52nd Annual Midwest Pharmacology Colloquium

Name: 52nd Annual Midwest Pharmacology Colloquium
Start: Fri, Jun 26 2026, 8am - 5pm

Registration and event information can be found HERE.

Date:

Friday, June 26, 2026

Time:

8:00 am to 5:00 pm

Location:

McGregor Memorial Conference Center, Wayne State University

About This Event

The 52nd annual Michigan Pharmacology Research Colloquium will be held on June 26, 2026, in the McGregor Memorial Conference Center at Wayne State University.

This year’s event is hosted by the Wayne State University Department of Pharmacology.

Keynote speaker:

Deborah A. Cory-Slechta, Ph.D.

Professor of Environmental Medicine Professor - Department of Environmental Medicine

Professor - Department of Neuroscience - Joint

Professor - Department of Public Health Sciences - Joint

University of Rochester Medical Center

This long-standing colloquium convenes graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty from the Departments of Pharmacology at the four participating universities covering a wide range of research areas including neuropharmacology, molecular pharmacology of cell signaling, environmental sciences and toxicology, behavioral pharmacology, and cancer pharmacology.

Please contact Stephen M. Lanier, Ph.D. ([email protected]) with any questions.

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