PETER J WEST portrait
  • Research Associate Professor, Pharmacology And Toxicology
  • Research Assistant Professor, Pharmacology And Toxicology

Professional Service

  • The Park City Epilepsy Meeting: Cutting Edge Approaches to Transform Epilepsy Therapy. Co-Organizer. 10/15/2023 - 10/17/2023
  • The Park City Epilepsy Meeting: Cutting Edge Approaches to Transform Epilepsy Therapy. Co-Organizer. 10/06/2019 - 10/08/2019
  • The ADD Program Symposium. Role: Co-Organizer. Therapy Development in the Era of Team Science & Big Data: What Will the Future Bring to the Patient with Epilepsy? 05/17/2015 - 05/20/2015
  • ASPET 2015 annual meeting. Role: Co-Chair. New Therapies for an Old Problem: The NINDS-Sponsored Anticonvulsant Screening Program Symposium. Boston, MA. 01/2015 - present

Internal Service

  • University of Utah Academic Senate . Senator, 01/2022 - present. University service.
  • UofU school of Medicine. Center on Ageing Steering Committee , 01/2020 - 01/2022. College service.
  • Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology. Social Media Task Force, 01/2015 - 01/2017. Department service.
  • Neuroscience Program Directorate. Student Representative, 01/2001 - 01/2002. Other service.
  • Neuroscience Program Curriculum Committee. Student Representative, 01/2000 - 01/2001. Other service.

Volunteer Experience

2013 - 2017 
Open Classroom, SLC UT. Neuroscience Mini-courses 
1999 - 2018
Utah Brain Awareness Week 2000-2001: Chairperson
2002: Co-Chairperson

 

Honors & Awards

  • Harry M. Ullmann Chemistry Prize (highest GPA senior in Chemistry). Lehigh University, 01/1997
  • American Chemical Society Award (outstanding senior in Chemistry). Lehigh University, 01/1997
  • Departmental Honors in Biological Sciences. Lehigh University, 01/1997
  • Graduated with Highest Honors. Lehigh University, 01/1997
  • Junior Prize in Arts and Sciences (highest GPA in the junior class). Lehigh University, 01/1996
  • William H. Chandler Prize (highest GPA junior in Chemistry). Lehigh University, 01/1996
  • Alpha Epsilon Delta. Lehigh University, 01/1995
  • The Gilmore Pre-Medical Scholarship. Lehigh University, 01/1994
  • The Class of 1952 Memorial Scholarship. Lehigh University, 01/1994
  • Phi Eta Sigma. Lehigh University, 01/1994