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• 2026
• 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
• 05/11/26 Symposium Bridges Geriatric Care, Medication Safety and Technology
• 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
• 04/08/26 UHCOP Researcher Earns Spot Among 10 Featured Posters at APhA 2026
• 03/24/26 Sana Sharif: Transforming Breast Cancer Therapy
• 02/24/26 Ying Xu Receives Prestigious AHA Fellowship to Combat Heart Failure
• 02/20/26 Postdoctoral Researcher Earns AHA Fellowship to Uncover New Mechanism in Rare Heart Disease
• 02/18/26 Researcher Joins $3.2 Million Effort to Develop Promising New Breast Cancer Treatment
• 02/13/26 Tam Elected Fellow of American Academy of Microbiology
• 01/21/26 UH Cardiac Researcher Develops Breakthrough Advancement in Battling Pediatric Heart Disease
• 01/13/26 Rethinking Muscle Protection in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
• 01/06/26 Researcher Receives $900,000 CPRIT Grant to Develop Nanodrug That Boosts Immune System to Fight Cancer
• 2025
• 12/16/25 Researchers Identify New Target to Counteract Muscle Wasting in Pancreatic Cancer
• 12/04/25 UHCOP Students Present Highest Number of Posters From State at ASHP
• 12/02/25 Asias-Dinh Earns ACCP PRN Best Poster Award for CGM Study in Underserved Population
• 11/19/25 Researcher Honored for Groundbreaking Antibiotic Resistance Study
• 11/11/25 University of Houston Joins $21.2M Statewide Effort to Fight Opioid Crisis
• 10/30/25 UH Pharmacy Researcher Provides New Hope in Managing Diabetic Ketoacidosis
• 10/15/25 My Nguyen: Science Meets Storytelling
• 10/07/25 Professor Awarded $3.9M To Fight Deadly Parasites That Threaten Children, Immunocompromised Adults
• 10/06/25 College Returns to Top 25 in NIH, No. 30 Spot in All-Source Research Funding
• 09/30/25 Onye Ononogbu: Advancing SCD Outcomes
• 09/04/25 New Antibiotic to Fight Superbug C. Diff Proves Effective in Clinical Trial
• 08/15/25 Drug Summit Explores Substance Use Disorders in Jail System
• 08/12/25 PPS Research Symposium Showcases 60 Presentations
• 08/05/25 Anika Nusrat: Heart First
• 06/03/25 Embryonic Heart Research Garners AHA Support
• 05/27/25 Innovation on Display at Clinical and Translational Research Symposium
• 05/23/25 Robust Turnout for Muscle Biology and Cachexia Conference
• 05/05/25 Chijioke Okeke: Innovation Through Research
• 04/30/25 Coordination Counts: Geriatric Medication Safety Symposium Focuses on Collaboration
• 04/29/25 Ph.D. Candidate Yazdanfard Receives ASAM Abstract Award
• 04/10/25 Students, Alumni and Staff Draw High Honors at TSHP Annual Seminar
• 04/09/25 Researchers Earn AMCP Top Presentation Honors
• 04/03/25 Music City Magic for UHCOP Students, Alumni and Faculty
• 03/25/25 Prachet Bhatt: Advancing Health Outcomes with Economic Insight
• 03/19/25 Li Receives Pilot Award to Study Hormone Replacement Therapy in Menopausal MS Patients
• 03/18/25 Thornton Receives APhA's Wiederholt Prize for Best Published Paper Award
• 03/17/25 UH Pharmacy Researcher Discovers How the Heart’s Layers Communicate During Formation
• 02/25/25 Muscle Biology and Cachexia New Institute Focuses on Developing Interventions to Skeletal Muscle Loss, Wasting in Aging, Cancer and Other Diseases
• 02/06/25 UH Researcher Fighting Childhood Cancer at the Cellular Level
• 01/14/25 Darabi Joins Collaborative NIH-supported Project on Lethal Neonatal Myopathy
• 01/01/25 Eubank Awarded ACCP Grant to Predict Mortality Risk of C. difficile Infection
• 2024
• 11/26/24 Darabi Receives $390K NIH Award to Develop Novel Stem Cell-based Therapies for Skeletal Muscle Disorders
• 11/25/24 Eubank Awarded $40K Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists Grant to Predict Severity of C. diff Infection
