PHARMACOLOGY
Congratulations to Jennifer Stewart on receiving an F31: NRSA Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (2008-2010)! The role of ethanol in Nrf2-ARE mediated neuroprotection; 15th Annual Graduate Student Symposium and Departmental Retreat September 23 – 24 • T Bar M Ranch and Conference Center • New Braunfels, TX; Congratulations to Drs. Bill Clarke and Julie Hensler on their promotions to full professors!; Congratulations to Jacob Garza, Pharmacology Graduate Student of the Year (2008-2009),  on receiving an F31 NRSA Individual Predoctoral Fellowship  (2008-2010)! Mechanisms underlying leptin's effects on adult hippocampal neurogenesis. ; Congratulations to Dr. Kelly Berg for receiving the 2008 Armand J. Guarino Award for Academic Excellence!; Department of Pharmacology Chair, Dr. Alan Frazer has been named the Editor and Chief of the International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology.; Drs. Steve Mifflin, Tom Cunningham, Carmen Hinojosa-Laborde, David Morilak, and Glenn Toneyhave received a 5-year program project grant from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute totaling over $9,500,000:  Neurohumoral adaptations to chronic intermittent hypoxia.