Pharmacy family shines at 2022 Research Day

Roby Hill
November 07, 2022
AJ Alford and the Sigma Xi Award with department chair Pat Woster

The College of Pharmacy represented with strength in MUSC's 2022 Perry V. Halushka Research Day!

New Pharm.D./Ph.D. student AJ Alford won the Sigma Xi Award, given for best presentation between all qualified oral and poster submissions.

Catherine Mills '22, a graduate and postdoctoral fellow in the lab of endowed drug discovery chair Patrick Woster, won first place in the oral category.

Catherine Mills

Kathleen Garrabrant (Dr. Pat Woster) presented on novel inhibitors for periodontal disease and George Hanna (Dr. Mark Hamann) presented on seaweed extracts to potentially treat diabetes.

Research Day presentations

A number of students and faculty members presented posters during the poster session.