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: drug-discovery

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Samuel Arnold

Expertise: Drug Discovery, In vitro to in vivo extrapolationmove -> Physiologically based pharmacokinetic, Infectious Diseases (HIV/AIDS, bacterial drug resistance, antimicrobial stewardship), Intestinal Surgery and GI Diseases, Microphysiological organ systems, Pharmacokinetics-Pharmacodynamics(PKPD), Pharmacology, Simulation Modeling, Translational Research

Telephone: (206)-221-3441

Email: slarnold@uw.edu

Website: Linkedin

Gaurav Bhardwaj

Expertise: Blood-brain and blood-csf barriers, Computational Design, Computational Modeling, Drug Discovery, Infectious Diseases (HIV/AIDS, bacterial drug resistance, antimicrobial stewardship), Molecular Biophysics, Peptide Therapeutics, Structural Biology

Email: gauravb@uw.edu

Website: Bhardwaj Lab

Catherine Yeung

Expertise: Analytical Techniques (cell imaging, mass spectrometry), Chronic Disease (including: Pharmacotherapy), Drug Discovery, Drug Metabolism (cytochrome P450 enzymes), Drug Transporters (Drug-Metabolism-Distribution-and-Transport, Membrane-Transporters), Mechanisms-of-Drug-Interactions (drug metabolism, drug transport), Medication Use in Patients with Organ Impairment (kidney, liver), Microphysiological organ systems, Translational Research

Telephone: (206) 685-1075

Email: cathyy@uw.edu

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

Nina Isoherranen

Expertise: Addiction Medicine (opioids, drugs of addiction and overuse), Drug Discovery, Drug Metabolism (cytochrome P450 enzymes), Mechanisms-of-Drug-Interactions (drug metabolism, drug transport), Obesity and Bariatric Surgery, Pharmacokinetics-Pharmacodynamics(PKPD), Pregnancy and Fetal Pharmacology, Vitamins (fat soluble: K, A, D)

Telephone: (206) 543-2517

Email: ni2@uw.edu

Website: Isoherranen Lab

Melissa Barker-Haliski

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

Telephone: (206) 685-1783

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