Robert Levis, professor and chair of chemistry at the College of Science and Technology, has been awarded the 2007 Philadelphia Section Award from the American Chemical Society. This award recognizes an individual “who aims by conspicuous scientific achievement through research, has made important contributions to man’s knowledge and thereby aided the public appreciation of the profession.” Levis is also the director of Temple’s Center for Advanced Photonics Research.
Sara Jane Ward, a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Ellen Walker at the School of Pharmacy and the Center for Substance Abuse Research, received an award for one of the four top presentations by a postdoctoral fellow at the 17th Annual Symposium on the Cannabinoids in St. Sauveur, Canada. The title of her presentation was “Effect of CB1 Receptor Antagonism and Extinction Learning on Relapse Behavior in Mice.”
Kendrick Whitney, associate professor of podiatric medicine and Orthopedics at the School of Podiatric Medicine, co-directed a three-day course on the fabrication and utilization of ankle foot orthoses at TUSPM.
Ming Zhang, a graduate student in the laboratory of Ronald Tuma in the Center for Substance Abuse Research and the Department of Physiology at the School of Medicine,
received one of four top awards for graduate student presentations at the 17th Annual Symposium on the Cannabinoids in St. Sauveur, Canada. The titles of his two presentations were “Modulating the Balance Between CB1 and CB2 Receptors Activation Can Protect the Brain from Ischemic Damage” and “CB2 Agonists Affect T Cell Function in EAE.” EAE is Experimental Allergic Encephalitis, a mouse model for multiple sclerosis.
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