For Immediate Release

Contact: John M. Martino
Phone Number:  (215) 895-1186
Date: 04/04/03

University of the Sciences in Philadelphia’s “Scholarly Day” To Feature Lecture By Penn Professor

University of the Sciences in Philadelphia (USP) is holding its “Scholarly Day,” featuring the 16th Annual John C. Krantz, Jr. Distinguished Lecture, presented this year by Dr. Charles O’Brien of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. O’Brien’s lecture, titled “Developing New Medications for the Treatment of Addictive Disorders,” will be presented on Thursday, April 10, 1 p.m. in Griffith Hall (Room A), located at 600 S. 43rd Street. A reception will be held in Rosenberger Auditorium following the lecture. In addition, USP’s Scholarly Day will include a Graduate Research Symposium and the 14th Annual Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Symposium. Both symposiums will be held on USP’s campus from 2:00 to 5 p.m following the reception. For more information, contact 215-596-8594.

Dr. Charles O'Brien, professor and vice chair of psychiatry, has been at University of Pennsylvania since 1969. He is director of the University's Center for Studies of Addiction and chief of psychiatry at the Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Working in the psychopharmacology of addiction, his team and he have been responsible for numerous discoveries that have improved the results of treatment for addictive disorders. A member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, he also holds an honorary doctorate from Bordeaux, and was recently elected president of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology.

The John C. Krantz, Jr. Distinguished Lecture was established in 1984 in honor and memory of John Christian Krantz, Jr., Ph.D., who was the chairman of the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine from 1932 to 1965. Dr. Krantz served 13 years as a member of USP’s Board of Trustees. Through the annual lecture, USP continues to honor Dr. Krantz’s distinguished career, humanitarianism and his positive influence on generations of physicians and medical scientists.

University of the Sciences in Philadelphia is a private, coeducational institution founded in 1821 as Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, the first college of pharmacy in North America. USP specializes in educating students for rewarding careers through its professional and pre-professional degrees in health sciences, pharmaceutical sciences, and arts and sciences.

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