Grad students invited to share work
Seven Ph.D. candidates for the School of Pharmacy’s Graduate Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences have recently won awards or received travel scholarships:
Nehal Gupta, a Department of Biomedical Sciences research assistant for Sanjay Srivastava,
Ph.D., has been selected to receive a 2017 Amgen Travelship to help her attend the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) National Biotechnology Conference May 1-3 in San Diego.
Yoon Jung Lee received a TTUHSC First Generation Scholarship to assist with tuition.
The scholarship is designed to help students who are the first in their immediate
family to pursue an undergraduate or graduate degree. Recipients must be TTUHSC students
in good academic standing. In addition, the TTUHSC Student Government Association’s (SGA) Phonathon Scholarship Committee also selected Ms. Lee to receive a Phonathon
Scholarship. Phonathon scholarships are awarded to students in recognition of their
involvement in school activities and community services, demonstrated leadership and
academic standing. Lee is currently serving as secretary for the Graduate Student
Association of Amarillo. She is also involved in the TTUHSC Interprofessional Ambassadors, a student organization striving to collaborate inter-professionally to promote training
that enhances quality health care to improve patient outcomes and upholds the qualities
of teamwork, communication and understanding between the health care professions.
Lee works as a research assistant in the Department of Biomedical Sciences lab of
James Stoll, Ph.D.
Hanumantha Rao Madala, won the 2017 Dr. Harihara Mehendale Graduate Student Best Abstract
Award at the Association of Scientists of Indian Origin (ASIO) reception during the Society of Toxicology (SOT) 56th Annual Meeting and ToxExpo March 12-16 in Baltimore. Madala works as a
research assistant for the Department of Biomedical Sciences and Kalkunte S. Srivenugopal,
Ph.D.
Jee Hyun Park has been selected by the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists
(AAPS) to receive the 2017 AAPS Biotechnology Graduate Student Research Award sponsored
by Eli Lilly & Company. Park has also been invited to make a podium presentation during
the 2017 AAPS National Biotechnology Conference May 1-3 in San Diego. She will be
recognized at the Plenary Session May 1. Park is a research assistant in the Department
of Pharmaceutical Sciences laboratory of Ulrich Bickel, Ph.D.
Sharavan Ramachandran has been selected by Agilent Technologies to receive a Seahorse Bioscience Travel Award for his research poster titled, “Capsaicin
suppresses Pancreatic Tumor Growth by inhibiting tumor metabolism.” According to Agilent
Technologies, who recently acquired Seahorse Bioscience, their goal is to enable “new
discoveries on the role of cellular bioenergetics in pathophysiology.” The award will
help Ramachandran attend and present his poster at the American Association of Cancer Research Annual Meeting April 1-5 in Washington, D.C. In addition, Ramachandran has been selected
by the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) to receive a Amgen
Travelship to help him attend the AAPS National Biotechnology Conference May 1-3 in
San Diego. Ramachandran works as a research assistant in the Department of Biomedical
Sciences laboratory of Sanjay K. Srivastava, Ph.D.
Md. Sanaullah Sajib has been selected by the American Association of Pharmaceutical
Scientists (AAPS) to receive a 2017 AAPS BIOTEC Section Travelship. The travelship
will enable Sajib to attend and present at the AAPS National Biotechnology Conference
May 1-3 in San Diego. Sajib works as a research assistant in the laboratory of Constantinos
Mikelis, Ph.D., and the Department of Biomedical Sciences.
Kshitij Verma has been selected by the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists
(AAPS) to receive a 2017 AAPS Drug Discovery and Development Interface Section Travelship,
which will help him attend and present his research at the AAPS National Biotechnology
Conference May 1-3 in San Diego. Verma works as a research assistant for Paul Trippier,
Ph.D., and the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
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