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Karen P. Briski, Director and Professor of Pharmacology Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1981 Postdoctoral, Michigan State University Research: Neuroanatomical and neurochemical substrates for central glucoprivic regulation of reproductive neuroendocrine function and food intake, with emphasis on caudal brain stem catecholaminergic, glutaminergic, and nitregic signaling. Faculty Profile |
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Kevin N. Baer, Associate Director, Waste Management Endowed Professor of Toxicology Ph.D., Northeast Louisiana University, 1988 Postdoctoral, University of Texas Marine Science Institute Research: The evaluation of biochemical and physiological indicators of environmental stress in aquatic organisms, including low molecular weight metal binding proteins (metallothionein) end c-P450 enzyme systems. Endocrine modulation following exposure to toxicants and subsequent alterations of reproduction and embryo development in fish. Faculty Profile |
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Shannon Banks, Instructor/Academic Advisor M.S., Pharmaceutical Sciences, Northeast Louisiana University B.S., Toxicology, Northeast Louisiana University Teaching Interests: Forensic Toxicology, Environmental Risk Assessment |
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Nektarios Barabutis, Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
Ph.D., University of Athens, Athens, Greece, 2009 Research: Molecular cascades involved in the pathophysiology of human disease; Growth hormone releasing hormone and human pathophysiology; P53 and inflammation; and Regulation of vascular barrier function. |
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Jean Christopher Chamcheu, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, 2010 Research: Genetic and molecular basis of human skin diseases and cancers, isolation, characterization and development of novel bioactive plant-derived natural and synthetic scaffold entities and their analogs for the management of skin diseases, skin tissue engineering, drug formulation and development |
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Khalid A. El Sayed, Professor of Medicinal and Natural Products Chemistry Ph. D., Mansoura University (Egypt) Postdoctoral, University of Mississippi Research: Isolation and characterization of bioactive plant and marine-derived natural products. Use of microbial and chemical transformations as tools to broaden the bioactivity and chemistry scopes of these natural products. Faculty Profile |
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John Herrock, Instructor M.S. Biology, Northeast Louisiana University B.S., Biology, Northeast Louisiana University Teaching Interests: Industrial Hygiene |
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Ronald A. Hill, Associate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry Ph. D., Ohio State University, 1991 Research: Chiral amino acid synthesis and analysis, heterocyclic chemistry, synthesis of excitatory amino acid antagonists, CNS riboflavin metabolism, CNS potassium channel modulators. Faculty Profile |
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Keith Jackson, Associate Professor of Pharmacology Ph.D., University of North Texas HSC at Fort Worth, 2001 Postdoctoral, University of North Texas, Tulane University HSC Research: Cardiovascular function, renal hemodynamics and clearance, mechanisms of hypertension, and biological roles for porphyrin and gaseous messengers. Faculty Profile |
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Seetharama Jois, Professor of Medicinal Chemistry Ph.D., Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, 1994 Research: Design and structural studies of peptides for cell-adhesion inhibition. Design of small molecular inhibitors targeted towards HER-2 as therapeutic agents for breast and lung cancer. Faculty Profile |
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Yong-Yu Liu, Professor of Pharmacology M.D., Soochow University School of Medicine, 1984 Ph.D., Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1989 Postdoctoral, University of Rome-Tor Vergata, University of Manitoba, John Wayne Cancer Institute Research: Tumor cell response to chemotherapy, sphingolipid glycosylation and gene regulation. Faculty Profile |
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Georgios Matthaiolampakis, Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutics
B.S. in Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece, 2005 Research: Using polymer-based nanomedicine to promote scientific knowledge in cancer treatment |
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Sharon A. Meyer, Professor Ph.D., Cornell University, 1984 Postdoctoral, Harvard Medical School and University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Research: Hepatotoxicity, neurotoxicity, hematotoxicity and disturbances in thyroid hormone homeostasis of herbicides and other nitrogenous compounds. Faculty Profile |
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Girish Shah, Mary E. and Darrell L. Calhoun Endowed Chair and Professor of Pharmacology Ph.D., University of Bombay, 1979 Postdoctoral Karolinska Institute, Max Planck Clinical Research Unit for Reproductive Medicine, and Department of Biochemistry, McMaster University Research: The role of calcitonin in the progression of prostate carcinoma with the aim of development of new therapeutic approaches. Studies directed toward understanding the role of pituitary calcitonin in the development of the pituitary gland as well as in the process of overall growth and development. Faculty Profile |
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Burton C. Suedel, Adjunct Professor M.S., Biology, University of North Texas Ph.D.,Biological Sciences, University of Mississippi Research Biologist and Risk Integration Team Leader, US Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg MS |
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Paul W. Sylvester, B. J. Robison/Pfizer Endowed Professor of Pharmacology Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1982 Postdoctoral, Roswell Park Cancer Institute Research: Neuroendocrinology and endocrine-dependent cancers, particularly breast cancer prevention and etiology. Intracellular signaling mechanisms mediating normal and neoplastic mammary epithelial cell proliferation and apoptosis. Faculty Profile |
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