Pharmacology & Drug Development | E-074310
This highly qualified expert earned his BS from George Fox University and PhD from University of California- Los Angeles. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship at The Scripps Research Institute. He is actively involved in research and education; to date he has 60+ original peer reviewed articles/ abstracts. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor of Pharmacology at a major university affiliated medical center. He has been trained in the study of drug discovery and taught on Molecular Pharmacology, Drug Discovery, Molecular Signaling/Transduction for the past few years at two medical schools. His research work includes collaborations with discovery teams to design new drug strategies, synthesize novel drugs, evaluate them in cell culture models, then evaluate their efficacy, side effect profiles, pharmacokinetics, and toxicology in animal models, all with the goal of developing new drugs for human treatment. Most of his research and drug development work is centered on developing new opioid and cannabinoid drugs for chronic pain, cancer treatment, and similar diseases.
Location: AZ
BS, George Fox University
MS, Oregon Health and Science University
PhD, University of California, Los Angeles
Postdoc Fellowship, The Scripps Research Institute
Member, Society for Neuroscience
Publications, 15+ presentations, 20 original peer reviewed articles, 40+ abstracts
Former, Assistant Professor, University of New England
Former, Graduate Faculty, University of Maine Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering
Current, Assistant Professor; major AZ University