Category: News

Center faculty in the press: Dr. Ream Al-Hasani, Ph.D. (Links to an external site)

“I like to call it the forgotten phase of addiction. I look at the negative effects of relapse and examine what physiological and behavioral changes are happening to drive relapse. I’m also looking at whether less severe withdrawal can prevent relapse. My hope is that if scientists thoroughly understand the neurological effects of withdrawal, they can develop better treatments to help those who are addicted to opioids fully recover from their disease.” – Dr. Ream Al-Hasani, Ph.D.

STLCOP hosts its 10th annual Student Research Symposium

Center faculty and research students attended the symposium to present their recent findings in the lab. Their posters and podium presentations highlighted the research projects carried out during the 2018-2019 academic year.

CCP summer research student wins Washington University’s 2018 Amgen and BP-ENDURE Fellowship Writing Competition on Friday, August 3rd at the Eric P. Newman Education Center

Center faculty sponsored Kia Barclay, undergraduate student at Wellesley College, this summer for the Washington University in St. Louis Neuroscience Pipeline Program. Ms. Barclay received the 2018 Amgen and BP-ENDURE Fellowship Writing Competition at the program’s goodbye lunch earlier today.

Read the Latest Press on Dr. Majumdar’s Research Featured in Scientific American (Links to an external site)

The United States is in the grip of an epidemic. Opioid drugs are powerful pain-relieving medications, but come with a high risk of addiction. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 91 Americans die each day from opioid overdoses, and that figure is rising.
Dr. Majumdar and colleagues are working to combat the epidemic, but perhaps the frontline science is chemistry.

Center Launches Inaugural Summer Research Scholars Program

The Center for Clinical Pharmacology Summer Research Scholar (SRS) program introduces STLCOP students to research in pharmacology, neuropharmacology, and neuroscience under the guidance of Center faculty mentors.

First Faculty Appointments Announced

With the appointment of the first faculty researchers, the ‭center is taking key steps toward executing its vision. Faculty ‭at the center will hold academic appointments at both the ‭College and WUSM. Three of the five laboratories that make ‭up the center will be led by researchers holding primary ‭appointments at the College and adjunct appointments ‭at WUSM. The other two researchers will hold primary ‭appointments at WUSM and adjunct appointments at ‭the College.

‭The first two researchers, Ream Al-Hasani, Ph.D., and Jordan G. McCall, Ph.D., have been appointed, and they will ‭assume their new roles May 1.

Pharmacy, Medical Schools Create Research Partnership

St. Louis College of Pharmacy and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis are joining forces to find better, safer and more effective ways to use prescription medications to improve health. Researchers from the two institutions are collaborating to create the Center for Clinical Pharmacology.