Pharmacy Buckeyes recognized at ASPET 2025

April 16, 2025

Faculty and students of The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy attended the American Society of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET) 2025 Annual Meeting in Portland, Oregon, April 3-6.

Awards

PhD candidate Thomas Drabison received 1st place for graduate poster in the Toxicology Division. Drabison was also selected for a trainee podium abstract platform presentation for his research, "Targeting S100A9 to protect against paclitaxel-induced peripheral neuropathy."

Postdoctoral research fellow Yue Xu won 1st place for postdoctoral poster in the Toxicology Division. Xu also received a trainee podium abstract platform presentation, "Preventing vincristine-induced neurotoxicity by nilotinib: effects on neuronal transport and anti-leukemic efficacy."

Presentations

BS Neuroscience student Nilima Patel; Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Educational Innovation, Nicole Kwiek, PhD; and senior lecturer Nick Denton, PhD - Panel presentation: "Preparing students for an AI future: Core AI competencies in pharmacology."
Nick Denton - Datablitz talk and poster session: "Pharmacologist Idol! Using GenAI mnemonic learning in pharmacology."
Research scientist Kevin Huang, PhD '20 - Datablitz talk and poster session: "Interaction of Neuropathic Tubulin Poison payloads with Oatp1b-type transporters."
PhD Candidate Mike Boeckman - Datablitz talk and poster session: "High throughput OCT3 inhibitor screen for the prevention of doxorubicin cardiotoxicity."

Posters

Boeckman M, Lin Z, Huang KM, Ahmed B, Steenrod L, Wu M, Peterson BR, Baker SD, Addison D, Sparreboom A, "High throughput OCT3 inhibitor screen for the prevention of Doxorubicin Cardiotoxicity."
Drabison T, Li Y, Buelow D R, Ahmed E, Jin Y, Baker SD, Hu S, Sparreboom A, Eisenmann ED. "Inhibition of S100A9 as a strategy to protect against paclitaxel-induced peripheral neuropathy."
Xu Y, Stromatt JC, Buelow D, Orwick S, Ahmed E, Nepal M, Drabison T, Chowdhury A,
Eisenmann ED, Sparreboom A, Baker SD, Hu S. "Preventing Vincristine-induced
neurotoxicity by Nilotinib: Effects on neuronal transport and anti-leukemic efficacy."
Stromatt JC, Orwick SJ, Buelow DR, Pabla NS, Sparreboom A, Baker SD. "AML-
dependent transcriptional repression of hepatic transporters."