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“The center is open to all pharmacy students and we also offer an elective focused on nanomedicine. The content for that course comes directly from the work of our center.” — Dr. Volkmar Weissig
Members of the new Midwestern University Nanomedicine Center of Excellence in Translational Cancer Research, from left to right: Tamer Elbayoumi, Ph.D., professor, CPG and co-director, Nano COE-TCR; Diana Guzman-Villanueva, Ph.D., postdoctoral research associate, CPG; Mingyi Yao, Ph.D., assistant professor, CPG; John Mitchell, Ph.D., professor, College of Dental Medicine–Arizona; Nagaraj Vinay Janthakahalli, Ph.D., assistant professor, biochemistry; Mitchell Emerson, Ph.D., dean, CPG; Volkmar Weissig, Ph.D., chair, pharmaceutical sciences, CPG and co-director, Nano COE-TCR. Photo Credit: Midwestern University.
“We are relying heavily on student involvement,” Weissig said. “The center is open to all pharmacy students and we also offer an elective focused on nanomedicine. The content for that course comes directly from the work of our center.” Additionally, the center is creating a comprehensive pre-clinical research training program for Midwestern students, and provides a base for MWUAZ pre-clinical research residency track
program for AZCOM/CDMA/CVM students, as well as a nanomedicinefocused research for M.S. students in the Biomedical Science program. Thinking down the road to future collaborations with other universities, Weissig noted, “Each investigator who is a member of this center already has ongoing collaborative work with other institutions. We are really reaching out big time.” P
Web Exclusives Visit the Nanomedicine Center of Excellence in Translational Cancer Research Web site to read about current research projects, center personnel and more: http://bit.ly/2gMitAb
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