Faculty Members

Back row from left to right: Danny Shen, Rodney Ho, Jashvant Unadkat, René Levy, Qingcheng Mao, Duane Bloedow, Kenneth Thummel and Shiu-Lok Hu.

Front row from left to right: Yvonne Lin, Nina Isoherranen, Ed Kelly and Joanne Wang.

 

Bloedow, Duane - Senior Lecturer
Senior Lecturer. B.S. 1968, South Dakota State University; Ph.D. 1974, Washington State University; Postdoctoral Research, 1976-1978, University of Washington School of Medicine. PHARMACOKINETICS. Selection of lead drug molecules and early drug development.

Ho, Rodney J. Y. - Associate Dean and Milo Gibaldi Endowed Professor
Professor and Associate Dean. B.S. 1983, University of California, Davis; Ph.D. 1987, University of Tennessee. BIOCHEMISTRY/DRUG DELIVERY; Fellowship in Infectious Diseases 1987-1990, Stanford University. Drug, DNA, protein and antigen targeting based on underlying physio-chemical mechanisms of drug disposition (including enzymes and drug transporters), and inter-individual variations, including genetic basis, in therapeutic responses.

Hu, Shiu-Lok - Professor
Professor. B.A., 1971, University of California of Berkeley; Ph.D., 1978, University of Wisconsin. INFECTIOUS DISEASES. Structure and function of Viral antigens; vaccine and therapy against primate immunodeficiency viruses (SIV, HIV-1 and HIV-2).

Isoherranen, Nina - Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor. B.S., M.S., 1998, University of Helsinki, Finland; Ph.D., 2003, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel; Postdoctoral Fellow, 2003-2004, University of Washington. PHARMACOKINETICS. Pregnancy induced changes in expression and activity of drug metabolising enzymes; Molecular mechanisms and in vitro-in vivo correlations of drug-drug interactions.

Kelly, Edward J. - Acting Assistant Professor
B.S., 1985, M.S., 1986, University of California, Riverside; Ph.D., 1996, University of Washington.  PHARMACOGENOMICS.  Development of transgenic and knockout mouse models of human gene (ABC transporters and cytochrome P-450) function in disease and drug disposition.

Levy, Rene H. - Professor
Professor. B.S. 1965, University of Paris, France; Ph.D. 1970, University of California, San Francisco. PHARMACOKINETICS. Molecular mechanisms of inhibition interactions based on identification of P - 450 isozymes catalyzing the metabolism of old and new antiepileptic drugs; in vitro - in vivo correlations in drug interactions.

Lin, Yvonne S. - Acting Assistant Professor
Acting Assistant Professor. B.A. 1994, University of California of Berkeley; Ph.D. 2002, University of Washington; Postdoctoral Fellow 2003-2005, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. PHARMOCOKINETICS/PHARMACOGENOMICS. Regulation of drug metabolizing enzymes in children; effect of obesity and diabetes; metabolomics.

Mao, Qingcheng - Associate Professor
Associate Professor. B.Eng., 1985; M.Eng., 1988, East China University of Chemical Technology, China; Ph.D., 1995, University of Bern, Switzerland. DRUG TRANSPORT. ABC protein-mediated drug transport; structure, function and molecular mechanisms of ABC transporters; role of ABC transporters in drug disposition during pregnancy.

Shen, Danny D. - Professor
Professor. B.A., 1971, Luther College, Iowa; Ph.D., 1975, State University of New York at Buffalo; PHARMACOKINETICS. Pathophysiologic factors affecting first-pass drug extraction at the liver and the intestine; transport processes governing delivery of anticonvulsants and opioid analgesics to the central nervous system; disposition kinetics of neurotoxicants including mercury and volatile solvents.

Thummel, Kenneth E. - Professor and Chair
Professor and Chair. B.S., 1981, Boise State University; Ph.D., 1987, University of Washington; Postdoctoral Fellow, 1987-89, University of Connecticut Health Sciences Center. PHARMACOGENETICS. Effect of CYP3A polymorphisms on drug clearance and adverse drug reactions; mechanisms of CYP3A drug-drug interactions; pharmacokinetic modeling of human intestinal and hepatic CYP3A4-dependent drug metabolism.

Unadkat, Jashvant D. - Professor
Professor. B.Pharm. 1977, University of London; Ph.D. 1982, University of Manchester, England. PHARMACOKINETICS. Mechanisms of transport and metabolism of drugs used in the treatment of AIDS and AIDS-associated opportunistic infections.

Wang, Joanne. - Associate Professor
Associate Professor. B.S. 1992, Peking University, P.R. China; Ph.D. 1998, University of California, San Francisco; Postdoctoral Fellow,1998-2000, University of California, San Francisco. DRUG TRANSPORT/TARGETING. Role of membrane transporters in absorption, elimination, and tissue targeting of anionic and nucleobase-derived drugs.


Adjunct & Affiliate Faculty

Anderson, Gail
Bowdle, T. Andrew
Foster, David M.
Kunze, Kent L.
Lee, Suzanne


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