Department Seminars

Seminar Schedule Fall 2026

Seminars in Pharmaceutical Sciences

(In-person seminars are Wednesdays at 11:30 AM in Room 134-2 PHARM in Chicago and via remote for Rockford unless otherwise noted)


Wednesday, August 19





NO SEMINAR



(classes start August 24)


Wednesday, August 26

TBA


TBA


Wednesday, September 2



ONLINE ONLY




EHSO ANNUAL SAFETY TRAINING REFRESHER FOR CURRENT/RETURNING STUDENTS AND EMPLOYEES


THIS REFRESHER TRAINING SESSION IS INTENDED FOR ALL RETURNING PSCI GRADUATE STUDENTS, POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, STAFF RESEARCHERS, AND RESEARCH-TRACK FACULTY WHO WORK IN OR SUPERVISE PERSONNEL IN WET LABORATORIES


NOTE THAT THIS TRAINING IS ONLINE VIA ZOOM ONLY.



Wednesday, September 9



Promoting lung recovery: epigenetic and metabolic control of regulatory T cell function



Benjamin D. Singer, MD, Vice Chair for Research, Department of Medicine, Lawrence Hicks Professor of Pulmonary Medicine, Associate Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary and Critical Care) & Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Simpson Querrey Lung Institute for Translational Science (SQ LIFTS), Simpson Querrey Institute for Epigenetics, Canning Thoracic Institute, Northwestern Medicine, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine (host: Mike Federle)



Wednesday, September 16



AAPS Elevator Pitch


AAPS



Wednesday, September 23



TBA


Michael J. Federle, PhD, Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Director, Center for Biomolecular Sciences, University of Illinois Chicago



Wednesday, September 30



TBA


Casey J. Krusemark, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Borch Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University (host: Bryan Lampkin)



Wednesday, October 7



TBA


Sraven Patel, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Pittsburgh (host: Shilpa Sant)



Wednesday, October 14


TBA


Philippe Chemineau, PhD, Emeritus Director of Research INRAE (France) and President World Association of Animal Production (WAAP) (host: Guido Pauli)



Wednesday, October 21



TBA


D. Cole Stevens, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of School of Pharmacy, BioMolecular Sciences, The University of Mississippi (host: Barbara Adaikpoh)



Wednesday, October 28



TBA


Clodua Osipo, PhD, Professor, Cancer Biology; Microbiology & Immunology, Co-Leader of Breast Cancer Program, The Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago (host: Debra Tonetti)


Wednesday, November 4



TBA


Jason Bugno, PharmD, PhD, Pathways to Independence Instructor, Department of Radiation & Cellular Oncology, The University of Chicago (host: Debra Tonetti)



Wednesday, November 11



TBA


Lauren Goodrich, PhD, Head of Platform, Nimble Therapeutics, AbbVie, Madison, WI (host: Bryan Lampkin)



Wednesday, November 18



TBA


Hamid Ghandehari, PhD, Distinguished Professor and George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Presidential Endowed Chair, Molecular Pharmaceutics Distinguished Professor, Biomedical Engineering Director, Utah Center for Nanomedicine,

College of Pharmacy, University of Utah (host: Sonya Alavi - AAPS Student Chapter at UIC)



Wednesday, November 25



NO SEMINAR (Day before Thanksgiving)


NO SEMINAR



Wednesday, December 2


TBA


TBA


Wednesday, December 9

NO SEMINAR (Finals Week)



NO SEMINAR



Seminar Coordinator: Bryan Lampkin