scholarly journals Cholinergic Capsules and Academic Admonitions

2021 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Palmer Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Assistant Professor ◽  
University Of California ◽  
Pharmaceutical Sciences ◽  
Academic Health ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Postdoctoral Training ◽  
School Of Medicine ◽  
Government Oversight ◽  
Career Pathway ◽  
The University

Herein, I intend to capture highlights shared with my academic and research colleagues over the 60 years I devoted initially to my graduate and postdoctoral training and then to academic endeavors starting as an assistant professor in a new medical school at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). During this period, the Department of Pharmacology emerged from a division within the Department of Medicine to become the first basic science department, solely within the School of Medicine at UCSD in 1979. As part of the school's plans to reorganize and to retain me at UCSD, I was appointed as founding chair. Some years later in 2002, faculty, led largely within the Department of Pharmacology and by practicing pharmacists within UCSD Healthcare, started the independent Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences with a doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) program, where I served as the founding dean. My career pathway, from working at my family-owned pharmacy to chairing a department in a school of medicine and then becoming the dean of a school of pharmacy at a research-intensive, student-centered institution, involved some risky decisions. But the academic, curricular, and accreditation challenges posed were met by a cadre of creative faculty colleagues. I offer my experiences to individuals confronted with a multiplicity of real or imagined opportunities in academic health sciences, the related pharmaceutical industry, and government oversight agencies.

NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1973 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 313-314
Keyword(s):  
Los Angeles ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Pediatric Urology ◽  
University Of California ◽  
School Of Medicine ◽  
Ucla School ◽  
Recent Advances ◽  
Conference Center ◽  
The University

SEMINAR IN PEDIATRIC UROLOGY: The UCLA Advanced Seminar in Pediatric Urology, to be held August 15-19, 1973, at the University of California Residential Conference Center, Lake Arrowhead, will stress recent advances in clinical and practical aspects of pediatric urology. The course, co-sponsored by the Department of Continuing Education in Health Sciences and the UCLA School of Medicine, will have Drs. Lowell R. King and Richard P. Lyon as guest faculty. For information write Department of Continuing Education in Health Sciences, University Extension, P.O. Box 24902, UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90024.

scholarly journals Diversity, pathogenicity and pandemic potential of Henipavirus: an interview with Benhur Lee

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (7) ◽  
pp. 449-451
Author(s):  
Benhur Lee
Keyword(s):  
Advisory Committee ◽  
Recombinant Dna ◽  
International Committee ◽  
University Of Pennsylvania ◽  
Yale University ◽  
Postdoctoral Training ◽  
Host Interactions ◽  
School Of Medicine ◽  
The University ◽  
Viral Host Interactions

Biography Dr Benhur Lee is a Professor of Microbiology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS, NY, USA). He obtained his MD from Yale University School of Medicine (1995) and completed his clinical/postdoctoral training at the University of Pennsylvania (1995–2001). He was a Professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA (2001–2013). Dr Lee is an appointed member of the NIH Novel and Exceptional Technology and Research Advisory Committee (NExTRAC), formerly known as the recombinant DNA Advisory committee (RAC). He is also on the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV, paramyxovirus study group). Dr Lee has a special interest in emerging RNA viruses and HIV with a focus on molecular viral-host interactions that govern virus entry and budding.

scholarly journals Western Faculty Profile: Dr. Andrew Pruszynski

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joselia Carlos
Keyword(s):  
Motor Control ◽  
Sensory Perception ◽  
Assistant Professor ◽  
Neural Mechanisms ◽  
Tier 2 ◽  
School Of Medicine ◽  
Canada Research Chair ◽  
The University

Dr. Andrew Pruszynski is an assistant professor in the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology at the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Western Ontario. He currently teaches a few undergraduate courses offered in the department and has been appointed Tier 2 Canada Research Chair of Sensorimotor Neuroscience. His research interests lie in the neural mechanisms that occur during sensory perception and motor control. Joselia Carlos, a WURJHNS representative, had the pleasure of interviewing him to learn more about his career in research.

scholarly journals Western Faculty Profile: Dr. Art Poon

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Biology ◽  
Computational Methods ◽  
San Diego ◽  
Sequence Variation ◽  
Assistant Professor ◽  
Laboratory Medicine ◽  
University Of California ◽  
Research Focus ◽  
Genetic Sequence ◽  
The University

Dr. Art Poon is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Western University. Dr. Poon has a background in mathematical biology and obtained a doctorate in bioinformatics at the University of California in San Diego. His research focus is on designing and implementing new computational methods to reconstruct the spread and adaptation of viruses from their genetic sequence variation. Jonathan Zhao had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Poon to learn more about his career path and his research.

scholarly journals Western Faculty Profile: Dr. David Litchfield

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex Zhou
Keyword(s):  
University Of Washington ◽  
Postdoctoral Training ◽  
School Of Medicine ◽  
The University

David Litchfield is the Vice Dean, Research & Innovation at the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry. Dr Litchfield graduated from McMaster with an Honours Bsc in Chemistry and Biochemistry, Western with a PhD in Biochemistry and finally completed his postdoctoral training in the department of Pharmacology at the University of Washington Seattle.

Reader Comprehension of News Stories: A Preliminary Study

1949 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 389-396 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip F. Griffin
Keyword(s):  
Assistant Professor ◽  
University Of California ◽  
News Stories ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
The University

Not half the readers of news stories have an accurate comprehension of their content, according to a four-year study. Moreover, certain traditional newscraft devices seem to contribute to this lack of understanding. Mr. Griffin is assistant professor of journalism at the University of California.

scholarly journals Meeting the Challenge of Surgery and Pulmonary Hypertension: How to Manage the “Hemodynamic Environment” to Optimize Outcomes

2007 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 92-95
Author(s):  
Richard Channick ◽  
Kenneth R. McCurry ◽  
Ronald Pearl ◽  
Stuart Rich
Keyword(s):  
Pulmonary Hypertension ◽  
Critical Care ◽  
Lung Transplantation ◽  
San Diego ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
Assistant Professor ◽  
Associate Professor ◽  
University Of California ◽  
University Of Pittsburgh ◽  
School Of Medicine

This discussion was moderated by Richard Chan-nick, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Division, University of California, San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, California. Panel members included Kenneth R. McCurry, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Director, Lung and Heart-Lung Transplantation Programs, University of Pittsburgh Department of Surgery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Ronald Pearl, MD, PhD, Professor and Chair, Anesthesia Department, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California; and Stuart Rich, MD, Professor of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, Center for Pulmonary Hypertension, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.

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