Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience

Awards recognize research in aging diseases

Kelly Stauch, Ph.D., receives the Vada Kinman Oldfield Alzheimer’s Research Fund Award and Katherine Olson, Ph.D., receives the Nancy and Ronald Reagan Alzheimer’s Scholarship Fund Award.

Apr 27, 2018

Brady Sillman first place oral presentation at 49th Midwest Student Biomedical Research Forum

Chemically modified drug shows promise for HIV treatment, elimination

UNMC discovery reported in Nature Communications.

Feb 6, 2018

The four key researchers on the breakthrough that could eventually lead to an HIV cure were (left-right) Benson Edagwa, Ph.D., Aditya Bade, Ph.D., Brady Sillman, and Howard Gendelman, M.D.

Distinguished Scientist: Siddappa Byrareddy, Ph.D.

Dr. Byrareddy’s research explores a possible HIV cure, drugs of abuse and Zika pathogenesis.

Jan 30, 2018

Siddappa Byrareddy, Ph.D.

Skate-a-thon brings in more than $20,000

More than 600 skaters participate in 24-hour UNMC Skate-a-thon for Parkinson’s.

Jan 30, 2018

Ryan Cary (center) is flanked by his father, Stephen, and his mother, Jeanne, after completing the UNMC Skate-a-thon for Parkinson's. Cary recruited 42 skaters for the event and brought in $2,600. His LeaseTeam, Inc. competed in the Rock the Clock category, which required the team to have at least one skater on the ice throughout the 24-hour event. Stephen Cary, a former president of the apartment leasing division for NP Dodge, has had Parkinson's disease for the past 12 years.

Time out with T.O. – Putting Parkinson’s on ice

Skate-a-thon for Parkinson’s begins Friday.

Jan 25, 2018

Jenny Knutson speaks at the 2017 Skate-a-thon opening ceremonies.

New investigator: Sowmya Yelamanchili, Ph.D.

Dr. Yelamanchili’s research focus is on neurodegenerative diseases and drug abuse.

Jan 19, 2018

Sowmya Yelamanchili, Ph.D.
Nebraska Neuroscience Alliance honors Joan Squires.