Researcher Stories
Get to know the PhRMA Foundation’s award recipients.
Using AI to Streamline Development of New Antibacterial Drugs
Damilola Olukorede, a PhD student at the University of Michigan, aims to improve the process for making new antibacterial drugs derived from natural sources like plants.
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Eavesdropping on the Brain to Map the Biology of Addiction
Dr. Dakota Brockway, a postdoctoral trainee at the University of Pittsburgh, aims to map brain circuits to understand how alcohol hijacks them to design better treatments.
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Tailoring Nanoparticles for Better Cancer Treatment
Kenneth Hulugalla, a PhD candidate at the University of Mississippi, is studying how proteins in a patient’s blood interact with nanoparticle drug carriers and influence whether therapies reach cancer tumors.
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Masuda Akther, a PhD candidate at Rutgers University, is developing a combination therapy designed to target two vulnerabilities of cancer cells.
Awardee Spotlight
Gracelyn Richmond
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine
“I am honored to have been selected for this prestigious fellowship. With this support, my approach to microbiome therapeutics that leverages drug delivery paradigms is closer to making a tangible impact on patients’ lives. ”
From Center Stage to the Neuroscience Lab
Abigail Schwarz, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, is researching a psychedelic-like compound for the treatment of chronic pain and opioid use disorder.