Patrick M. Woster, PhD, professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, has received notification that he is awarded a National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) RO1 grant of $1,309,740 for the funding period April 1, 2010 through March 31, 2015. He is the principal investigator on research entitled "Identification of LSD1 Inhibitors Targeting Epigenetic Regulation in Tumor Cells."

Collaborator with Woster is Robert Casero, Jr., PhD, of the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University.

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The Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, a founding college of Wayne State University, is committed to advancing the health and well-being of society through the preparation of highly skilled health care practitioners, and through research to improve health care practices and treatment from the urban to global levels.

Wayne State University is a premier urban research university offering more than 350 academic programs through 13 schools and colleges to nearly 32,000 students.

Contact: Kathleen J. Karas, APR
Voice: (313) 577-2312
E-mail: kkaras@wayne.edu