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A Continued Legacy of Innovation Our School is continually finding ways to innovate education, research and outreach. In fact, we're leading the way in these endeavors. The following are some of the new programs we have launched in the past five years alone: •Analytical Biopharmacy Core, in partnership with the UW Department of Bioengineering •Biomedical Regulatory Affairs Master of Science •Certificate in Health Economics and Outcomes Research •Graduate Certificate in Comparative Effectiveness Research •Northwest-Alaska Pharmacogenomics Research Network, in partnership with several tribes, foundations and universities •Pharmacological Sciences Summer Diversity Research Program •UW Global Medicines, in partnership with the UW Department of Global Health •UW Pharmacy Cares Consulting Pharmacy FA CU LT Y, D E PA RTM E N T O F M E D IC I NA L C HE MI S T RY •UW Research Affiliate Program on Transporters, in partnership with AstraZeneca, Genentech and Merck OPENING DOORS FOR YOUNG RESEARCHERS AND SCIENTISTS P rofessor of Medicinal Chemistry Carlos Enrique Catalano has devoted his career to understanding how viruses work — specifically how they put themselves together in an infected cell. Current studies in his lab focus on HIV and on bacteriophage lambda, a virus that looks and behaves like the herpes viruses. By enhancing scientific knowledge about the formation of these viruses, Catalano's research could make it easier for researchers to design specific antiviral drugs and vaccines. Catalano is also devoted to mentoring young people from diverse backgrounds. As faculty adviser to the award-winning UW chapter of the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science, Catalano works with an enthusiastic group of undergraduate and graduate students engaged in scientific research. These students themselves have developed outreach programs for Latino and Native American high schoolers. Like many other faculty members, he also offers undergraduates the chance to work in his lab. Students come to the Catalano Lab from programs such as the Amgen Scholars Program, the UW School of Pharmacy's Pharmacological Sciences Summer Diversity Program, and the UW's Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP), funded by NIH. Catalano helped create the Diversity Program and he serves as co-PI for PREP. Catalano enjoys trying to instill a love of science in young people. Who knows? One day, one of those young people might work on the cure for a virus studied in the Catalano Lab. William Atkins, PhD, Professor Thomas Baillie, PhD, DSc, Bloedel Endowed Professor, School of Pharmacy Dean Carlos Catalano is known throughout the scientific community for his wide-ranging efforts to encourage young people to take an interest in the sciences. Carlos Enrique Catalano, PharmD, PhD, Professor Gary Elmer, PhD, Professor Emeritus David Goodlett, PhD, Professor Kent Kunze, PhD, Associate Professor Kelly Lee, PhD, Assistant Professor Wendel Nelson, PhD, Professor Allan Rettie, PhD, Professor and Department Chair Rheem Totah, PhD, Associate Professor In loving memory, 2011: Sidney Nelson, PhD, Professor and Dean Emeritus [ 2013 Excellence Report 9 ]

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