February 24, 2026
Dr. John Scott Receives AMSPC President’s Award for Leadership in Pharmacology
We are proud to share that our department chair, Dr. Scott, has been honored with the President’s Award for Leadership in Pharmacology from the Association of Medical School Pharmacology Chairs...
Drs. Ning Zheng and Huigang Shi Publish in NATURE
Prof. Ning Zheng and Prof. Lan Huang (UCI), co-corresponding authors of the study, together with Dr. Huigang Shi, published in Nature titled “CSN5i-3 is an orthosteric molecular glue inhibitor of COP9 signalosome.” The...
Dr. Cirulli Secures Transformative $8.6M NIH RC2 Grant, with Collaborators Drs. Crisa, Bomsztyk, Ruohola-Baker, Levy, and Mathieu
The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) has awarded an $8.6 million RC2 grant to an ISCRM team led by Vincenzo Cirulli, with collaborators Hannele Ruohola-Baker,...
April 22, 2025
High School Student, Marie Morkos Completes a Shadowing Experience in Scott Lab, UW Pharmacology
Marie Morkos is a bright and motivated high school student who recently completed a hands-on research experience under the mentorship of Maryanne Kihiu (Scott Lab) at the University of...
June 13, 2023
Bill Catterall to Receive 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award from IUPHAR
Bill Catterall, Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Washington, will receive the 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award of the International Union for Basic & Clinical Pharmacology (IUPHAR) in recognition of...
May 30, 2023
Advanced Pharmacology Course Announcement – PHCOL 529 – Autumn 2023
Ion Channel Pharmacology & Genetics, Autumn Quarter, 2023 (2 credits) Course Chairs: Bill Catterall and Yasemin Sancak, Pharmacology Combined Lectures and Discussion Open to interested graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and research...
August 29, 2022
Ptchd1 mediates opioid tolerance via cholesterol-dependent effects on μ-opioid receptor trafficking
The Grill lab in collaboration with Dr. Kirill Martemyanov’s group (UF Scripps Biomedical Labs) has used unbiased forward genetics to identify the Patched family protein PTR-25/Ptchd1 as an ancient, conserved...
May 3, 2022
Congratulations, Melissa MacEwen!
Melissa has been named one of the Husky 100! We congratulate you on all of your achievements and thank you for the support you have provided the Department of Pharmacology.
October 8, 2021
UW Pharmacology Virtual Open House Event
The Department of Pharmacology, with the help of the Admissions Committee and Diversity Committee, is hosting a virtual (Zoom) Open House on Wednesday, November 8th!
