Secondary and Adjunct Faculty
These secondary and adjunct faculty members complement the skills and expertise of our core, full-time pharmacology and physiology faculty.
Secondary Faculty
Affiliation: Drexel University College of Medicine
Occupation: Professor and Academic Chair of Psychiatry
Interests: Clinical psychiatry
wd26@drexel.edu
Affiliation: Drexel University College of Medicine
Occupation: Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Interests: Molecular pharmacology and drug discovery
sk673@drexel.edu
Andrea McCurry, MS
Affiliation: Drexel University College of Medicine
Occupation: Associate Director, ULAR
Interests: Laboratory animal care and supervision
ams34@drexel.edu
Jennifer Nasser, PhD, RD
Affiliation: Drexel University
Occupation: Associate Professor
Interests: Dopamine-mediated mechanisms for food intake over- and under-consumption in humans; effects of nutrients on memory and cognition in humans
jan57@drexel.edu
Affiliation: Drexel University College of Medicine
Occupation: Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Interests: Human hepatitis C virus; coronaviruses
sn87@drexel.edu
Atom Sarkar, MD, PhD*
Affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Global Neurosciences Institute
Occupation: Director - Stereotactic, Functional and Epilepsy Surgery
Interests: Deep Brain Stimulation (Tremor, Pain, Parkinson's Disease), Epilepsy Surgery (Adult and Pediatric), Brain tumors
ASarkar@gnineuro.org
Affiliation: Drexel University College of Medicine
Occupation: Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Interests: Cystic fibrosis and pulmonary conditions in children
ds46@drexel.edu
Nathaniel W. Snyder, PhD
Affiliation: Drexel University
Occupation: Assistant Professor
Interests: Autism, pharmacology, analytical chemistry with an emphasis on liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS)
nws28@drexel.edu
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Adjunct Faculty
Adeboye Adajare, PhD
Affiliation: University of the Sciences in Philadelphia
Occupation: Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Interests: Medicinal chemistry
a.adejar@usciences.edu
Vincent Aloyo, PhD
Interests: Serotonin, animal behavior
vincent.aloyo@gmail.com
Gilbert Block, MD, PhD*
Affiliation: Self-Employed
Occupation: Consultant
Interests: Central nervous system disorders and drug development
DrGilBlock@gmail.com
Elinor H. Cantor, PhD
Affiliation: Consultant
Interests: Pharmacology and consulting
ecantor@cjres.com
Samuel K. Chacko, DVM, PhD
Affiliation: School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Occupation: Professor Emeritus, Pathobiology
Interests: Pathobiology of smooth muscle, signal transduction, myosin, thin filament-associated protein caldesmon, smooth muscle cell differentiation, translational research
chackosk@vet.upenn.edu
Janet Clark, PhD
Affiliation: National Institute of Mental Health
Occupation: Director for Fellowship Training
janet.clark@nih.gov
Michael Derelanko, PhD
Affiliation: Independent Consultant
Interests: Toxicology
mjderel@gmail.com
Timi Edeki, MD, PhD*
Affiliation: AstraZeneca
Occupation: Senior Director, Clinical Pharmacology DMPK
Interests: Drug disposition and response; botanical-drug interactions; personalized medicine and pharmacogenomics
timi.edeki@astrazeneca.com
Melissa Egbertson, PhD
Affiliation: Self-employed
Occupation: Consultant
Interests: Medicinal chemistry, HIV, pain
melissaegbertson@gmail.com
Maciej Gasior, MD, PhD*
Affiliation: Teva Pharmaceuticals
Occupation: Sr. Medical Director; Global Drug Development, CNS
Interests: In vivo neuropsychopharmacology; behavioral pharmacology; addiction; epilepsy; pain
nextpharma@gmail.com
Alessandro Graziano, PhD
Occupation: Adjunct Assistant Professor
