Program in Drug Interactions

The Program in Drug Interactions is a team of School of Pharmacy faculty who are experts in the field of drug interactions, creating perhaps the largest group of experts in the world on drug interactions. This team conducts research to better understand the potential for adverse effects among drug combinations, and is developing computerized databases for use by pharmaceutical companies, pharmacists and physicians. These databases will allow doctors and pharmacists to include potential for interaction as part of their criteria when selecting a drug treatment.

In addition to the important research being conducted, the Program has an extensive outreach effort, which includes conferences and continuing education programs for pharmacists, and articles in professional journals and newsletters. Dr. Philip Hansten and Dr. John Horn have authored a book entitled Drug Interactions: Analysis and Management, which is used by health care professionals to manage potential drug interactions in their patients. Program Faculty Dr. Philip Hansten, Dr. Rene Levy, Dr. Kenneth Thummel Dr. William Trager, along with Dr. Michael Eichelbaum from the Eberhard-Karls University in Tubingen, Germany, are the editors of Metabolic Drug Interactions, published in 2000 by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. This book is used by researchers in the fields of drug metabolism and drug interactions, as well as clinical pharmacists and physicians designing drug therapy programs.

Faculty Members

Gail Anderson, PhD, Professor of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutics
Larry Bauer, PharmD, Professor of Pharmacy
Doug Black, PharmD, Associate Professor of Pharmacy
Jacqueline Gardner, PhD, Professor of Pharmacy
Shelly Gray, PharmD, Associate Professor of Pharmacy
Philip Hansten, PharmD, Emeritus Professor of Pharmacy
Mary Hebert, PharmD, Professor of Pharmacy
John Horn, PharmD, Professor of Pharmacy
Evan Kharasch, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine and Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry
Kent Kunze, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry
Rene Levy, PhD, Professor of Pharmaceutics, and Professor of Neurological Surgery, School of Medicine
Sid Nelson, PhD, Dean and Professor of Medicinal Chemistry
Allan Rettie, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Medicinal Chemistry
Danny Shen, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Pharmacy, and Professor of Pharmaceutics
Kenneth Thummel, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of of Pharmaceutics, Director of the Drug Metabolism Transport and Pharmacogenomics Research Program
William Trager, PhD, Emeritus Professor of Medicinal Chemistry
Jashvant Unadkat, PhD, Professor of Pharmaceutics
Stan Weber, PharmD, Associate Professor of Pharmacy
Ann Wittkowsky, PharmD, Clinical Professor of Pharmacy and Clinical Pharmacist in Cardiology, University of Washington Medical Center