FORMER JUNIOR INVESTIGATOR PROJECTS

Chris McCurdy

PROJECT 1: Mitragynine Based Opioid Ligands (2006-2009)

Mentor: Alice Clark, Ph.D., Department of Pharmacognsoy

P.I.: Chris McCurdy,
Associate Professor
Department of Medicinal Chemistry

mikerepka

PROJECT 2: Characterization, Formulation, and Evaluation of the THC Pro-Drugs for Oral Transmucosal Delivery (2006-2009)

Mentor: Walter Chambliss, Ph.D., Department of Pharmaceutics

P.I.: Mike Repka,
Associate Professor
Department of Pharmaceutics

smajumdar Co-P.I.: Jit Majumdar,
Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmaceutics

samirross

PROJECT 3: Psychoactivity of Cannabinoids other than Major ones Present in Cannabis sativa L. as well as Non- Cannabinoid Phenolic Compounds and Study their Interaction with Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (2006-2009)

Mentor: Mahmoud ElSohly, Ph.D., Department of Pharmaceutics

P.I.: Samir Ross,
Associate Professor
Department of Pharmacognosy

desmondslade Co-P.I.: Desmond Slade
Research Scientist
National Center for Natural Product Research

Yu-Dong Zhou

Project 4: Natural Product-Derived Regulators of Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-1 for Neuroblastoma (2007-2010)

Mentor: Stephan W. Morris, M.D., Full Member, St. Jude Children's Hospital

P.I.: Yu-Dong Zhou
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacognosy

 

Abir El-Alfy

Project 5: Mechanism of Antidepressant Action of Cannabinoids (2009-2010)

Mentor: Larry Walker, Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology

P.I.: Abir El-Alfy
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology

 

Narasimha Murthy

Project 7: Vehicles to Enhance Nose to Brain Bioavailability of Drugs (2009-2011)

Mentors: Michael Repka, Ph.D., and Walter Chambliss, Ph.D., Department of Pharmaceutics

P.I.: Narasimha Murthy
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutics

 

Zia Madar

Project 8: Prolylcarboxypeptidase (PRCP) is an Independent Risk Factor for the Development of Stroke (2010-2011)

Mentor: John Rimoldi, Ph.D., Department of Medicinal Chemistry

P.I.: Zia Shariat-Madar
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology

 

 

 

 

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