Current Research:

Dr. Beumer's research interests include the pharmacokinetics and metabolism of anti-cancer drugs and their relevance to drug effects, and in particular the nucleoside analogues and epigenetic drugs.

Bio:

Jan Hendrik Beumer was appointed Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh, School of Pharmacy in October 2006.

Dr. Beumer received a Doctorate of Pharmacy in 2001 from the University of Utrecht, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht, The Netherlands. Subsequently, he worked as a research pharmacist under the supervision of professor Jos H Beijnen, professor Jan HM Schellens and Dr. Olaf van Tellingen at the Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, Slotervaart Hospital / The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, which, in 2004, resulted in a PhD from the University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands. Subsequently, Dr. Beumer joined Professor Merrill Egorin's group at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute through the School of Medicine, departmeant of heamatology/Oncology in 2005 as a post-doctoral associate.

Dr. Beumer has published over 25 manuscripts in various peer-reviewed journals and is a reviewer for various journals. He has presented his work at national and international meetings including the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), PittCon, and the California Cancer Consortium Conference.