The National Academy of Medicine Welcomes Two ASPET Members
ASPET congratulates Drs. Deanna L. Kroetz and Stephen F. Traynelis on their elections to the 2025 class of the National Academy of Medicine!
Deanna L. Kroetz, PhD, is a dean and professor in the College of Pharmacy at Ohio State University. She is recognized for her exemplary contributions in translational pharmacology, which include defining functional impact of genetic variation in selected ABC family drug transporters. She has applied genomic approaches for discovery of molecular mechanisms of drug response and toxicity and developing human iPSC models of drug neurotoxicity, and provided exceptional mentorship and academic leadership.
Dr. Kroetz joined ASPET in February of 2008, and served on the Drug Metabolism and Disposition Editorial Board from 2001 through 2005.
Stephen F. Traynelis, PhD, is a professor and dean’s eminent scholar in the Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology at Emory University School of Medicine. He is recognized for his leadership in glutamate receptor biology. He elucidated new molecular and structural principles of ligand-gated ion channel function and their regulation by endogenous modulators. He developed first-in-class allosteric modulators of glutamate receptors and advanced our mechanistic understanding of synaptic transmission, epilepsy, neuroinflammation, and ion channel-related genetic disorders.
Dr. Traynelis joined ASPET in February of 1997, and served on both the Publications Committee and on Molecular Pharmacology’s Editorial Board from 2012 through 2016. In 2020, he was selected as an ASPET Fellow.
“Proposed U.S. research and development cuts startle young scientists like me.”
Dr. Elijah Z. Ullman recently published an op-ed in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution lamenting the science funding cuts by the current administration, and their potential impact on scientific progress. “The President’s proposed science budget cuts of 50%,” Dr. Ullman wrote, “are a fantastic way to ensure the next major advance is not developed here.”
Dr. Ullman is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology at Emory University, a former ASPET Washington Fellow, and current member of the Science Policy Committee.
Louis Ignarro, PhD, Highlighted in The Washington Post
In the recent article, “Trump slashed funding for universities that helped create these vital drugs,” The Washington Post examined the history of six important drugs invented over the past few decades, including the work of ASPET member Louis Ignarro, PhD:
“In the 1980s, Louis Ignarro, a pharmacology professor now at UCLA, became interested in nitric oxide, an air pollutant that could dilate blood vessels. At the time, he was on the fringes of his field. “I pursued that much to the dismay of my colleagues, who thought I was crazy,” Ignarro recalled.
Ignarro’s primary interest was the cardiovascular effects of nitric oxide. But in 1992, he discovered the compound also played a key role in male sexual function. Pfizer had been originally developing a heart drug, but in 1998, Viagra was approved instead for erectile dysfunction. Ignarro shared the Nobel Prize that year for his work on nitric oxide.”
Dr. Ignarro is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus at UCLA School of Medicine – Pharmacology, as well as a member of the Herbalife Nutrition Advisory Board. He has been inducted into both the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is the founder of the Nitric Oxide Society and the society’s journal, Nitric Oxide Biology and Chemistry. Dr. Ignarro has been a member of ASPET since 1971.
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ASPET Welcomes New Members
Each month, ASPET welcomes new members to our home for pharmacology. This month, we recognize 101 individuals from 38 universities, colleges, and companies who have joined 4,000 other members in the pharmacology community. Learn more about ASPET membership.
All India Institute of Medical Sciences
Priya Bhardwaj
Vaishali Prajapati
Ana G Mendez University
Jose Carrasco
Banagalore University
Girish Gupta
Chang Gung University
Shu-Yen Fang
Tzu-Peng Cheng
Cleveland Clinic
Sathyamangla Naga Prasad
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Huihai Yang
Idaho State University
Solomon Zeleke
Lagos State University
Abdulganiu Adekunle
Lincoln Memorial University
Mohammed Sayed
Adrienne Ables
Marquette University
Riya Paragkumar Bhavsar
Mayo Clinic
Wuqiang Zhu
Monash University
Minh Vo
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Khorshada Jahan
National Open University of Nigeria
Jane Njoku
Nana Jaguda
North Dakota State University
Manjay Kumar
Nova Southeastern University
Renne Stoicovy
Ohio State University
Sujit Basu
Open Health Systems Laboratory
Anil Srivastava
Punjabi University Patiala
Arvinder Kaur
Rowan University
Hannah Langkamer-Smith
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Mahmoud Ahmed
University of Arizona
Diksha Manhas
University of Calgary
Priyanka Chandramohan
Alex Gao
Varuna Jayasinghe
Tamkeen Paracha
University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus
Grace Akatsu
Lorena Alamillo
Chase Barker
Brian Brady
Jacob Cox
Ralf Dagdag
Cailin Deiter
Selin Ekici
Shelby Fainelli
Hannah Fallon
Rianna Farahani
Lily Elizabeth Feldman
Hannah Ferris
Spencer Hall
Danielle Heebner
Natalie Hoffman
Tessa Holmstoen
Isabelle Hua
Danielle Jeffrey
Jiajun Li
Michael Orman
Patrick Pence
Madison Rodriguez
Phinea Romero
Emelia Smith
Heidi Solis
Rachel Stander
Amber Stewart
Nathan Stine
Annalise Sturno
Raul Vargas
University of Florida
Jatinder Lamba
University of Glasgow
Graeme Sills
University of Michigan
Robert Fontana
University of Minnesota
Emily Blythe
Cheuk Leung
Chantel Mastos
Trudy Philips
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jonathan Schisler
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Shannon Conley
University of Pennsylvania
Joseph Romano
University of South Florida
Zehui Li
University of Southern California
Aaliyah Tyson
University of Virginia School of Medicine
Mark Beenhakker
Leipzig University
Annalena Röhlig
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Shiv Raman
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Tatiyana Adkins
Kathryn Beard
Aditi Buch
Alexandria Bustabad
Emily Cronin
Alyson Curry
Monica Dawes
Althea Floge
Justin Hill
Rebecca Jackson
Evelyn Lee
Clara Lowe
Kaitlyn Mathas
Aidan McGrath-Conwell
Harlie McKelvey
Daniel Nesbit
Olivia Ortelli
Stacy Pitcairn
Brianna Roberts
Rebekah Schlitzer
Jon Sciortino
Ava Shipman
Lane Tomlinson
Benjamin Williams
Wright State University
Charutha Reji