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ILLUSTRATION BY: KATHRYN SCHWEICKERT/The Hoya | A pharmacology lecture hosted by the GU Medical Center explores the history of how GABA, an important brain molecule, was discovered, and looking forward, how we can apply our understanding of it to therapeutics.

Annual Pharmacology Lecture Delves into ‘The World of GABA’

By Sahana Arumani, Deputy Science Editor April 17, 2024

A Georgetown University pharmacology and physiology professor gave an overview of “The World of GABA” in the annual Stephen and Mary Krop Lectureship in Pharmacology April 12.  Dr. Paul Krop (CAS...

Pharmacology Lecture Highlights Opioid Use Research

Pharmacology Lecture Highlights Opioid Use Research

By Sahana Arumani January 17, 2024

Julie Blendy, professor of pharmacology at University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine, presented her research on the molecular and genetic mechanisms behind opioid use disorders in the...

GEORGETOWN PHARMACOLOGY| Barry Wolfe joined Georgetown University faculty in 1989 and was the longest serving director of the interdisciplinary program for neuroscience in the Georgetown University Medical Center.

Pharmacology Graduate Program Director Barry Wolfe Dies

By Sana Rahman November 1, 2019

Barry Wolfe, co-director of the Ph.D. program in pharmacology and physiology and director of M.S. graduate studies, died last weekend. Wolfe was 74.  Wolfe served as the vice chair of the department...

COURTESY JUSTINE UNDERHILL
Karen Gale poses with her daughter, Justine Underhill (COL ’11), who remembers her for her creativity and passion.

Pharmacology and Neuroscience Professor Dies at 65

By Deirdre Collins October 7, 2014

Karen Gale, a professor of pharmacology and neuroscience at Georgetown for 37 years, lived her life as a mentor to her students, colleagues and daughters, with a devotion to fostering creativity, thinking...

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