Pharmacology, Physiology, and Drug Development


Friday, November 08, 2024

November 2024 News and Publications

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Monday, November 04, 2024

The Department of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Drug Development celebrated the retirement of Dr. Andrea Meredith

On October 30th, the Department of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Drug Development celebrated the retirement of Dr. Andrea Meredith after more than 18 years as a faculty member in the department.


Tuesday, October 22, 2024

UM School of Medicine's Margaret M. McCarthy, PhD, Elected as Member of Prestigious National Academy of Medicine

Margaret M. McCarthy, PhD, an internationally-recognized neuroscientist, who is the James and Carolyn Frenkil Dean’s Endowed Professor in the University of Maryland School of Medicine's Department of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Drug Development, and Director of the University of Maryland – Medicine Institute of Neuroscience Discovery (UM-MIND), has been elected as a new member of the National Academy of Medicine.


Monday, October 14, 2024

October 2024 News and Publications

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Tuesday, September 17, 2024

UM School of Medicine Aims to Accelerate Basic Science Research and Advance Drug Therapies with Newly-Created Department

University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) Dean Mark T. Gladwin, MD, has announced the formation of a new Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Drug Development, which merges the Department of Physiology and Department of Pharmacology. This new Department aligns the basic science research efforts of both entities with a strong emphasis on the development of new drug therapies.


Tuesday, September 03, 2024

September 2024 News and Publications

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Friday, August 02, 2024

Jessica Mong, PhD, discusses why women need more sleep than men.

Do women need more sleep than men? Age and hormones contribute to a greater need for sleep among women


Thursday, August 01, 2024

July/August 2024 News and Publications

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Monday, June 03, 2024

May/June 2024 News and Publications

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Tuesday, April 16, 2024

UMGCCC and AstraZeneca Partner to Enhance Community-Based Lung Cancer Screening and Detection for Marylanders at High Risk

With only a small percentage of Marylanders at high risk for lung cancer getting the recommended annual screening, the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center (UMGCCC) today launched a new statewide effort to increase annual screenings.


Monday, April 01, 2024

March/April 2024 News and Publications

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Thursday, February 01, 2024

January/February 2024 News and Publications

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