{"id":1450,"date":"2025-05-20T12:01:36","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T17:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pjenkinslab.org\/?p=1450"},"modified":"2025-06-27T12:12:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T17:12:19","slug":"paul-is-inducted-as-pfizer-upjohn-research-professor-of-molecular-pharmacology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pjenkinslab.org\/index.php\/2025\/05\/20\/paul-is-inducted-as-pfizer-upjohn-research-professor-of-molecular-pharmacology\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul is inducted as Pfizer Upjohn Research Professor of Molecular Pharmacology"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='flex_column av-docvu-8cfacb1691e5c88ee2a51708f524d56d av_one_third  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_two_third  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-mcf27db1-7b12cc67417ad218924c50f32a63a0d5'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Paul was inducted as the inaugural Pfizer Upjohn Research Professor of Molecular Pharmacology at Palmer Commons. It was fantastic to have Paul&#8217;s mentors in town including his Ph.D. advisor Dr. Jeffrey Martens, his PhD. co-advisor and current chair, Dr. Lori Isom, and the Prechter Program Director, Dr. Melvin McInnis. This Professorship will provide funds to cover exciting new work in our lab. Paul was very grateful for all in attendance and honored by this recognition!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<div class='flex_column av-2lk34a-b24a20606148c64c3d7181bfb0c12a30 av_two_third  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mcf24nu0-fbaa7922debd68285629d45759a14f4f\">\n#top .avia-gallery.av-mcf24nu0-fbaa7922debd68285629d45759a14f4f .avia-gallery-thumb a{\nwidth:20%;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-gallery av-mcf24nu0-fbaa7922debd68285629d45759a14f4f avia_animate_when_visible  avia-builder-el-3  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  avia_lazyload avia-gallery-animate avia-gallery-1'  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><meta itemprop=\"contentURL\" content=\"https:\/\/pjenkinslab.org\/index.php\/2025\/05\/20\/paul-is-inducted-as-pfizer-upjohn-research-professor-of-molecular-pharmacology\/\"><a 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