Eric Barker, a brunette man in a black suit, smiles for the camera.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue Provost Patrick Wolfe announced Monday (May 6) that Eric Barker is promoted to vice president for health affairs, effective July 1. Reporting to the provost and executive vice president for academic affairs and diversity, Barker will lead Purdue’s academic health…
The Zehner family poses for a selfie in front of the ocean.
There are very few people in the world who can claim to turn missiles into medicine but John Zehner (BS ’91) is among them.Zehner, a nuclear pharmacist, is partner and CEO of SpectronRx, a contract manufacturing and development organization that specializes in radiopharmaceuticals. In 2027, when…

 
Emily and Bruce Hancock stand on either side of his mother Garcia.
The FOE—Friends of Emily, for those not yet in the know—refer to Dr. Emily Hancock (PharmD ’92) as the EOF: Epicurean of Fun.It’s a title she happily embraces, but it’s also a title that’s far from telling the whole story of who she is. Emily, the widow of former Purdue University College of…

 
A brunette male in white lab coat and purple latex gloves sits in front of lab equipment.
Purdue researchers develop fully off-the-shelf, stem cell-derived, natural killer cells against glioblastomaWEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University researchers are developing and validating a patent-pending treatment for incurable glioblastoma brain tumors. Glioblastomas are almost always lethal…