• 11/14/24 Outsmarting Superbugs Resistant to Antibiotics
• 10/15/24 Tetiana Kolodiazhna: Beyond Borders
• 09/24/24 University of Houston Unveils Guideline to Enhance Treatment Access for Opioid Use Disorder in Community Pharmacies
• 09/10/24 Discovery at UH College of Pharmacy: Signaling Bridges Help Cells Communicate While Heart Develops
• 08/14/24 Over 60 Presentations from UHCOP Lab Work Showcased at PPS Symposium
• 07/25/24 Miao Receives $300K AHA Award to Study Specialized Cells in Heart Regeneration
• 07/22/24 UH College of Pharmacy Unveils Breakthrough in Skeletal Muscle Regeneration
• 07/18/24 Wu Awarded $300K AHA Grant to Investigate Suspect Gene in Congenital Heart Defect
• 06/25/24 Manu Bala: Passion, Persistence and Pharmaceuticals
• 06/10/24 Discovery Unveils Key to Heart Development in Womb, Unravels Cause of Spongy Heart Disease
• 05/08/24 Discovery of Key Target for Precision Pharmacology Makes Ideal Candidate to Treat Heart Failure
• 05/08/24 Inaugural Clinical and Translational Research Symposium Brings Together Wide-ranging Projects, Opens Doors for Collaboration
• 05/06/24 Geriatric Medication Safety Symposium Focuses on Transitions of Care
• 04/25/24 Treatment for Deadly Superbug C. diff May Be Weakening
• 04/24/24 Olajumoke Olateju: Influencing Big Changes Through Research
• 04/15/24 Javeria Khalid: Loving the Liver
• 04/10/24 UH College of Pharmacy Researcher Examines Trends in Rising Cost of Medicine
• 03/28/24 Predicting Weight Gain in Children Using Second Generation Anti-Psychotic Medication
• 03/27/24 Michelle Spruill: Of Fruit Flies and Pharmaceutics
• 03/14/24 Summer Program Builds Next-Generation Cardiovascular Researchers
• 03/11/24 CPRIT Grant Supports UH College of Pharmacy Fight Against Rare Genetic Disorder
• 02/26/24 Bilqees Fatima: Helping Hand
• 02/26/24 Samina Salim: Compassionate Science
• 01/31/24 Revolutionizing Treatment for Deadly Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
• 01/10/24 Cole Hudson: Moving the Needle
• 01/05/24 AHA Revives UH-HEART Program for Additional 3 Years
• 2023
• 12/22/23 Improving Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder
• 12/01/23 UHCOP Students Take Top Spot in Texas, Among Top 5 Colleges in Nation for ASHP Posters
• 11/03/23 Jacob McPherson: Fighting the Resistance
• 10/09/23 Examining When to Get Off Meds for Multiple Sclerosis
• 09/20/23 Salim Establishes First Refugee Mental Health Program at Jordanian University
• 09/18/23 Ph.D. Student Awarded NLM Fellowship for Bacterial Resistance Prediction Tool
• 09/14/23 ThanhPhuong Le: Curiosity Drives Career Change
• 08/18/23 Researcher Trainees Present 40+ Projects at Annual Symposium
• 08/04/23 2022 Graduate Wins UH Outstanding Dissertation Award
• 05/29/23 3 Rising Researchers Recognized at UHCOP-hosted 48th Annual Regional Scientific Meeting
• 05/24/23 Discovery Slows Down Muscular Dystrophy
• 05/04/23 First-of-its-Kind Research Center Focuses on Intersection of Population Health and Pharmacoepidemiology
• 04/28/23 Geriatric Medication Safety Symposium Explores Evidence-based Best Practices 
• 04/19/23 UHCOP Graduate Student Wins AMCP Best Poster for Atrial Fibrillation Adherence Study
• 04/19/23 Ph.D. Student Awarded APhA Best Podium Presentation for Study on Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
• 04/11/23 Examining the Causes of Muscle Wasting
• 04/04/23 University of Houston Leads Effort to Improve Access to Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder
• 03/24/23 April 13-14 Symposium Presents Evidence, Practice Updates in Geriatric Medication Safety
• 03/14/23 March 27 UH Research Symposium Shines Light on Health Challenges Among Refugee Communities
