MPP PhD student Donald Koroma published a methods chapter in "Ion and Molecule Transport in Lysosomes" (2020, edited by Gasnier and Zhu) describing a novel shRNA screen he developed to identify ion channels, transporters and receptors that regulate the intracellular organelles responsible for producing the pigment melanin. 

MPP PhD Student Alissa Oakes was awarded a Sidney E. Frank Fellowship for 2020-2021.

MPP PhD Student Helen Belato has been selected to receive a 2020 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship (GRF).

MPP PhD student Kavin Nunez has been selected as a recipient of the NIH Outstanding Scholars in Neuroscience Award Program (OSNAP).

Dr. Hawasatu Dumbuya, alumna of Brown’s Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology (MPP) graduate program, was once again granted funding from the Medford Educational Foundation to support the Science Career Program (SCP) at her former high school.

MPP Alumna Dr. Breann Brown will be joining the Department of Biochemistry at Vanderbilt University as an Assistant Professor.

Dr. Brown completed her Ph.D. in the Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology graduate program in 2012.

Breann Brown's faculty profile

MPP Alum Dr. Nick Bellono joined the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at Harvard University as an Assistant Professor.

Dr. Bellono completed his Ph.D. in the Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology graduate program in 2015.