WOMEN’S HEALTH RESEARCH PIONEER DR. VIVIAN PINN DISTILLS LESSONS FROM THE PANDEMIC

Check out what Dr. Vivian Pinn, (whom Pinn Hall is named after) say's we should learn from the pandemic... Pinn said she distilled key characteristics of effective leaders into the “four Es:” “empathy,” “equity,” “ethics” and “excellence.”
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Elizabeth Sharlow, PhD – Promoted to Professor of Research in Pharmacology

The Pharmacology department is sending out kudos to Beth Sharlow! Effective July 1, Dr. Sharlow is promoted to Professor of Research in Pharmacology. Dr. Sharlow’s research focuses on drug discovery and development in cancer and neurodegeneration.
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Kudos to Dr. Zhen Yan- Weightlifting Mice Could Possibly Lead Us to An Exercise Pill

Pharmacology is sending kudos to Zhen Yan, PhD (Professor of Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine and joint appointee in Pharmacology) for making headlines again for his recent work as an exercise researcher at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. Could his research be leading us to an exercise pill? Well, Dr. Yan has developed an innovative mouse model of exercise that will let scientists better understand how resistance training affects the muscles and the metabolic processes in the body. By understanding these metabolic changes, doctors may one day be able to duplicate these benefits through medication for people who can’t exercise.
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