Introduction of Department Seminars (Dr. Bradley McConnell) & Departmental Procedures for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows (Desi Miller)

PHOP Seminar
Title: “Effect of Substance Use on Premature Mortality in the U.S.”
Speaker: Moosa Tatar, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Health Outcomes and Policy, UHCOP
Location: Health 2, Room 3082 & Zoom

PPS Seminar
Title: TBD
Speaker: Akira Sawa, M.D., Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

Host: Samina Salim
Location:  Health 2, Room 3082 & Zoom

PPS Seminar
Title: “Targeting EP2 Receptors for Neuroinflammatory Conditions”
Speaker: Jianxiong Jiang, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
Host: Jiukuan Hao
Location: Health 2, Room 3082 & Zoom

PPTR Seminar
Title: “Responding to Microaggressions in Clinical Practice Education Scenarios”
Speaker: Joshua Wollen, Pharm.D., Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Translational Research, UH College of Pharmacy
Location: Health 2, Room 3082 and Zoom

PPS Seminar
Title: “The Bone Marrow Niches as Targets of Metastases and Sources of Systemic Immunosuppression”
Speaker: Xiang H.-F. “Shawn” Zhang, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Interim Director, Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Host: Xinli Liu
Location: Health 2, Room 3082 & Zoom

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Series
Title: "SOTL: Mostly Science, and a Little Bit of Art"
Speaker: Shane P. Desselle. R.Ph., Ph.D., FAPhA, Chair, Professor and Associate Dean for Research, College of Pharmacy, Touro University California, Vallejo, CA
Location: Health 2, Room 3082 & Zoom

PHOP Seminar
Title: "A Scientific, Non-Handwaving Approach to Successful Publishing"
Speaker: Shane P. Desselle, R.Ph., Ph.D., FAPhA, Associate Dean for Research, Chair and Professor, Touro University

PPS Seminar
Title: “Targeting a Glycosyltransferase to Promote Biliary Development in Alagille Syndrome”
Speaker: Hamed Jafar-Nejad, M.D., Professor, Department of Molecular & Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Host: Radbod Darabi
Location: Health 2, Room 3082 & Zoom

PPS Seminar
Title: TBD
Speaker: Amy Sater, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX
Host: Bradley McConnell

Location: Health 2, Room 3082 & Zoom

PPS Seminar
Title: “Expanding the Theranostic Role of Somatostatin Analogs in Cancer”
Speaker: Ali Azhdarinia, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Center for Translational Cancer Research, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX

Host: Radbod Darabi
Location: Health 2, Room 3082 & Zoom

PPS Seminar
Title: TBD
Speaker: Chad J. Roy, Ph.D., Professor & Associate Dean for Research, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
Host: Bin Guo
Location: Health 2, Room 3082 & Zoom

PPTR Seminar
Title: "Integrating Community Engagement into Academia, Clinical Pharmacy Practice, and Research"
Speaker: Veronica Ajewole, Pharm.D., BCOP, Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice, Texas Southern University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Oncology, Houston Methodist Hospital
Location: Health 2, Room 3082 and Zoom

PPS Seminar
Title: “Signaling Mechanisms Regulating the Growth of Rhabdomyosarcoma”
Speaker: Kavya Mathukumalli, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, TX

Host: Ashok Kumar

Location: Health 2, Room 3082 & Zoom

PPS Seminar
Title: TBD
Speaker: Jianbo Wang, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Cell, Developmental, and Integrative Biology, Heersink School of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

PPS Seminar
Title: “Myrf (Myelin Regulatory Factor): from Bioinformatics to Neurobiology”
Speaker: Yungki Park, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

PPTR Seminar
Title: TBD
Speaker: Julianna M. Fernandez, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCGP, Clinical Associate Professor and Assistant Department Chair, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Translational Research, UH College of Pharmacy, Clinical Specialist in Geriatrics, Houston Methodist Hospital

Location: Health 2, Room 3082 and Zoom

PPS Seminar
Title: “Application of Mass Spec Imaging to Identify Novel Targets for HER2+ Breast Cancer Brain Metastases”
Speaker: Michelle Spruill, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, TX
Host: Xinli Liu
Location: Health 2, Room 3082 & Zoom

PPS Seminar
Title: “Structure-based Drug Design and Synthesis of Potent and Selective CpCDPK1 Inhibitors for Cryptosporidiosis”
Speaker: Wissarut “Win” Wijitrmektong, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, TX

Host: Greg Cuny

Location: Health 2, Room 3082 & Zoom