Bryan Shing Hei Yung, Ph.D.
2024 Rolland Robbins Awardee
Ph.D. 2024, Gutkind Lab
Exploiting Next-Generation Preclinical Syngeneic Models to Enhance Responses to Cancer Immunotherapy
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THE ROLLAND ROBBINS THESIS AWARD
Each year, the annual thesis award recognizes and rewards a recent graduate of the department for their distinguished scholarship and research. The winner of the award is chosen due to their excellence in research and scholarship in the presentation of their dissertation. The awardee is invited to speak at the Molecular Pharmacology and Drug Discovery Research Area Orientation in September.
Nadia Arang, Ph.D.
2023 Rolland Robbins Awardee
Ph.D. 2022, Gutkind Lab
The GNAQ-oncogenic signaling network: Targeting FAK and its synthetic lethal interactome as a multimodal precision therapy for uveal melanoma
Alexander Jones, Ph.D.
2023 Rolland Robbins Awardee
Ph.D. 2023, Newton Lab
Structural Features of Protein Kinase C Regulate its Downregulation and Phosphatase Sensitivity
Michael C. Yoon, Ph.D.
2022 Rolland Robbins Awardee
Pharm.D. 2022, Hook Lab, O'Donoghue Lab
Discovery of pH-dependent Protease Cleavage Properties Leads to the Rational Design of Neutral pH-Selective Inhibitor of Cathepsin B Involved in Human Diseases
Jacob Wozniak, Ph.D.
2021 Rolland Robbins Awardee
Ph.D. 2020, Gonzalez Lab
Lost in Translation: A Post-translational Modification-inclusive Analysis of Infectious Diseases
Tim Baffi, Ph.D.
2020 Rolland Robbins Awardee
Ph.D. 2019, Newton Lab
The Molecular Basis of Protein Kinase C Regulatory Mechanisms in Cancer and Neurodegenerative Disease
Joyce Chen, Ph.D.
2019 Rolland Robbins Awardee
Ph.D. (MSTP) 2019, Rao Lab
Defining the Role of Nr4a Transcription Factors in CD8+ T Cell Exhaustion Using a Murine CAR T Cell Tumor Model
Andrew Willeford, Ph.D.
2018 Rolland Robbins Awardee
Pharm.D. 2017, Heller Brown Lab
The Role of CaMKIId in Pathophysiological Responses Induced by Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Stimulation and Angiotensin II
Alisha Caliman, Ph.D.
2017 Rolland Robbins Awardee
Ph.D. 2017, McCammon Lab
Exploring and Characterizing the Conformational Space of the A2AAR and the S1PR1 for the Treatment of Immunological Disorders
James Robinson, Ph.D.
2016 Rolland Robbins Awardee
Ph.D. 2015, Joiner Lab
Genetic and anatomical dissection of sleep and arousal in Drosophila melanogaster
Stephanie Dusaban Gonzales, Ph.D.
2015 Rolland Robbins Awardee
Ph.D. 2015, Heller Brown Lab
Phospholipase C-epsilon Mediates Heterotrimeric and Small GTPase Signaling in Central Nervous System Injury and Disease
Stephanie Dusaban Gonzales, Ph.D.
2015 Rolland Robbins Awardee
Ph.D. 2015, Heller Brown Lab
Phospholipase C-epsilon Mediates Heterotrimeric and Small GTPase Signaling in Central Nervous System Injury and Disease
Stephanie Dusaban Gonzales, Ph.D.
2015 Rolland Robbins Awardee
Ph.D. 2015, Heller Brown Lab
Phospholipase C-epsilon Mediates Heterotrimeric and Small GTPase Signaling in Central Nervous System Injury and Disease
Stephanie Dusaban Gonzales, Ph.D.
2015 Rolland Robbins Awardee
Ph.D. 2015, Heller Brown Lab
Phospholipase C-epsilon Mediates Heterotrimeric and Small GTPase Signaling in Central Nervous System Injury and Disease
Stephanie Dusaban Gonzales, Ph.D.
2015 Rolland Robbins Awardee
Ph.D. 2015, Heller Brown Lab
Phospholipase C-epsilon Mediates Heterotrimeric and Small GTPase Signaling in Central Nervous System Injury and Disease
Stephanie Dusaban Gonzales, Ph.D.
2015 Rolland Robbins Awardee
Ph.D. 2015, Heller Brown Lab
Phospholipase C-epsilon Mediates Heterotrimeric and Small GTPase Signaling in Central Nervous System Injury and Disease
Stephanie Dusaban Gonzales, Ph.D.
2015 Rolland Robbins Awardee
Ph.D. 2015, Heller Brown Lab
Phospholipase C-epsilon Mediates Heterotrimeric and Small GTPase Signaling in Central Nervous System Injury and Disease
Stephanie Dusaban Gonzales, Ph.D.
2015 Rolland Robbins Awardee
Ph.D. 2015, Heller Brown Lab
Phospholipase C-epsilon Mediates Heterotrimeric and Small GTPase Signaling in Central Nervous System Injury and Disease
Benjamin Sachs, Ph.D.
2009 Rolland Robbins Awardee
Ph.D. 2008, Akassoglou Lab
The Regulation of cAMP by the p75 Neurotrophin Receptor - A Novel Mechanism for the Inhibition of Scar Resolution After Injury
Matthew Buczynski, Ph.D.
2009 Rolland Robbins Awardee
Ph.D. 2009, Dennis Lab
Lipidomic analysis of eicosanoid dynamics in inflammation and disease
Anne Valle, Ph.D.
2008 Rolland Robbins Awardee
Ph.D. 2008, P. Taylor Lab
The Cholinesterases: A Study in Pharmacogenomics
Theresa Operaña, Ph.D.
2008 Rolland Robbins Awardee
Ph.D. 2008, Tukey Lab
A Tale of Two Drug Metabolizing Enzymes: The CYP1A1-GFP Transgenic Mouse and the Promiscuous Nature of UGTs
Melissa Passino, Ph.D.
2007 Rolland Robbins Awardee
Ph.D. 2007, Akassoglou Lab
Beyond the name: p75 neurotrophin receptor as a regulator of hepatic stellate cell differentiation in liver repair
Ryan Hibbs, Ph.D.
2007 Rolland Robbins Awardee
Ph.D. 2006, P. Taylor Lab
Conformational Dynamics of the Acetylcholine Binding Protein, a Nicotinic Receptor Surrogate