
Mossberg Honors Symposium (40th Annual)
40th Annual
Mossberg Honors Symposium
January 15, 2025 | 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. | KU School of Pharmacy | Room 2020
Keynote Speaker

Rick Couldry
- Vice President of Pharmacy and Health Professions, University of Kansas Health System
- 2025 KU School of Pharmacy Distinguished Graduate Award
- KU Graduate Class of 1996, Department of Pharmacy Practice
Keynote Presentation - “Principled Leadership in Healthcare – A Lighthouse in a Storm of Change”
Presentation Videos
Rick Couldry on Leadership #1
Rick Couldry on Leadership #2
Rick Couldry on Leadership #3
Mossberg Honors Symposium Award Recipients 2025
Name | Department | Presentation Title |
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Lina Nerio | Pharmacology and Toxicology | Sex-dependent corticotropin releasing factor regulation of social avoidance and social attachment in defeated prairie voles |
Lindsey Eddings | Pharmacy Practice | Evaluating the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of pharmacy students at the University of Kansas before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic |
Pei-Hsuan Chen | Medicinal Chemistry | An α,β-Unsaturated pro-Amino Acid with pro-Chiral Potential for the Identification of Anti-Aggregation Therapies |
Maribel Espinoza-Ballesteros | Pharmaceutical Chemistry | Visible and near UV photo-degradation of IgG1 based modalities mediated by Iron (III)-containing histidine buffer: site specific fragmentation and novel photo-conversion |
Yunwanbin Wang | Pharmacology & Toxicology | Dysfunction in prelimbic cortex to ventral tegmental area projection mediates early social isolation stress-induced susceptibility to heroin relapse |
Haley Jones | Pharmacy Practice | Student and faculty perspectives on the use of artificial intelligence and academic misconduct in pharmacy |
Matthew Russolillo | Medicinal Chemistry | Proximity Labeling Strategies to Investigate the Role of High-Mannose Glycoproteins in Disease |
Eric Ebert | Pharmaceutical Chemistry | Optimizing the Delivery of Antibody Therapeutics using Blood Brain Barrier Derived Peptides |
Program, Agenda and Abstracts
40th Annual Graduate Honors Symposium - Program, Agenda and Abstracts (PDF)
Questions?
Contact Patti Steffan at psteffan@ku.edu or 785-864-3893