The College of Pharmacy has nine graduate candidates representing the Fall Class of 2024. We are proud of their hard work and look forward to what is in store for them in the future!
UGA’s Commencement Ceremony for graduate students will be held Friday, December 13 beginning at 2:30 p.m. inside Stegeman Coliseum. Doors will open to family and guests prior to the ceremony at 1:00 p.m.
Graduates, please be prepared to arrive at the practice gym on the second floor of the Stegeman Coliseum Training Facility by 1:00 p.m. Enter through the doors closest to the Carlton Street Parking Deck on Smith Street.
Prior to the Graduation Ceremony: College of Pharmacy graduates will have pictures taken with their major professors at 12:00 pm in the lobby of the RC Wilson Building.
Below is a list of the PharmDawg graduate candidates:
PhD Graduates:
Degree: Ph.D., Pharmaceutical & Biomedical Sciences
PI Name: Dr. Y. George Zheng
Committee Members: Dr. David Crich, Dr. May Xiong, and Dr. Vladimir Popik
Dissertation: The Development of Inhibitors and Probes for PRMT5 through the Use of Click Chemistry
Degree: Ph.D., Pharmaceutical & Biomedical Sciences
PI Name: Dr. Houjian Cai
Committee Members: Dr. Dexi Liu, Dr. Diego Huet, Dr. Neil Grimsey, and Dr. Somanath Shenoy
Dissertation: Extracellular vesicle-mediated delivery of CRISPR-Cas9 ribonucleoprotein for gene editing
Degree: Ph.D., Clinical & Experimental Therapeutics
PI Name: Dr. Duo Zhang
Committee Members: Dr. Neil Grimsey, Dr. Priya Narayanan, Dr. Somanath Shenoy, and Dr. Yutao Liu
Dissertation: Formation and Impact of Lipid-Laden Macrophage in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Degree: Ph.D., Pharmaceutical & Biomedical Sciences
PI Name: Dr. Neil Grimsey
Committee Members: Dr. Shelley Hooks, Dr. Somanath Shenoy, and Dr. Karen Norris
Dissertation: Spatial Localization of Atypical MAPK P38 Signaling and Its Implication in Pulmonary Inflammation and Disease Progression
Degree: Ph.D., Pharmaceutical & Biomedical Sciences
PI Name: Dr. Eugene Douglass
Committee Members: Dr. Arthur Edison, Dr. Kosuke Funato, and Dr. Y. George Zheng
Dissertation: Redefining Multidrug Resistance in Cancer
Degree: Ph.D., Pharmaceutical & Biomedical Sciences
PI Name: Dr. Michael Bartlett
Committee Members: Dr. Dexi Liu, Dr. Y.George Zheng, and Dr. Zhong-Ru Paul Xi
Dissertation: Elucidation of the molecular mechanism of taxane transport by P-glycoprotein
MS Graduates:
Degree: MS., Pharmaceutical & Biomedical Sciences
PI Name: Dr. Michael Bartlett
Committee Members: Michael Bartlett, Gurvinder Singh Rekhi, Wided Missaoui
Final Project: Formulation and Characterization of Self-nanoemuslifying Drug Delivery System Containing Docasahexaenoic Acid
Degree: MS., Clinical and Experiential Therapeutics
PI Name: Dr. Somanath Shenoy
Committee Members: Dr. Andrew Newsome and Dr. Duo Zhang
Thesis: Plasma Matrix Metalloproteinase-3 Is a Marker Of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome And Mortality
Degree: MS., Pharmaceutical & Biomedical Sciences
PI Name: Dr. Eileen Kennedy
Committee Members: Dr. Wided Missaoui and Dr. Bin Yi
Thesis: A Combined Allosteric And ATP-Competitive Strategy For Enhanced Inhibition Of LRRK2 In Parkinson’s Disease
