TEACHING  RESPONSIBILITIES:        

  COURSES  TAUGHT:

Ph.D. Level

Pharmaceutical Biotechnology (PHA 807- 3 hours)

(Dual labeled course taught to Ph.D. students as a core course and Pharm.D. students as an elective).

This team taught course is designed to familiarize the student with current technology. Emphasis will be given to methods involving genetic manipulations and immunologic tools. In addition, the course will include a thorough review of the most current agents (both those approved and those undergoing testing) including a discussion of how they function and how they are produced. The Ph.D. component of the course has a 4-hour/week laboratory associated with it.

 Quantitative Aspects of Drug Action- I  ( PHA 808 - 3hours)

This course is designed to provide the student with the entry level knowledge and skills necessary for employing basic pharmacokinetic principles in the selection and evaluation of drugs.

  Advanced Pharmacokinetics ( 3 hours)

A course designed to provide the student with the advanced knowledge and skills necessary for problem solving techniques related to the relationship between plasma concentration and effect and clearance concepts as it relates to drug therapy.

  Drug Delivery Systems ( 3hours)

This team taught course is designed to study the pre-formulation, formulation details and limitations of various delivery systems – including controlled drug delivery systems.

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Pharm.D. Level

 Principles of Pharmacotherapy - Quantatitive Pharmacokinetics Section (440- 3 cr. hour)

A team taught course designed to provide the student with the background knowledge and skills necessary for employing pharnacokinetic principles in the selection and evaluation of drug therapy. Emphasis will be placed upon complete understanding of the basic, clinically applicable, pharmacokinetic formulae and the assumptions that are involved with their use. I teach the Basic Pharmacokinetics part of this course.

 Pharmaceutics laboratory (425, 426)

This team taught laboratory course is designed to acquaint the student with the compounding and dispensing skills related to pharmaceutical dosage forms. The course also involves the study of the mathematics encountered in pharmacy practice and the application of calculations in laboratory exercises. The laboratory is designed around a student centered, problem based approach to learning.

 Pharmaceutical Biotechnology (527 –2 hours)

(Dual labeled course taught to Ph.D. students as a core course and Pharm.D. students as an elective).

This team taught course is designed to familiarize the student with current technology. Emphasis will be given to methods involving genetic manipulations and immunologic tools. In addition, the course will include a thorough review of the most current agents (both those approved and those undergoing testing) including a discussion of how they function and how they are produced. The Ph.D. component of the course has a 4-hour/week laboratory associated with it.

Introduction to Research (3 hours)             

This course is designed to acquaint the Pharm.D. students with the current techniques utilized in Pharmaceutics. Research projects include preparation of microspheres, stability determinations, drug assays, cell culture studies and intact animal studies. The students spend 9 hours/week in the laboratory

Project Development ( 3 hours)                  

In this course the students plan and execute research projects relevant to current topics in Pharmaceutics. The students spend 9 hours/week in the laboratory

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