Researcher Stories
Get to know the PhRMA Foundation’s award recipients.
Optimizing Heart Health Through a Pharmacist-Led Digital Program
Dr. Yuling Chen of Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing is developing and testing a digital program that connects patients with pharmacists to guide better decisions to improve their heart health.
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A New Immunotherapy Approach Targeting Lipids Instead of Proteins
Amandip Bangar, an MD-PhD candidate at the University of Colorado, aims to develop new therapies for acute myeloid leukemia that target lipid molecules instead of proteins.
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Developing Nanomedicines to Deliver Gene Therapy for Kidney Diseases
Anastasiia Vasylaki, a PhD student at City College of New York, aims to develop a treatment to slow or stop the progression of chronic kidney disease associated with high blood pressure.
Read MoreSearching for Shapes and Cancer Clues Under the Microscope
Chaithanya Vedula, a PhD candidate at Boston University, is studying how to overcome cancer resistance to a promising therapeutic target.
Awardee Spotlight
Damilola Olukorede
- University of Michigan
“Receiving the PhRMA Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship in Drug Discovery is deeply meaningful to me because it represents both practical support for my research and a clear signal that the scientific questions I am pursuing matter beyond the academic setting. My focus as a researcher has always been to pursue science with the potential to benefit lives and have real-world impact. This award is a welcome affirmation that such impact is definitely achievable and that I am on the right path toward realizing this goal.”
From Childhood Experiments to Preventing Deadly Heart Rhythms
Hilda Jafarah, a third-year PhD student at the University of Pennsylvania, is exploring how to prevent life-threatening irregular heartbeats that can occur in the days following a heart attack.