The University of Toledo

Congratulations! to Varunkumar Pandey who successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis on August 28, 2013, "The effect of glucocorticoids on regulation of the human angiotensinogen gene and blood pressure." Advisor: Dr. Ashok Kumar.

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Congratulations! to Dr. Meenakshi Kaw, Assistant Professor, and newly appointed faculty member in the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology.

Dr. Kaw

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Welcome! to Dr. Ahmad Mushtaq, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Khyber Medical College in Peshawar, Pakistan.  Dr. Mushtaq is sponsored by a Khyber Medical College Visiting Scholar program, a long standing exchange program between the College of Medicine and Khyber Medical College that is sponsored by Dr. S. Amjad Hussain.  Dr. Mushtaq will be working with Dr. Guillermo Vazquez for the next 3 months.

 
Dr. Ahmad Mushtaq

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Welcome! to Danielle Rice...SURF (Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship) in the laboratory of Dr. Guillermo Vazquez.  Danielle will receive training in techniques used to study mechanisms of endoplasmic reticulum stress-induced apoptosis in coronary endothelium. 

     
        Danielle Rice

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Dr. Jennifer Hill wins Early Investigators Award for research on women's health... one of eight recipients of a 2013 Early Investigators Award from the Endocrine Society...

 Sumit Ranjan Monu successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis on June 13th, "Heme oxygenase system in myocardial infarction and post ischemic renal dysfunction."    Advisor: Dr. Nader Abraham

 
          Dr. Monu

 Xiaoliang Qiu successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis on June 11th, "Kiss1 neurons and metabolic sensing." Advisor: Dr. Jennifer Hill

 
           Dr. Qiu

 Lance Stechschulte successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis on June 4th, "The co-chaperones FKBP51 and PP5 control nuclear receptor phosphorylation and adipogenesis."  Advisor: Dr. Edwin Sanchez

  
  Dr. Stechschulte

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Congratulations! Dr. Andrew Beavis...Recipient of the Robert T. Tidrick Golden Apple Award for Teaching Excellence in the Basic Sciences.

Dr. Beavis was selected by the 2012 College of Medicine & Life Sciences graduating class to receive this award.  He received the award at the College of Medicine and life Sciences Graduation Awards Ceremony on May 31, 2012.  

Congratulations!  New Investigator Research Award presented to Dr. Guillermo Vazquez, April 2012.