Impact Award: Dan Hertz Predicts Paclitaxel-Induced Neuropathy Impact Award: Dan Hertz Predicts Paclitaxel-Induced Neuropathy As a grad student in DPET, Hertz won an Impact Award for identifying a genetic marker in cancer patients taking paclitaxel that could make them more susceptible to a side effect of neuropathy. He is now a research assistant professor at the University of Michigan.
Impact Award: Jasmine Talameh Links Beta-Blocker Effectiveness to Genotype Impact Award: Jasmine Talameh Links Beta-Blocker Effectiveness to Genotype Jasmine Talameh, PharmD, a graduate student in DPET, identified a genotype that could potentially be used to select patients with heart failure who would benefit from beta-blocker treatment
Kashuba Named McNeill Distinguished Professor Kashuba Named McNeill Distinguished Professor The $500,000 professorship is a gift of John "Sandy" and Deborah McNeill, Jr. Sandy McNeill is a 1972 graduate of the School and is a founding director of Pharmaceutical Product Development Inc, one of the largest clinical research organizations in the world.
School Spinoff Creates Moist Wipes for Chemotherapy Contamination School Spinoff Creates Moist Wipes for Chemotherapy Contamination The product, HDClean, grew out of a collaboration between William Zamboni and Stephen Eckel, both faculty members at the School. Their company, ChemoGLO, started offering HDClean in February 2013.
Yang Receives Amgen Predoctoral Fellowship Yang Receives Amgen Predoctoral Fellowship
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