PhD Program Faculty Members
  Faculty Name and Research Interest
Photo of Janet Amico Janet Amico, MD
Role of oxytocin in stress, anxiety, and ingestive behaviors.
Photo of Sherrie Aspinall Sherrie L. Aspinall, PharmD, MSc, BCPS
Photo of Robert Bies Robert R. Bies, PharmD, PhD
Development of heirarchical Bayesian approaches to understand nonlinearities in drug exposure and response.
Photo of Kim Coley Kim C. Coley, PharmD FCCP
Factors that impact beneficial and adverse clinical outcomes to medications under conditions of usual care.
Photo of Billy Day Billy W. Day, PhD
Design, synthesis, and mechanistic (pharmacological and proteomic) evaluation of drugs and carcinogens.
Photo of Alexander Doemling Alexander Doemling, PhD
Photo of Robert Gibbs Robert B Gibbs, PhD
Effects of gonadal hormones on cholinergic neurons, brain aging, and cognition.
Photo of Barry Gold Barry Gold, PhD
Design and characterization of DNA binding molecules.
Photo of Sandra Kane-Gill Sandra L. Kane-Gill, PharmD, MS, FCCM
Evaluating the economic, clinical, and humanistic factors of drug therapy decision making for critically ill patients.
Photo of Levent Kirisci Levent Kirisci, PhD
Development of instruments utilized in substance abuse; item response theory; mixed modeling; structural equation modeling.
Photo of Yong Tae Kwon Yong Tae Kwon, PhD
Physiological functions and molecular mechanisms of ubiquitin-dependent proteolysis in mammals.
Photo of Song Li Song Li, MD, PhD
Targeted delivery of functional nucleic acids.
Photo of Yong Li Yong Li, PhD
Structural and Functional Studies of Nuclear Receptors, Structure-Activity Relationship and Drug Discovery
Photo of Dexi Liu Dexi Liu, PhD
Gene therapy and drug delivery systems.
Photo of Scott Mark Scott M. Mark, PharmD, MS, Med, CHE, FASHP, FABC
Photo of Ada Mezzich Ada C. Mezzich, PhD
Etiology of early onset substance abuse in high-risk children and young women.
Photo of Samuel Poloyac Samuel M. Poloyac, PharmD, PhD
Role of cytochrome P450 enzymes in the pathogenesis of neurotraumatic disease.
Photo of Lisa Rohan Lisa C. Rohan, PhD
Design and development of drug delivery systems for STI/HIV prevention and gynecologic oncology applications.
Photo of Randall Smith Randall B. Smith, PhD
Current research interests in community practice and educational strategies.
Photo of Ralph Tarter Ralph E. Tarter, PhD
Elucidating the interaction between biobehavioral and environmental factors underlying etiology of drug abuse and addiction.
Photo of Michael Vanyukov Michael Vanyukov, PhD
Genetic studies of substance-use disorders, antisociality, and associated traits.
Photo of Raman Venkataramanan Raman Venkataramanan, PhD
Drug disposition in transplant patients; regulation of drug metabolism; drug metabolism and transport during pregnancy.
Photo of Regis Vollmer Regis R. Vollmer, PhD
Neural control of thermoregulation and the role of oxytocin in ingestive behavior.
Photo of Peter Wipf Peter Wipf, PhD
Total synthesis of natural products, organometallic methodology, and medicinal chemistry.
Photo of Wen Xie Wen Xie, MD, PhD
Orphan nuclear receptor-mediated gene regulation in drug metabolism, molecular pharmacology, liver diseases, and cancer.
Photo of Xiangqun Xie Xiangqun Xie, PhD, MBA
GPCR NMR structural proteomics and in-silico drug design/pharmacoinformatics virtual screening method development
Photo of Jeffrey Yao Jeffrey K Yao, PhD, FACB
Application of metabolomics in psychosis and therapeutic monitoring.
Photo of Michael Zemaitis Michael A. Zemaitis, PhD
Drug metabolism and analysis of drugs and metabolites in biological fluids.
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