Awards and Recognitions Dr. Ajay Sharma chaired a session “Ocular Surface” at the annual meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology in Denver on May 3-7, 2026. Dr. Sherry Yun Wang received Chapman University’s 2026 Teaching and Mentoring Award. Publications Dr. Laressa Bethishou, Dr. Karl Hess, Dr. Richard Beutler, and Dr. Jeff
Kamaljit Kaur, Ph.D., Associate Professor in Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences at Chapman University School of Pharmacy, has received a $535,000 National Cancer Institute (NCI) R15 award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Working alongside colleagues Shiuan Chen, Ph.D., of City of Hope, and Chapman University faculty member Surya Nauli, Ph.D., Kaur will lead research