Interests: Mechanisms of CNS plasticity, pain after spinal cord injury, chronic pain
ag699@drexel.edu
Pamela Hornby, PhD
Affiliation: Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of J&J
Occupation: Senior Research Fellow, Biologics Research
Interests: Pharmacology and drug discovery
phornby@its.jnj.com
Jay Horrow, MD*
Affiliation: Drexel University College of Medicine
Occupation: Professor of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
Interests: Drug discovery; medical pharmacology; neuromuscular blockers
jhorrow@gmail.com
Peter H. Hutson, PhD
Affiliation: Acadia Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Occupation: Executive Director
Interests: Neuropharmacology; psychiatric disorders; sleep
petehutson2@gmail.com
Bruce Jones, PhD
Affiliation: Anakim Biologics, LLC
Occupation: Consultant
Interests: Biologics
bejonesphd@gmail.com
Patrick Y. Lam, PhD
Affiliation: Baruch S. Blumberg Institute
Occupation: Distinguished Professor of Medicinal Chemistry
Interests: Medicinal chemistry and drug development
patrick.ys.lam@gmail.com
Michael Liebman, PhD
Affiliation: IPQ Analytics, LLC
Occupation: President, IPQ
Interests: Informatic technology
michael.liebman@drexelmed.edu
Michael J. Marino, PhD
Affiliation: Merck Research Laboratories
Occupation: Group Leader, Electrophysiology, InVivo Pharmacology, Pain
Interests: Psychiatric disorders; CNS drug discovery
michael.marino@merck.com
Brian Murphy, PhD
Affiliation: Bristol Myers Squibb
Occupation: Senior Principal Scientist
Interests: Metabolic and cardiovascular drug discovery, GPCR pharmacology
brian.j.murphy@bms.com
Eliot Ohlstein, PhD
Affiliation: AltheRx Pharmaceutical, Inc.
Occupation: Chief Scientific Officer/Head of Research and Development
Interests: Drug discovery and development
eliot@altherx.com
Patrick Osei-Owusu, PhD
Affiliation: Case Western Reserve University
Occupation: Associate Professor, Department of Physiology and Biophysics
Interests: Mechanisms of G-protein signaling regulation in physiological and pathophysiological adaptations of the cardiovascular and renal systems
patrick.osei-owusu@case.edu
Jeffrey Paul, PhD
Affiliation: JPharm Consulting
Occupation: Principal
Background: Wyeth, Pfizer
Interests: Clinical pharmacology
MaryAnn Pelleymounter, PhD
Affiliation: NINDS
Occupation: Program Director, Division of Translational Research
Interests: Drug discovery, obesity, translational research
pelleymounterm@yahoo.com
Rajesh Ranganathan, PhD
Affiliation: NINDS
Occupation: Director, Office of Translational Research
Interests: Translational science, neurotherapeutics and education
rajesh.ranganathan@nih.gov
Robert Ring, PhD
Affiliation: Kaerus Bioscience
Occupation: Chief Executive Officer
Background: Wyeth Research, Pfizer
Interests: Autism spectrum disorders research; mood disorders research; drug discovery and development, and neuropeptide research
rob.ring.phd@gmail.com
Sharon Rosenzweig-Lipson, PhD
Affiliation: IVS Consulting LLC
Occupation: President
Interests: Translational medicine; in vivo models; drug discovery
ivs.srlipson@gmail.com
James Samanen, PhD
Affiliation: James Samanen Consulting LLC
Occupation: Consultant
Interests: Drug discovery and development
jamessamanen@gmail.com
David Stone, PhD
Affiliation: Merck Research Labs
Occupation: Director & Head of Genetics
Interests: Genomics
david_stone4@merck.com
Michael W. Wood, PhD
Affiliation: MapLight Therapeutics
Occupation: Senior Vice President
Interests: Neuroscience drug discovery, strategic out-licensing and business development
michael.wood@neuropharm.net
* Physician's practice is independent of Drexel Medicine and Drexel University College of Medicine.
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