Faculty Expertise

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The expertise of the School of Pharmacy’s faculty members spans numerous areas from Addiction Medicine to Vaccines and Virology.

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Current Expertise Selection: central-nervous-system

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Clayton English

Expertise: Central Nervous System (epilepsy, seizure disorders, neurodegeneration, neurodevelopment, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s), Deprescribing, Medication Safety (Drug Safety), Mental Health, Pharmacy Practice (including: Management, Safety, Standards, Community Pharmacy practice, Compensation for Clinical Services, Health Systems)(Community Pharmacy practice, Compensations for Clinical Services, Pharmacy Practice Health Systems), Team-based clinical care

Email: claytone@uw.edu

Kimberly M. Alonge

Expertise: Central Nervous System (epilepsy, seizure disorders, neurodegeneration, neurodevelopment, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s), Diabetes, Extracellular Matrices, Geriatrics (including: dementia, falls interventions, fractures, aging), Glycobiology, Laser Capture Microdissection, Mass Spectrometrymove -> Analytical techniques, Neurodegenerationmove -> Central Nervous System, Neurodevelopmental Diseasemove -> Central Nervous System, Neuroscience, Nutrition (nutritional support, micronutrients, natural/herbal products, dietary supplements, vitamins), Obesity and Bariatric Surgery, Pregnancy and Fetal Pharmacology, Translational Research

Telephone: 206-685-3543

Email: kalonge@uw.edu

Michelle Guignet

Expertise: Central Nervous System (epilepsy, seizure disorders, neurodegeneration, neurodevelopment, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s), Drug Discovery, Medication adherence, Neuroscience, Pharmacology, Translational Research

Email: mguignet@uw.edu

Libin Xu

Expertise: Analytical Techniques (cell imaging, mass spectrometry), Central Nervous System (epilepsy, seizure disorders, neurodegeneration, neurodevelopment, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s), Drug Metabolism (cytochrome P450 enzymes), Infectious Diseases (HIV/AIDS, bacterial drug resistance, antimicrobial stewardship), Lipid metabolism in human diseases, Neuroscience, Toxicology (medication and environmental compounds)

Telephone: (206) 543-1080

Email: libinxu@uw.edu

Website: Xu Lab

Steve White

Expertise: Central Nervous System (epilepsy, seizure disorders, neurodegeneration, neurodevelopment, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s), Drug Discovery, Mechanisms-of-Drug-Interactions (drug metabolism, drug transport), Medication adherence, Neuroscience, Pharmacology, Translational Research

Telephone: (206) 543-3782

Email: hswhite@uw.edu

Jashvant Unadkat

Expertise: Blood-brain and blood-csf barriers, Central Nervous System (epilepsy, seizure disorders, neurodegeneration, neurodevelopment, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s), Computational Modeling, Drug Metabolism (cytochrome P450 enzymes), Drug Transporters (Drug-Metabolism-Distribution-and-Transport, Membrane-Transporters), Pharmacokinetics-Pharmacodynamics(PKPD), Pregnancy and Fetal Pharmacology, Quantitative techniques (including: Decision Sciences, Targeted-Proteomics), Simulation Modeling, Translational Research

Telephone: 206-685-2869

Email: jash@uw.edu

Website: PubMed

Danny Shen

Expertise: Addiction Medicine (opioids, drugs of addiction and overuse), Blood-brain and blood-csf barriers, Central Nervous System (epilepsy, seizure disorders, neurodegeneration, neurodevelopment, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s), Complementary Medicine, Drug Formulation (targeted drug delivery and extending duration of action), Drug Metabolism (cytochrome P450 enzymes), Drug Transporters (Drug-Metabolism-Distribution-and-Transport, Membrane-Transporters), Medication Use in Patients with Organ Impairment (kidney, liver), Microphysiological organ systems, Pregnancy and Fetal Pharmacology, Simulation Modeling, Translational Research

Telephone: 425-312-4427

Email: ds@uw.edu

Website: PK Lab

Shelly Gray

Expertise: Central Nervous System (epilepsy, seizure disorders, neurodegeneration, neurodevelopment, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s), Claims Data, Deprescribing, Geriatrics (including: dementia, falls interventions, fractures, aging), Health Outcomes, Medication Safety (Drug Safety), Pharmacoepidemiology, Pharmacoepidemiology of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias

Telephone: (206) 616-5061

Email: slgray@uw.edu

Website: My Bibliography

Rene Levy

Expertise: Central Nervous System (epilepsy, seizure disorders, neurodegeneration, neurodevelopment, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s), Drug Metabolism (cytochrome P450 enzymes), Drug Transporters (Drug-Metabolism-Distribution-and-Transport, Membrane-Transporters), Mechanisms-of-Drug-Interactions (drug metabolism, drug transport), Neuroscience

Telephone: 206-409-4558

Email: rhlevy@uw.edu

Melissa Barker-Haliski

Expertise: Central Nervous System (epilepsy, seizure disorders, neurodegeneration, neurodevelopment, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s), Chronic Disease (including: Pharmacotherapy), Drug Discovery, Geriatrics (including: dementia, falls interventions, fractures, aging), Health Policy, Neurodegenerationmove -> Central Nervous System, Neurodevelopmental Diseasemove -> Central Nervous System, Neuroscience, Pharmacology, Translational Research

Telephone: (206) 221-4939

Email: mhaliski@uw.edu

Website: https://sites.uw.edu/mhaliski/

Abhinav Nath

Expertise: Central Nervous System (epilepsy, seizure disorders, neurodegeneration, neurodevelopment, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s), Computational Modeling, Drug Discovery, Molecular Biophysics, Protein Dynamics

Telephone: (206) 616-4586

Email: anath@uw.edu

Website: Nath Lab