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: microphysiological-organ-systems

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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

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

Kenneth Thummel

Expertise: Drug Metabolism (cytochrome P450 enzymes), Mechanisms-of-Drug-Interactions (drug metabolism, drug transport), Microphysiological organ systems, Nutrition (nutritional support, micronutrients, natural/herbal products, dietary supplements, vitamins), Pharmacogenomics (including: Precision-Medicine), Translational Research, Vitamins (fat soluble: K, A, D)

Telephone: (206) 543-0819

Email: thummel@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

Edward Kelly

Expertise: Analytical Techniques (cell imaging, mass spectrometry), Biotechnology, Drug Metabolism (cytochrome P450 enzymes), Drug Transporters (Drug-Metabolism-Distribution-and-Transport, Membrane-Transporters), Microphysiological organ systems, Toxicology (medication and environmental compounds), Translational Research

Telephone: (206) 685-4641

Email: edkelly@uw.edu

Website: Lab website