Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience

UNMC for the record

News and notes from the UNMC community.

Feb 3, 2017

UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D., right, welcomed U.S. Attorney Deborah Gilg, center, and, from left, assistant U.S. Attorneys Robert Stuart, Bob Homan and Tim Hook on a recent visit to campus.

Novel pharmaceutic action for HIV/AIDS discovered

UNMC breakthrough could allow patients to take multiple medications just once a month.

Feb 1, 2017

The three lead researchers from the UNMC Department of Pharmacology/Experimental Neurosciences include (left-right): Howard Gendelman, M.D., professor and chair, Divya Prakash Gnanadhas, Ph.D., post-doctoral research associate, and Santhi Gorantla, Ph.D., associate professor.

UNMC research team discovers novel pharmaceutic action for HIV/AIDS

Could allow patients to take multiple medications just once a month

Feb 1, 2017

The three lead researchers from the UNMC Department of Pharmacology/Experimental Neurosciences include (left-right): Howard Gendelman, M.D., professor and chair, Divya Prakash Gnanadhas, Ph.D., post-doctoral research associate, and Santhi Gorantla, Ph.D., associate professor.

Record turnout for UNMC Skate-a-thon for Parkinson’s

640 skaters participate in 24-hour event

Jan 28, 2017

The six skaters who skated all 24 hours at this year's UNMC Skate-a-thon for Parkinson's "chill out" on the UNMC Ice Rink after completing their marathon skating effort.

Distinguished Scientist Larisa Poluektova, M.D., Ph.D.

Dr. Poluektova works to improve basic and translational studies for human immune system and infectious diseases.

Jan 12, 2017

Larisa Poluektova, M.D., Ph.D.

UNMC Skate-a-thon for Parkinson’s set for Jan. 27-28

24-hour ice skating event – now in its 7th year at UNMC – has raised more than $155,000

Jan 9, 2017

Grant will fund study of meth neurotoxicity

Sowmya Yelamanchili, Ph.D., was awarded a $1.7 million R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health for study.

Dec 27, 2016

Sowmya Yelamanchili, Ph.D.

UNMC scientists honored for neurovirology impact

Howard Gendelman, M.D., and Shilpa Buch, Ph.D., receive major awards at the International Symposium of Neurovirology.

Nov 21, 2016

From left, Kamel Khalili, Ph.D., professor and chair of the department of neuroscience at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University in Philadelphia, Dr. Gendelman, and Igor Koralnik, M.D., president of the International Society of NeuroVirology and chair of the department of neurological sciences at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Ill.