Dr. Phil Portoghese – APhA Research Prize

The American Pharmacists Association Academy of Pharmaceutical Research and Science honored department of medicinal chemistry distinguished professor Philip Portoghese with the 2015 Takeru Higuchi Research Prize. This award recognizes the highest accomplishments in pharmaceutical sciences, and is international in scope and stature. Dr. Portoghese will be recognized at the APhA Annual Meeting in San Diego in March.

Dr. Courtney Aldrich - HealthTalk feature

Courtney Aldrich, professor and editor of the new journal ACS Infectious Diseases, explains in the HealthTalk feature, "Promising Research for a New Antibiotic," the importance of a new antibiotic study recently published in Nature.

Dr. David Ferguson comments on New Drug in ND

Professor David Ferguson was quoted in a Grand Forks Herald story, "Grand Forks Police Investigating Drug New to North Dakota," about the illegal use of powdered fentanyl.

Dr. Gunda Georg - AAAS Member-at-Large

Department Head Gunda Georg has been elected a Member-at-Large of the Section on Pharmaceutical Sciences by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Her four-year term will begin this February.