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Student Feature

By Lauren Nguyen

March 06, 2025 —
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  • February 24, 2026

    Ying Xu Receives Prestigious AHA Fellowship to Combat Heart Failure

    For Ying Xu, a Ph.D. candidate in Pharmaceutical Sciences at UHCOP, cardiovascular research is both scientific and personal. Inspired by her family’s history of heart disease and hypertension, Xu studies the molecular drivers of cardiac dysfunction. With support from a predoctoral fellowship from the American Heart Association, Xu is investigating how disrupted signaling inside heart muscle cells contributes to heart failure.

  • February 20, 2026

    Postdoctoral Researcher Earns AHA Fellowship to Uncover New Mechanism in Rare Heart Disease

    Luqi Zhao, M.D., University of Houston College of Pharmacy postdoctoral fellow, is working to uncover a new mechanism in left ventricular non-compaction with the help of a two-year, $163,864 American Heart Association postdoctoral fellowship award.

  • February 13, 2026

    SSHP’s Residency Bootcamp Earns National Recognition from ASHP

    For the second consecutive year, the UHCOP Chapter of the Student Society of Health-System Pharmacists (SSHP) has been recognized as a 2025-26 American Society of Health-System Pharmacy (ASHP) Outstanding Professional Development Award recipient for its Residency Bootcamp. The chapter was one of 17 nationwide to receive the honor from the ASHP Pharmacy Student Forum.