PhD Program Faculty Members
  Faculty Name and Research Interest
Photo of Janet Amico Janet A. Amico, MD
Role of oxytocin in stress, anxiety, and ingestive behaviors.
Photo of Jan Beumer Jan H. Beumer, PharmD, PhD
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
Drug discovery for challenging targets (protein protein interactions, allosteric sites): design, synthesis, screening, cells, animals.
Photo of Kerry Empey Kerry M. Empey, PharmD, PhD
Our lab is interested in improving pulmonary infections in immunocompromised patients using immune modulating therapy.
Photo of Philip Empey Philip Empey, PharmD, PhD, BCPS
Photo of Tanya Fabian Tanya J. Fabian, PharmD, PhD
Interaction between stress and mental and physical health; genetic vulnerability to depression; prevention strategies.
Photo of Maggie Folan Maggie Folan, 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 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
Drug and Gene Delivery, and Gene Regulation
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 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 Ralph Tarter Ralph E. Tarter, PhD
Elucidating the interaction between biobehavioral and environmental factors underlying etiology of drug abuse and addiction.
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 and human diseases.
Photo of Xiangqun (Sean) Xie Xiangqun (Sean) 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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