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- 2026
- 10/15/26 PREMIER Center Appoints Rinker, Tatar to New Assistant Director Roles
- 10/14/26 Shremo Msdi Earns Distinguished Young Alumnus Award
- 10/12/26 UHCOP Welcomes Ambulatory Care Specialist Demi Martinez to PPTR Faculty
- 09/30/26 Wang Elected Fellow of the American College of Cardiology
- 09/28/26 New $3.1M NIH Grant for University of Houston to Study How ‘Spongy Heart’ Disease Develops — and Whether It Can Be Stopped
- 09/23/26 Advancing Alzheimer’s Drug Repurposing Through AI and Brain Imaging
- 09/17/26 UHCOP Welcomes Medicinal Chemistry Researcher Sreekanth Vedagopuram
- 09/14/26 Cardiovascular Researcher Christian Egly Joins UHCOP Faculty
- 09/02/26 GI Organoid and Regenerative Medicine Researcher Sumimasa Arimura Joins UHCOP Faculty
- 08/11/26 UH College of Pharmacy Secures More Than $1M to Solve Complex Health Challenges
- 08/05/26 Starting Strong: UHCOP Volunteers Provide 2,151 Community Wellness Screenings, Education
- 07/20/26 Have GLP-1s Changed the Debate Around Body Size?
- 06/25/26 Divya Varkey Elected TSHP President-Elect Designee
- 06/16/26 New Discovery Uses Salt to Overcome Major Obstacle in Gene Therapy
- 06/09/26 New Research Uncovers How Deadly Childhood Cancer Grows, Highlights Potential Therapies
- 05/27/26 New Dual-Target Drug Tackles Immunotherapy Resistance in Pancreatic Cancer
- 05/27/26 Research Takes Center Stage at Annual Clinical and Translational Research Symposium
- 05/21/26 Tam Earns Prestigious Moores Professorship, a UHCOP First in More Than 20 Years
- 05/20/26 Singh Receives National Entrepreneur-Scientist Award
- 05/19/26 Eubank Receives SIDP Early Career Investigator Award
- 05/15/26 Pharmacy Dedication Takes Center Stage at UHCOP Graduation Awards Reception
- 05/01/26 Alumni, Faculty, Staff and Friends Reel in Big Haul of TSHP Galveston Honors
- 04/28/26 UH Professor Urges Better Prevention and Care of Liver Disease to Reduce Burden
- 04/13/26 Pharmacy Cougars Shine Bright in L.A. at APhA 2026
- 02/18/26 Researcher Joins $3.2 Million Effort to Develop Promising New Breast Cancer Treatment
- 02/17/26 College Mourns Passing of Beloved Educator Frank Bove (1938-2026)
- 02/13/26 Tam Elected Fellow of American Academy of Microbiology
- 2025
- 11/19/25 Researcher Honored for Groundbreaking Antibiotic Resistance Study
- 11/05/25 Garey Earns Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists Outstanding Mentor Award
- 10/31/25 Cardiovascular Researcher Returns to PPS Faculty
- 10/09/25 Gastric Cancer Researcher Joins PPTR Faculty
- 09/30/25 Onye Ononogbu: Advancing SCD Outcomes
- 09/29/25 Nanomedicine Researcher Fanfei Meng Joins PPS Department
- 09/10/25 Cardiology Specialist Ellen Yin Joins PPTR as Clinical Assistant Professor
- 09/05/25 Real-World Data Researcher Tiansheng Wang Joins PHOP Faculty
- 07/25/25 Tejada-Simón Appointed Fulbright Specialist to Enhance Teaching Innovation in Central America
- 07/23/25 Rosario Earns National AACP Recognition for OTC Teaching Excellence
- 06/27/25 Infectious Diseases Pharmacist Lorena Gonzalez Joins PPTR as Clinical Assistant Professor
- 06/18/25 UHCOP Appoints Muscle Researcher Tomaz da Silva to Pharmacological and Pharmaceutial Sciences Department Faculty
- 06/17/25 Translational Researcher, Pharmacokinetics Expert Airong Li Joins Pharmacological & Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty
- 05/12/25 Graduation Awards Reception Honors Students, Preceptors and Faculty
- 04/30/25 College Community Mourns Passing of Shara L. Zatopek (1951-2025)
- 04/21/25 HOPA Honors Trivedi for Meaningful Mentorship
- 04/03/25 Music City Magic for UHCOP Students, Alumni and Faculty
- 02/28/25 Bond Retires After 3-Decade Career Challenging Dogma of Beta Blocker Prohibition in Asthma
- 01/29/25 Ruan Retires from UHCOP After 18 Years of Teaching, Mentorship and Research
- 2024
- 10/17/24 UHCOP Graduate Jieni Li Joins Pharmaceutical Health Outcomes and Policy Faculty
- 10/16/24 Tam Earns Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists Fellow Status
- 10/09/24 College's Mading Society Recognizes 9 Alumni, Faculty and Supporters
- 09/27/24 Camp Bluebonnet: Smarties, Smiles and Insulin Pumps
- 09/18/24 Big Impact in Tiny World: Tam Earns ACCP Therapeutic Frontiers Lecture Award
- 09/17/24 UHCOP Welcomes Nano-Immunotherapy Researcher Wei Gao to Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences
- 09/13/24 UHCOP Welcomes Statistitican Xi Lu to Pharmaceutical Health Outcomes and Policy Faculty
- 09/12/24 Cancer, Metabolism Researcher Thomas Hanigan Joins Pharmacological & Pharmaceutical Sciences Department
