January

  • Drexel Receives Keck Foundation Grant to Expand Plasma Research

    January 30, 2012

    Drexel University has received a $1 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation to expand research on the fundamental science of interactions between plasma, which is an ionized gas, and living systems. The research, funded by the W.M. Keck Foundation, will be led by the University’s Anthony J. Drexel Plasma Institute.

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  • Dr. Bryce Templeton Wins National Psychiatry Award

    January 30, 2012

    Bryce Templeton, MD, MEd, emeritus professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Drexel University College of Medicine, has been awarded the top national award for excellence, leadership and creativity in education from the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH).

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  • Vision 2020 Names Donna E. Shalala as National Advisor

    January 24, 2012

    Vision 2020 is pleased to announce University of Miami President and former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna E. Shalala as the newest addition to its advisory board.

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  • 19th Annual Pediatric AIDS Benefit Concert

    January 05, 2012

    Students and faculty from Drexel University College of Medicine will be celebrating the 19th annual Pediatric AIDS Benefit Concert (PABC) on February 18, 2012. The proceeds of this student-run event support the Pediatric AIDS program at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children. The event will be held at the Main Building on Drexel University's main campus on 32nd and Chestnut Streets.

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  • Dr. James Barrett to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award

    January 04, 2012

    James E. Barrett, PhD, professor and chair of the Department of Pharmacology & Physiology, has been selected as the recipient of the 2012 P.B. Dews Lifetime Achievement Award in Behavioral Pharmacology. The award is given by the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET). In selecting Barrett for the honor, ASPET noted his numerous research accomplishments focusing on some of the most important concepts and questions in the field of behavioral pharmacology.

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