Marie A. Abate, B.S., Pharm.D. (University of Michigan), Professor, Department of Clinical Pharmacy
Information seeking behavior and needs of health professionals; Database and information assess and use; Development of computer instructional programs; Instructional design and problem-based learning.
Calvin C. Brister, B.S., Ph.D. (University of Mississippi), Professor, Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences
Identification of pre-pharmacy factors which may predict successful performance in the professional program.
Patrick S. Callery, B.S. (University of Utah), Ph.D. (University of California San Francisco), Professor and Chair of Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences, Assistant Dean for Research and Graduate Programs
Drug design of potential anticancer drugs; Computational chemistry; Organic synthesis; In vitro and in vivo studies; technology transfer; Drug metabolism; and mass spectrometry.
Peter M. Gannett, B.S., Ph.D. (University of Wisconsin), Professor and Associate Chair, Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences
Exploration of the effects of DNA structure and conformation on its reactivity toward radical DNA damaging agents including reactive oxygen species; Elucidation of the changes in conformation caused by damage to DNA and its consequences (e.g. altered gene expression); Construction of substrates that can form triplex DNAs for the use in gene therapy.
Robert K. Griffith, B.S. (Case Western Reserve), Ph.D. (Ohio State University), Associate Professor, Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Investigation of enzyme mechanisms and design of enzyme inhibitors as agents for antifungal chemotherapy; Cloning and expression of genes encoding target enzymes from pathogenic fungi.
Jason Huber, Ph.D. (Florida A&M), Assistant Professor, Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences
Neuropharmacology
Arthur I. Jacknowitz, B.S. (Brooklyn College of Pharmacy), M.S. (State University of New York at Buffalo), Pharm.D. (Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science), Professor, Department of Clinical Pharmacy.
Effects of drugs on the gastrointestinal tract and drug therapy of gastrointestinal disease; Drug information systems and services and their utility.
Joseph K.H. Ma, B.S. (National Taiwan Normal University), Ph.D. (Duquesne University), Professor, Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences
Molecular biological and pharmaceutical approaches in pulmonary drug delivery; (1) mechanisms of cellular injury and activation; (2) cell culture systems for screening bioactive agents; (3) drug delivery systems for pulmonary drug targeting; and (4) permeability, transport mechanisms, and enzymatic barriers of the pulmonary epithelia for drug absorption through the pulmonary system.
Suresh Madhavan, B.Pharm. (Bombay University, India), M.B.A. (Poona University, India), Ph.D. (Purdue University), Professor and Chair of Pharmaceutical Systems and Policy
Marketing of health care products and services; drug use behavior; health care economics; and health services research.
Charles D. Ponte, B.S. (University of Connecticut), Pharm.D. (University of Utah), Professor, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy; Professor of Family Medicine, School of Medicine.
Diabetes mellitus, the management of infectious vaginitis, the management of acute and chronic pain, adherence to medication regimens, pharmacist-physician communication, women's health issues.
Yongyut Rojanasakul, B.S., M.S. (Massachusetts College of Pharmacy), Ph.D. (University of Wisconsin), Professor, Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences
Transport mechanisms in biological systems. Drug delivery and targeting of gene and antisense oligonucleotides. Physicochemical and biological approaches to drug permeation enhancement.
Virginia (Ginger) G. Scott, B.S. (University of Kentucky), M.S. (Purdue University), Ph.D. (University of Minnesota), Associate Professor and Director of Continuing Education, Pharmaceutical Systems and Policy
Pharmacoeconomics, specifically drug pricing; Hospital pharmacy; Managed care; Ambulatory care; and rural health.
Douglas Slain, B.S., Pharm.D. (Duquesne University, Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Pharmacy
Anti-infective drug interactions, antifungal therapies, antiretroviral pharmacokinetics, respiratory tract infections and antimicrobial use outcomes.
Paula Jo Stout, B.S., Ph.D. (West Virginia University), Associate Professor, Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences
Study of mass transport processes as these relate to drug dissolution kinetics and the factors influencing drug release; Industrial pharmacy/dosage form development.
Grazyna Szklarz, Ph.D., (Clarkson University), Associate Professor, Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences
Structure and function of cytochromes P450, homology modeling of enzyme structure, utilization of molecular modeling methods to study protein function, site-directed mutagenesis and heterologous expression, P450-mediated drug metabolism and carcinogenesis.
