The Hill: For Thousands Of Common Chemicals, There Is ‘No Safe Level,’ Says Report

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March 1, 2024
The Hill covers a new report headed by Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology Andrea Gore, Ph.D. that draws attention to the link between plastics, pesticides and forever chemicals and the growing incidence of endocrine-associated disorders over the last two decades.

Chemistry World: More Than a Mirror-Image: Left-Handed Nucleic Acids

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February 20, 2024
The Division of Pharmacology & Toxicology's Karen Vasquez, Ph.D. talked to Chemistry World's Rachel Brazil on genetic instability in disease and evolution of course related to Z-DNA. Dr. Vasquez's research focuses on genome instability, DNA damage and mechanisms of repair.

The Root of the Problem: Warning Consumers About EDCs from the Laboratory Bench

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January 10, 2024
Emily Hilz, a postdoctoral researcher in the Gore Lab, was on the cover of the latest issue of Endocrine News. Her research focuses on developing a new mobile app to empower Black women as consumers to reduce EDC exposure risk by linking chemicals in their personal care products with their suspected adverse health outcomes.

Moczygemba Awarded PhRMA Foundation Grant for Sleep Tracking Research

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December 7, 2023
Professor of Health Outcomes Dr. Leticia Moczygemba was awarded a planning grant to test and validate wearable sleep tracking sensors to improve health outcomes for people experiencing homelessness (PEH).

Texas Pharmacy Students Clinch Multiple Awards from AFPE

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August 28, 2023
Several graduate students and a Pharm.D. student from The University of Texas College of Pharmacy secured awards and fellowships from the American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education (AFPE).

Grad Student Earns AFPE Scholarship

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August 3, 2023
Ph.D. student in the Division of Health Outcomes James Baffoe, Pharm.D. is a recipient of the ClinicalMind Scholarship for Black Pharmacy Students from the American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education.

Gore Earns NIH Award for Research on Endocrine-disrupting Chemicals

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July 12, 2023
Andrea C. Gore, Ph.D., professor of pharmacology and toxicology and Vacek Chair in Pharmacology, recently earned an R35 RIVER grant award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) for her lab’s research on endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) and their effect on the brain. The NIEHS, which is one of the centers in the National Institutes of Health (NIH), awarded a total of $6,823,672 for eight years.

Graduate Student First Author on PNAS Paper

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June 13, 2023
Kimberly J. Long, a Ph.D. candidate in the Dalby Lab in the Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry, was a first author of a recent research paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

Texas Pharmacy Wins Big at Interprofessional Health Showcase 2023

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April 20, 2023
The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy earns accolades for Best in Community Engagement, Best in Health Innovation, Best Project in Progress, Best in Visual and top 3 for People’s Choice Award at the Interprofessional Health Showcase 2023.

Fiercely Focused | iCAN

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March 15, 2023
Dr. Leticia R. Moczygemba in the Division of Health Outcomes talked to ECHO, an agency that plans and implements community-wide strategies to end homelessness in Austin and Travis County, about the Interactive Care Coordination and Navigation (iCAN) program that studies how getting phones to more people living outside impacts their lives and health outcomes.