October 6, 2020
UC San Diego Health Sciences News
J. Silvio Gutkind, PhD, Named Chair of the Department of Pharmacology
J. Silvio Gutkind, PhD, has been named chair of the Department of Pharmacology at University of California San Diego School of Medicine.
Gutkind joined the UC San Diego School of Medicine faculty in 2015 and has served as Distinguished Professor in the Department of Pharmacology, as well as associate director of basic science and co-director of the Head and Neck Cancer Center at Moores Cancer Center.
October 19, 2019
UC San Diego Health Sciences News
UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center's J. Silvio Gutkind Joins National Academy of Medicine
Considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine, J. Silvio Gutkind, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Pharmacology at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and associate director for basic science at Moores Cancer Center, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM).
January 13, 2020
UC San Diego Health Sciences News
How Marijuana Accelerates Growth of HPV-related Head and Neck Cancer Identified
University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers have identified the molecular mechanism activated by the presence of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) - the ingredient that causes people to feel the euphoria or 'high' associated with cannabis - in the bloodstream that accelerates cancer growth in patients with human papillomavirus (HPV)-positive head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.
