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Learning from "experts" in the field of pharmacogenomics.has helped him chart his course at MSU, where his research concentrates on multiple myeloma progression and the development of drug resistance.

He has spent years studying the impact of alcohol on the liver and how to help those in need. Now at MSU, he is hopeful to take that research in new directions. “We’re trying to make new therapies, and that’s the other arm of pharmacology and toxicology," he said.

Jess Moerland successfully defended her dissertation Jan. 30. Her topic was “Pharmacological Nrf2 Activation Reprograms the Immune Microenvironment and Decreases Tumor Burden in KRAS-Driven Lung Cancer." Congratulations Dr. Moerland on a job well done.

Thanks to MSU's Broadening Experiences in Scientific Training program, she has found a role in the pharmacology and toxicology field that has allowed her to excel. "I got a good range of different options for my career," she said.

Kristin Kerstens, Michael Spiering and Lesley Stolp have used the science they learned from the online program to determine water chemical risk assessment. "There's never the same answer twice," Spiering said.

For Sheketta Mister, illness and the vagaries of life made her goal of earning a master's degree seem almost unreachable. But determination, and an assist from MSU, allowed her to complete her quest. "I wanted to finish what I started," she said.

Annual semester-ending stress reliever allows researchers to present their work in an abbreviated, but informative, fashion. Just watch out for flying beach balls.

Her work in precision medicine is helping set the course for new and better ways in cancer treatment. "The reason each person has cancer is different. Why shouldn’t the treatment?” she says.

After earning her Ph.D. at MSU, she is now doing her post-doctoral work at the NIH Center for Advancing Translational Sciences and was recently highlighted for her research in an NIH publication.

Giving Tuesday is Dec. 3 and the event, created in 2012, is now a worldwide event that unleashes the power of generosity.