their significant contribution and appreciation of research as an integral aspect of developing transformational leaders.

The department looks forward to another exciting year of research!

-- submitted by Cheri Harris, Pharmaceutical Sciences, charris1@neomed.edu