Pharmacology & Physiology

Colin Young, Ph.D, published research in the Journal of Clinical Investigation Insight showing that endoplasmic reticulum stress in the brain may contribute to development of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.

SMHS professors Kat Calabrese, M.D. ’08, RESD ’12, and Susan Ceryak, Ph.D. ’94, M.S. ’90, receive honor for their skill in the classroom.

Vittorio Gallo, Ph.D., professor of pediatrics and of pharmacology and physiology, will serve as the associate dean for child health research - a newly established position within the school to enhance research relationships between GW SMHS and Children's National Health System.

Kevin Pelphrey, Ph.D., director of Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders Institute and professor of pharmacology and physiology, was quoted in an article for Nature, discussing a study that found that the cells that have a role in autism vary in boys and girls.

Research by Chiara Manzini, Ph.D., assistant professor in pharmacology & physiology, about a newly discovered mutation in the INPP5K gene, which suggests to a new type of congenital muscular dystrophy, was highlighted in an article in the March/April issue of Clinical OMICs.

Chiara Manzini, Ph.D., assistant professor in pharmacology & physiology, published research in the American Journal of Human Genetics about a newly discovered mutation in the INPP5K gene, which leads to short stature, muscle weakness, intellectual disability, and cataracts, and…

Matthew Colonnese, Ph.D., assistant professor of pharmacology and physiology, published a paper in the Journal of Neuroscience establishing a mouse model for human fetal electrographic development. 

Narine Sarvazyan, Ph.D., professor of pharmacology and physiology, parntered with Noctural Product Development to receive a $2.27 million Phase II STTR grant to support ongoing efforts to design, produce, and test real-time lesion visualization tools for cardiac ablation procedures. 

In two scientific papers published Tuesday, researchers identified two approaches that have the potential to help a large number of children with autism spectrum disorder through behavioral therapy.

Matthew Colonnese, Ph.D., professor of pharmacology and physiology and member of the Institute for Neuroscience, and Yasunobu Murata, Ph.D., researcher scientist in the Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, authored a study published in eLife finding that fetal brains use a special…