PittPharmacy_PeiPeiLu_0064Peipei Lu, a graduate student in the biochemical pharmacology program at the School of Pharmacy, was chosen to receive the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET) Travel Award to attend the Experimental Biology Conference in Boston on March 28-April 1, 2015.

The title of Lu’s abstract was: Activation of Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Dissociates Fatty Liver from Insulin Resistance by Inducing Fibroblast Growth Factor 21.

Professor Wen Xie, MD, PhD,The Joseph Koslow Endowed Chair in the pharmaceutical sciences department at the School of Pharmacy, is Lu’s faculty advisor.

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