April 2024

Kharbikar receives JDRF Advanced Postdoctoral Fellowship

Bhushan Kharbikar, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratories of Professors Qizhi Tang, PhD, and Tejal Desai, PhD, has been awarded a prestigious JDRF Advanced Postdoctoral Fellowship. JDRF is the leading global organization funding type 1 diabetes (T1D) research.

Jeff Purmort

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Executive Assistant

As an executive assistant in the Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, I support faculty member Rada Savic, PhD, and the Savic Integrative Pharmacology Research Laboratory. I manage schedules, prepare meeting materials, and coordinate executive meetings, communications, and events at our Mission Bay campus as well as offsite.

Rachel Lynch, MA

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Education Coordinator

As an education coordinator in the Integrated Core Team, I provide pharmacy faculty with a variety of resources to improve teaching and learning. I also assist with course administration, program management, and data evaluation and assessment.

Savic receives NIH funding to establish tuberculosis consortium

The Preclinical Design and Clinical Translation of TB Regimens (PReDicTR) Consortium has been awarded a $30.8M grant over five years to research the most effective treatment options for future clinical testing.