- 09/05/24 Vascular Diseases Researcher Yunting Wang Joins College's PPS Department Faculty Ranks
- 09/04/24 UHCOP Welcomes Infectious Diseases Researcher Shremo Msdi to Pharmacy Practice and Translational Research Faculty
- 08/21/24 Core Research Labs and Facilities Director Jandhyala Receives Faculty Appointment
- 07/26/24 UHCOP Welcomes NIH, AHA-funded Cardiovascular Disease Researcher Guizhen Zhao
- 06/03/24 Hua Chen: Protecting Children
- 04/26/24 Looking Sharp in Round Rock: Students, Alumni and Staff Honored by TSHP
- 04/24/24 Natalie Rosario: Bridging Health Care Gaps, Raising Awareness
- 03/27/24 Ron Ozuna: Countering Health Disparities
- 02/26/24 Julianna Fernandez: Caring for our Elders
- 02/26/24 Samina Salim: Compassionate Science
- 02/21/24 Thornton Earns National Honor for Opioid Misuse Prevention, Reduction Work
- 02/20/24 APhA Recognizes Aparasu for Research Excellence
- 02/12/24 Student Wellness Advisory Council: Welcoming Wellness
- 02/05/24 Golden Gentleman: College Community Honors Louis Williams for 50 Years
- 01/10/24 Michael Johnson Retires from UH After 18 Years of Teaching, Mentorship and Research
- 01/09/24 Knoll Retires After 23 Years of Teaching, Research and Service
- 2023
- 12/11/23 Garey Earns ASHP Foundation's Literature Award for Sustained Contributions
- 11/22/23 C diff. Foundation Honors Garey with Innovation Award
- 11/21/23 College Welcomes Infectious Diseases Researcher Taryn Eubank to Pharmacy Practice and Translational Research
- 11/09/23 Austin De La Cruz: Honoring Veterans
- 10/19/23 College Welcomes Heart and Skeletal Muscle Researcher Ravi Singh to Faculty
- 10/13/23 College Bestows Top Awards to Spier, Chow
- 09/20/23 Salim Establishes First Refugee Mental Health Program at Jordanian University
- 09/14/23 College Welcomes Skeletal Muscle Researcher Radbod Darabi to Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty
- 09/07/23 College Welcomes Behavioral Sciences, Public Health Researcher Dipali Rinker to PHOP Faculty, PREMIER Center
- 09/06/23 Public Health Researcher Joins Pharmaceutical Health Outcomes and Policy Faculty
- 09/05/23 Congenital Heart Disease Researcher Lianjie Miao Joins College's Pharmacology Faculty
- 09/01/23 Drug Toxicity, Bioavailability Researcher Rongjin Sun Joins College's Phamaceutics Faculty
- 08/31/23 Pharm.D., Academic Pharmacy Fellowship Alumna Aayna Shamsi Joins College Faculty
- 08/22/23 College Welcomes Cole Wilder to Pharmacy Practice and Translational Research Department
- 08/17/23 Tolleson Earns National Kappa Epsilon Outstanding Advisor Award
- 08/16/23 Alumna, UH Faculty Member Receives Joint Appointment at UHCOP
- 05/31/23 Chow Honored by Pharmaceutical Sciences Ph.D. Alma Mater
- 05/30/23 College Honors Renowned Scientist-Inventor, Former UH Faculty Member Hal Kohn
- 05/15/23 UHCOP's Hussain Earns ASIOA Distinguished Scientist Award for Kidney Injury, Hypertension Research
- 05/08/23 McConnell, Trivedi and Wollen Among UH Faculty Excellence Award Recipients
- 01/09/23 Pitch-Perfect Prevention: Recording Artist Aloe Blacc Teams with College Researchers on Novel 'Molecular Mask' to Block Coronavirus Infection
- 2022
- 10/24/22 Garey Honored With ACCP Russell R. Miller Award
- 10/22/22 7 UHCOP Faculty Members Among 'World's Top 2% Most-Cited' Scientists
- 09/26/22 Cuny, Garey Receive Buckley and Boblitt Endowed Professorship Appointments
- 09/01/22 PPTR Welcomes ID Pharmacy Fellow Jinhee Jo to Faculty
- 08/17/22 Aparasu Co-authors Pharmacy Research Handbook for Student Scholars
- 08/01/22 Immunology Researcher Riyasat Ali Joins PPS Faculty
- 07/13/22 UHCOP's Salim Receives U.S. Fulbright Specialist Assignment at Jordan University
- 05/02/22 UHCOP Faculty Members Marwaha, Tejada-Simón Honored for Outstanding Teaching by UH Provost
- 04/07/22 Aparasu to Receive 2022 Paul Dawson Award from American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
- 03/15/22 Hussain Named Fellow of American Society of Nephrology
- 02/25/22 Diana S-L Chow Earns Dual Outstanding Mentor Awards
- 01/24/22 Hunt Joins PPS Faculty as Research Assistant Professor
- 01/20/22 Thornton Named Regional Representative on Texas Opioid Council
- 01/19/22 Alkadhi Retires After 40 Years at College
- 01/19/22 Alkadhi Retires After 40 Years at College
- 01/18/22 Academic Pharmacy Fellow Alumna Rania El-Desoky Returns to College as PPTR Faculty Member
- 2021
- 11/17/21 UHCOP Welcomes Cancer Researcher Yi Du to Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences Department
- 10/26/21 College Welcomes Skeletal Muscle Researcher to Faculty
- 09/21/21 Garey Named ACCP Fellow
- 09/01/21 Diec Joins UHCOP Faculty