• 01/31/23 New Live Bacterial Product for Stubborn Superbug Improves Quality of Life
• 01/09/23 Grammy-nominated Recording Artist Aloe Blacc Aims to Bring Down House on COVID Infection Backing Drug Development by UHCOP Researchers
• 2022
• 11/21/22 Discovery May Advance Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease
• 11/14/22 Fentanyl Vaccine Potential ‘Game Changer’ for Opioid Epidemic
• 10/31/22 University of Houston PREMIER Center Tackles Opioid Epidemic
• 10/28/22 Ph.D. Student Earns AAPS Best Abstract Award
• 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
• 09/28/22 Undergraduate Student Eyes Research Career After Completing UHCOP Summer Research Fellowship 
• 08/29/22 PPS Research Symposium Brings Together Student, Postdoc and Faculty Researchers 
• 08/29/22 Renowned Physician-Scientist Peter Hotez Discusses Vaccine Programs, Threat of Anti-science Movement
• 08/18/22 UH-HEART Program Trains Undergraduate Students In Cardiovascular Research
• 07/15/22 College Inches Up in Both Total, NIH Research Expenditures in FY21 Rankings by AACP
• 07/01/22 4 Student Researchers Recognized for Presentations at UHCOP-hosted Conference
• 06/29/22 Ph.D. Student Earns Regional MALTO Conference Presentation Award for Work on Stem Cells
• 06/09/22 Researchers, Students to Present Health Outcomes Findings During Regional Meeting at UHCOP
• 06/01/22 PHOP Ph.D. Graduates Earn Top Research Poster Awards at International Meeting
• 04/14/22 National Institute on Aging-funded Symposium Explores Latest Research, Practice Findings in Geriatric Medication Safety
• 04/13/22 Ph.D. Student Earns AMCP Best Poster Award for Study Showing Benefits of Phone-based Interventions
• 03/16/22 Trivedi's CPRIT-funded Research Advances Precision Approach to Breast Cancer Therapy
• 02/21/22 New PhRMA Foundation Fellowship for Ph.D. Candidate Aids Chemotherapy Toxicity Research
• 02/04/22 Researchers Invited to Submit Medication Safety, Use Projects for GMSS
• 01/28/22 Organizers and Mentors Pumped for Return of Paid Summer Cardiovascular Research Program for Undergraduate Students, Recent Graduates
• 01/19/22 ACCP Backs Gonzales-Luna, Garey Study on Vancomycin Treatment Failures
• 2021
• 12/21/21 Researchers Receive $400K Rheumatology Foundation Grant to Further Study Compound to Inhibit Inflammatory Activation in Autoimmune Disorders
• 12/20/21 Breakthrough Identification of Proteins Necessary for Muscle Regeneration
• 12/01/21 New Program Aims to Recruit UH Undergraduate STEM Students for Mentoring, Tutoring
• 11/29/21 AHRQ Supports Aparasu Study of Disease-Modifying Agents in Multiple Sclerosis
• 11/03/21 Identifying Therapeutic Targets for Aggressive HR-positive Breast Cancer
• 10/27/21 Ph.D. Student's Research Earns Bronze Medal at AMCP Meeting
• 10/12/21 UH College of Pharmacy Joins Nationwide Network of Universities to Transform How Medications and Vaccines are Delivered
• 10/06/21 C. Difficile Is Everywhere – Even on the Bottom of Footwear
• 09/29/21 NIH Supports New Geriatric Medication Safety Symposium
• 09/02/21 New Research Leadership Positions Announced
• 04/19/21 UH Researcher Joins Team Developing Opioid Vaccine
• 03/04/21 Exploring Pieces of Heart Muscle that Fail to Compact
• 2020
• 12/16/20 Can Early Drug Intervention Prevent Weight Gain in Children with Mental Illness?
• 11/17/20 New Drug Discovery Institute Launches at University of Houston
• 11/04/20 Combining Eastern Medicine with Western to Improve Cancer Therapy
• 10/27/20 Rising Opioid Use During Pandemic Heightens Need for Safe Drug Disposal
• 09/03/20 Examining the Side Effects of Alzheimer’s Disease Dementia Drugs
• 02/13/20 Four UH Faculty Members Elected to National Academy of Inventors