News

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Morgan Brisse receives Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship award!

Congratulations to Morgan, who has been awarded a Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship award for 2021-2022 year. She is a BMBB Graduate Program student, mentored by Dr. Hinh Ly.

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NIDA Career Workshop

NIDA is hosting a career workshop on Monday, November 9, 2020. Registration is required. For more information, click here.

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Medical School will host Quie and Peterson Global Health Lecture

Medical School honors the work of Dr. Phillip K. Peterson, one of the founding fathers of this training grant. This event is scheduled for October 24, 2020, from 5 to 7 pm. For more information, click here.

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Dr. Dana Carroll is accepting a PhD student!

Apply to the Division of Environmental Health Sciences Environmental and Occupational PhD Program, which is part of the University of Minnesota, School of Public Health. In particular, Dr. Dana Carroll aims to recruit a PhD student to start in Spring or Fall 2021 with research interests in reducing commercial tobacco use, tobacco regulatory science, health disparities, and cancer prevention and control. The PhD student will be mentored by Dr. Carroll who has ongoing research studies that include a broad range of methodological approaches (e.g., randomized controlled trials, qualitative and quantitative research, community-based participatory research, online panels). Ongoing research projects include collaborations with American Indian Tribes to reduce commercial tobacco use and studying the impact of tobacco product regulations on public health. The PhD student will also have the opportunity to collaborate with a team of world-renowned scientists affiliated with the Tobacco Research Programs of the Masonic Cancer Center. Here is information about the Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health at the University of Minnesota, including application requirements and deadlines. Here is more information on Dr. Carroll and her research. If you are interested in scheduling an informal phone call to discuss research and potential mentor/mentee fit prior to applying, please email Dr. Carroll (dcarroll@umn.edu) for more information, and include your current CV in the email.

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Daniel Bruce Thesis Defense (Advisor: George Wilcox)

Thurday, August 13, 2020

9 am to 10 am

Zoom webinar

"CHARACTERIZATION OF A NOVEL OPIOID COMBINATION FOR THE TREATMENT OF CHRONIC PAIN"

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Ruth Quintana (Advisor: Alonso Guedes) is one of seven graduate students who received a CVM grant!

Award Amount: $9,500.00

Project: Role of Astrocytes and Astrocytic CD38 in spinal opioid signaling.

Project Period: August 2020 - January 2022

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Mariah Wu Thesis Defense (Advisor: Stanley Thayer)

Friday, June 19, 2020

1 pm to 2 pm

Zoom webinar

"Modulation of the endocannabinoid system by HIV Tat protein"

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Morgan Brisse (Advisor: Hinh Ly) featured!

"Doctoral Candidate Helping to Develop a COVID-19 Vaccine"

June 2, 2020

Click here to read more.

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Mari Gades (Advisor: Dorothy Hatsukami) awarded an NIH R36!

"Nicotine delivery and flavor effects on new generation electronic cigarette abuse liability"

NIH R36 DA050000-01

6/1/20 - 5/31/21