Faculty Highlights
Dr. Lian Li
Dr. Lian Li is Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology at Emory University School of Medicine and Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Fellow. Dr. Li’s research focuses on neuronal signaling mechanisms, neurodegenerative disease pathways, and therapeutic target discovery.
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News Highlights
![Co-directors (left to right): Dennis Liotta and Haian Fu.](_images/news-images-2024/liotta-and-fu.jpg)
Emory launches Center for New Medicines to accelerate development of life-saving medications
Emory University’s School of Medicine is embarking on a groundbreaking new initiative to develop a drug discovery pipeline for translating fundamental biological discoveries into the next generation of life-saving treatments.
Announced during the recent 2024 Emory Drug Discovery and Development (3D) Symposium, the Center for New Medicines (CNM) will serve as an integrated one-stop hub of advanced technology, infrastructure and resources where scientists and physicians can work together to identify unmet medical needs and create solutions to improve health outcomes across a number of key disease areas.
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Conversations with the Chair Series, July 2024
Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology will have a "Conversations with the Chair" series July 22, 2024, an interactive lunch forum where staff can talk directly with the department chair, Dr. Haian Fu, to voice concerns, discuss new ideas, ask questions. This month's guest speakers are:
Yvonne Shyntum, JD, PhD
Partner, Pabst Patent Group, Atlanta, GA
Nadia Lelutiu, MS, MBA
Director, Program, Center for Cancer Immunology, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University
Monday, July 22, 2024, 12:00 noon, 5052 Rollins Research Center
![Asheebo Rojas, PhD](_images/faculty-highlights-2024/asheebo-rojas.png)
Dr. Asheebo Rojas Nominated for Emory 2024 Educator Appreciation Day
Asheebo Rojas, PhD, Instructor in Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, has been nominated for 2024 Emory Educator Appreciation day. Honorees were recognized by the Emory School of Medicine June 5, 2024.
Dr Rojas is a gifted and talented educator within the Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology. He is beloved by Emory students who consistently reward him with glowing reviews for the genuine passion he exhibits in his classroom teaching. Dr. Rojas contributes in meaningful ways to the teaching mission of programs within the School of Medicine and graduate education in the Graduate Division of Biomedical and Biological Sciences. In addition to classroom teaching, Dr. Rojas is a dedicated and wise mentor to many junior trainees. He is an exemplary citizen who consistently goes beyond the call of duty to serve the greater Emory community.
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Wan Lab High Impact Publications
Congratulations to Dr. Yong Wan and his team for two recent high impact journal publications in the Journal of Clinical Investigation:
"CD8+ T cells sustain antitumor response by mediating crosstalk between adenosine A2A receptor and glutathione/GPX4," published March 5, 2024
"Pharmacological Suppression of the OTUD4-CD73 Proteolytic Axis Revives Antitumor Immunity against Immune-Cold Breast Cancers," published March 26, 2024.
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ASPET President 2024
Randy Hall, PhD, Professor of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, was recently elected to serve as the next President of the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET). Dr. Hall will officially be ASPET’s President-Elect on July 1st, 2024, and his one-year term as ASPET President will begin on July 1st, 2025.
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"Conversations with the Chair" Series
Pharmacology and Chemical Biology held its inaugural "Conversations with the Chair" Series on February 29, 2024.
![tanisha Haynes](_images/news-images-2024/haynes-tanisha.jpg)
Twenty Five Years at Emory
![Edward Morgan, PhD](_images/morgan-edward-lrg-img.jpg)
ASPET Brodie Award 2024
![Todd Golde, MD, PhD, and Alan Levey, MD PhD](_images/news-images-2024/golde-levey-science-2024.jpg)
Perspective Published in "Science"
Congratulations to Drs. Todd E. Golde and Allan I. Levey for their recent perspective on immunotherapies for Alzheimer's disease published in Science.