Undem to present Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Lecture

Bradley J. Undem, distinguished scientist and NDSU alumnus, is scheduled to present a seminar titled, “TRP Channel Pharmacology of Vagal Sensory Nerve Activation in the Lungs.” The seminar is scheduled for Friday, Dec. 4, at 1 p.m., in Sudro Hall room 26. The seminar is open to people interested in pharmaceutical and biomedical research.

Undem is an internationally renowned authority on pulmonary pharmacology and neurophysiology. He has published more than 200 refereed manuscripts, review articles and book chapters. He has served on the editorial board of 10 biomedical journals. He has consulted with more 20 pharmaceutical and biotech firms in addition to serving as a founding board member of a start-up biotech company. He has mentored 25 graduate students and postdoctoral fellows and serves as a grant reviewer for the National Institutes of Health. His research was continuously funded with multiple RO1 grants from the National Institutes of Health.

He is a professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and a professor of physiology at Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health. Undem earned a bachelor’s degree in pharmacy from NDSU and master's and doctoral degrees from the University of Wisconsin. He was this year’s recipient of the Henry L. Bolley Academic Achievement Award from the NDSU Alumni Association.

For more information, contact Jagdish Singh at 1-7943.