News
A Special Email
Monday, March 2, 2026
About 2 months ago, Dr. William Jusko forwarded an email to me and suggested that “Maybe you could use this tribute to help advertise your great textbook”. I am following his advice and sharing below information to promote my Advanced PK/PD book. Read more here..
I want my writing to be truly itself
Wednesday, February 25, 2026
AI is everywhere. AI intrudes the area of writing.
◆ Some people use AI to polish their writing - the product is like a person with make-up (still you);
◆ Some people let AI do substantial portion of the writing for them - the product is like a person after plastic surgery (barely you);
◆ Some people use AI to write everything for them - the product is like a substitute/surrogate (NOT you).
Read more here
A special paper
Thursday, February 19, 2026
So happy that my group has formally stepped into the field of global proteomics - recently we have published a research article at the AAPS Journal, which we used a LC/MS based global proteomics approach to quantify the absolute abundance of several pharmacological targets involved in target-mediated drug disposition (TMDD) for small molecules. The data presented in our paper are absolutely precious. Why? Because it took tremendous effort to gather - the high-end LC/MS instruments in the proteomics core were broken twice… water pipe leakage from the ceiling damaged our vacuum concentrator and the samples in it… Read More here..
Quinine – From the Sacred Bark to a Wonder Drug (Chapter 4)
Wednesday, January 28, 2026
My drug history book "Magic Bullet and Beyond" was published as a paperback, and it includes stories behind three miracle drugs: quinine, salvarsan, and penicillin. For the short story related to quinine, I published it as an eBook recently (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GDHPB8KR) , and an audiobook will be released in the future (Date: TBD) . Click here for Chapter 4 of this ebook.
Quinine – From the Sacred Bark to a Wonder Drug (Chapter 3)
Tuesday, January 20, 2026
Click here for Chapter 3 of the ebook I released recently
Quinine – From the Sacred Bark to a Wonder Drug (Chapter 2)
Wednesday, January 14, 2026
My drug history book "Magic Bullet and Beyond" was published as a paperback, and it includes stories behind three miracle drugs: quinine, salvarsan, and penicillin. For the short story related to quinine, I published it as an eBook recently (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GDHPB8KR) , and an audiobook will be released in the future (Date: TBD) . Click here for Chapter 2 of this ebook.
Quinine – From the Sacred Bark to a Wonder Drug (Chapter 1)
Sunday, January 11, 2026
My drug history book "Magic Bullet and Beyond" was published as a paperback, and it includes stories behind three miracle drugs: quinine, salvarsan, and penicillin. For the short story related to quinine, I published it as an eBook recently (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GDHPB8KR) , and an audiobook will be released in the future (Date: TBD) . Click here for Chapter 1 of this ebook.
Alumnus Dr. Scott Hynes made substantial donation to U of Iowa College of Pharmacy
Thursday, January 8, 2026
Happy to share that alumnus Dr. Scott Hynes (2000, PharmD) and his wife Kathleen made a generous commitment to University of Iowa College of Pharmacy which will establish the Scott and Kathleen Hynes Pharmacy Scholarship to benefit deserving pharmacy students. Click here for more information...
Happy to be on Stanford University's list of "World’s Top 2% Scientists"
Sunday, December 21, 2025
Happy to be on Stanford University's list of "World’s Top 2% Scientists". I shared it with my husband, my mom, and my sister, and they were happy too :)
Alumnus Dr. Tianrun “Terry” Yang made substantial donation to University of Iowa College of Pharmacy
Wednesday, December 17, 2025
Iowa alumnus Dr. Tianrun “Terry” Yang (2002 PhD in Pharmaceutics) made a generous gift to University of Iowa College of Pharmacy. With the substantial donation, the Tianrun “Terry” Yang Family Pharmaceutics Scholarship, an endowed account, has been established in early Dec 2025. Read more here:
Pagination