Rocio completes her preliminary exam

by Dr. Jeremy Johnson | Posted on

Congratulations to Rocio for completing her preliminary examination for the Pharmaceutical Sciences PhD program!

Rocio has completed her second year of the PhD program and all coursework in the PhD program.

Rocio’s research project is focused on evaluating rosemary for ulcerative colitis and irritable bowel disease.

As a part of Rocio’s thesis project has been working on creating unique fractions of rosemary (Salvia rosmarinus) to identify the active phytochemicals in rosemary. 

Her experiments are also evaluating activation of Nrf2 and AhR with compounds from rosemary as a strategy to improve gastrointestinal barrier integrity. 

About the author

Dr. Johnson received his PharmD and PhD at the University of Wisconsin where he also completed a clinical research fellowship evaluating phytochemicals and botanical extracts. He is an associate professor and licensed pharmacist he offers a unique perspective on the most current scientific literature related to the health and nutrition. His research program is active and has led to more than 50 publications and published abstracts related to the health promoting properties of natural products, phytochemicals and plant extracts. He has presented some of his research findings at international scientific meetings in the US, Italy, Austria, Israel, France, China, Philippines and Turkey.

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