TLC-ART is honored to announce that Director and UWSOP Professor of Pharmaceutics Rodney JY Ho has been elected to the rank of NAI Fellow by the 2020 National Academy of Inventors Fellows Selection Committee and Board of Directors.
“Dr. Ho has demonstrated a highly prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on the quality of life, economic development, and the welfare of society,” said NAI President Paul R. Sanberg. “Our sincere congratulations on this well-deserved recognition of his accomplishments, and it is an honor to welcome him as a Fellow. I look forward to working with Dr. Ho in support of NAI’s mission to promote the importance of innovation and celebration of academic invention.”
Dr. Rodney Ho, Executive Director of WE-REACH, discussed the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine and the challenges of distributing a treatment that requires -80 degree Celsius freezer storage with KOMO News last Friday. While “it is logistically challenging,” Dr. Ho believes that “we have prepared the best as we can.”
Drug Topics, a major publication for pharmacists with over 150,000 readers, recently spoke with Dr. Ho about the crucial role of pharmacists in treating the dual crises of COVID-19 and HIV. With the rise of telehealth and the need to understand drug-drug interactions, pharmacists have never been more important for the practice of medicine.
Ann Dornfeld, a reporter at KUOW (a local affiliate of NPR), featured Dr. Ho in an article titled “False advertising: This Seattle doctor set up a dubious Covid testing site in a vacant hotel.” In the article, Dr. Ho discusses the issues with FDA oversight of new COVID-19 tests and the problem of false claims test manufacturers can make during the pandemic. For the whole story, follow the 
The Healthy, an imprint of Reader’s Digest covering health has posted an Amanda Gardner article featuring Dr. Ho. Here, Dr. Ho discusses the role of antibody testing in COVID-19. The article, titled “Coronavirus Testing: Everything You Need to Know”can be found at the 
Dr. Ho discussed some of the complications of treating COVID-19 with vaccines and therapeutics with USA Today in an article by Elizabeth Wise titled “Scientists chase two fronts in how to treat coronavirus, but ‘there’s no magic drug right now.'” For the whole story, follow the 
Salon’s Nicole Karlis interviewed Dr. Ho about the history of chloroquine and hyroxychloroquine, what role they could play in treating COVID-19, and the possible side effects. For the whole interview follow the 
Dr. Ho contributed to an article by Geekwire’s Karina Mazhukhina on hydroxychloroquine as a potential treatment for COVID-19. For the whole story, titled “UW treating COVID-19 patients with antimalarial drug—researcher calls it ‘very promising,'” follow the 