Team-taught courses

Professional Course (Pharm D)

Pharmaceutical Science- I: Physical Pharmacy Principles (PHSC 570)

• Oral Liquid Preparations, Interfacial phenomenon, Rectal Drug Delivery, Vaginal/Intrauterine Drug Delivery, Parenteral Products, Ophthalmic/Otic Drug Delivery

Pharmaceutical Science- III:

• Drug Distribution, Drug-Protein Binding, Drug Interactions

Graduate Courses

Physical Pharmacy: Interfacial Phenomena: Theory and Practice (PHSC 885)                        

• Theory of interfacial phenomena, Role of interfacial phenomena in the formulation of dispersed systems, Complexation and protein binding, Colloids and coarse dispersion

Quantitative Pharmaceutical Science (PHSC 845)

• Mitogenic Assay

Innovative Drug Delivery Systems (PHSC 851)                                

• Innovations in Oral Drug Delivery, Microparticles (nanospheres, microspheres, liposomes, etc.), Methods of Drug Targeting

Selected Topics in Pharmaceutical Sciences: (PHSC 820)        

• Nanotech approaches to drug delivery and imaging (to be offered in Spring 2007).

Current Topics Journal Club (PHSC 960)

Course Coordinator

    Physical Pharmacy (PHSC 885)

    Current Topics (PHSC 960) in 1999, 2001

   Pharmaceutical Science-III (Co-ordinating with Dr. Gwilt)
   Selected Topics in Pharmaceutical Sciences (PHSC 820)
 

Postdoctoral Fellows, Graduate Students, and Summer Research Students

Postdoctoral Fellows

• Prasanna Reddy (August 2003 to present)

• Tapan Jain (May 2003 to present)

• Sanjeeb K Sahoo (October 2001 to June 2005)
  Current position: Assistant Professor, Institute of Life Science, Bhuvaneshvar, India

• Wenxue Ma (August 2002 to August 2004),
  Current position: Postdoctoral fellow, University of California

• Wenzhong Zhou (August 1998-July 2001)
  Current Position: Faculty Instructor in Canada

Visiting Scientist

• Subramanian Krishnakumar MD, Visiting Scientist, Shankara Eye Institute, Chennai, India, April 2005.

• Amulya K. Panda: Visiting Scientist, National Institute of Immunology,
                 New Delhi, India (Nov 2003-April 2004)

Graduate Students

• Kavitha Rao (Spring 2005-Present)

• Jaspreet K. Vasir (Spring 2004-Present)
  (Received 2006 Norman & Bernice Harris Graduate Student Cancer Research Award)

• Swayam Prabha (2000-2004, Graduated in March 2004 with Ph.D.): Thesis Title: Mechanism and therapeutic efficacy of nanoparticle-mediated wt-p53 gene therapy in breast cancer model.
  Current Position: Scientist, Ferndale Laboratories, Ferndale, MI.
  (Received Norman and Bernice Harris" award for excellence in cancer research in 2002 and 2004, AAPS 2004 Graduate Student Award in Biotechnology sponsored by Pfizer Global Biologics)

• Jayanth Panyam (1999-2003, Graduated in November 2003 with Ph.D.): Thesis Title: Biodegradable nanoparticles: formulation, cellular mechanism and application for restenosis.
  Current Position: Assistant Professor, College of Pharmacy, Wayne State University, Michigan.
  (Received Thomas Jefferson Ingenuity Award for the Year 2004-the award recognizes innovation in research by a graduating student of UNMC)

• Jasmine Davda (1998-2000, Graduated in December 2000 with M.S.): Thesis Title: Nanospheres for the sustained delivery of vascular endothelial growth factor in angiogenesis therapy     

• S.V. Joshi (1986-88, Graduate in January 1989 with M. Pharm): Thesis Title: Studies on the stability of microcapsules through dielectric constant and zeta potential.

• M.S. Mohan (1985-87, Graduated in January 1988 with M. Pharm.): Thesis Title: Zeta potential and dielectric studies on liposomes

• S.V. Deshmukh (1985-87, Graduated in January 1988 with M. Pharm.): Thesis Title: Studies on some crystalline forms of ibuprofen, metronidazole, and Phenylbutazone.

Pharm D. Students with Honors in Research

• Kimi Ueda (2003, College of Pharmacy, UNMC)

• Anita Fong (1996, College of Pharmacy, Ann Arbor)

• Jennifer Iwick (1996, College of Pharmacy, Ann Arbor)

• Gina Murphy (1993, College of Pharmacy, Ann Arbor)

Summer Research Students

• Travis Hanson (Minority Fellowship, Summer 2005)

• Crystal Owen (Minority Fellowship, Summer 2005)

• Kris Oliver (Summer 2004)

• Abhishekha Vishwanatha (NCI-CURE grant, Summer 2004).

• Diana Green (NIH minority summer student, 2004).

• Erin Neilson (Howard Hughes Medical Institute Summer Research Fellowship, 2003)

• Samuel Wilcinot (NIH minority summer student fellow, Summer 2002 and 2003).

• Beth Ficek (Summer Student, UNMC 2000, Winter 2001, Summer 2001)

• Marry Badorf (Summer Student, UNMC 1999)

• Leena Mohapatra (American Heart Association Summer Research Student, UNMC 1998)

• E. Kim (Summer Minority Student, UNMC, 1998)

• Jeff Burger (American Heart Association, Michigan, 1996)

• Jay Yang (Biomedical Research, University of Michigan, 1995)

• Rahul Tendulkar (Research Volunteer, University of Michigan (1994)

• Rebecca Davidson (Honors Student, University of Michigan, 1994)

• Jessica Cordero (University of Michigan Research Opportunity Program, 1994)

• Ryan Fringer (University of Michigan, 1994)

Graduate Student Committees served

• Hui-Ting Lee (2006-present)

• Gaurav Sahay (2006-present)

• Gautam Baheti (2005-present)

• Karl Kador (Department of Chemical Engineering, 2004-2005)

• Surupa Chanda (Department of Biochemistry, 2004-present)

• Robert Arpke (Department of Biochemistry, 2002-present)

• Shrikanth Sriadibhatla (2001-present)

• Bin Li (Department of Biochemistry, 2000)

• Gangadhar Sunkara (1998-2002)

• Nagesh Bandi (1998-2003)

• Kavitha Kaushik (1998-present)

• Andrew Nehls (1997-present)

Advisor to Pharm. D. Students

• 2004 to present: Michael Broderson, Nicholas Crites, Desiree Graham, Taylor Haymart, Amy Krotter, Jennifer Novotny, Anne Reilly, Jenna Scheffert, Jason Valasek

• 2001 to 2004: Jennifer Buskevicius, Michael Dreesen, Angela Hammer, Amy Littlejohn, Karen Murphy, Branday Persson, Nikolas Reimer, Amelia Stubbs

• 2001 to present: Jennifer Buskevicius, Michael Dreesen, Angela Hammer, Amy Littlejohn, Karen Murphy, Branday Persson, Nikolas Reimer, Amelia Stubbs

• 1998 to 2001: Cody Carstensen, Kristin Ferris, Danielle Hess, Autumn Kenny, Casey Nelson, Cory Recker, Raymond Smith, Geoffrey Wright