Pharmacology Program Faculty

Learn more about Kent State’s Pharmacology Program faculty today. All of our faculty members have extensive educational backgrounds that make them exceptional sources of industry information and insights. Feel free to contact any of the Pharmacology Program faculty listed below by clicking on the link to their email address.

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David D. Allen E-mail:dallen@neomed.edu Phone: 330-325-6461 Fax: 330-325-5919	Ph.D., University of Kentucky. Nicotine addiction, physiology, pharmacology, treatment, drug delivery.
Sounitra Basu E-mail: sbasu@kent.edu Phone: 330-672-3906 Fax: 330-672-3816	Ph.D., Jefferson University. Molecular basis of RNA structure and function, drug design. More on Basu
Deepak Bhatia E-mail: dbhatia@neomed.edu Phone: 330-325-6482	Ph,D., genetic and epigenetic changes in human lung cancer, genotoxic stress, growth control genes. More on Bhatia
Richard Carroll E-mail: rcarroll@neomed.edu Phone: 330-325-6657 Fax: 330-325-5930	Ph.D., University of Toledo. Neurodevelopment, neurodegenerative dieseases, Autism, Alzheimers, inflammation and recovery. More on Carroll
John Y.L. Chiang E-mail: jchiang@neomed.edu Phone: 330-325-6694	Ph.D., SUNY Albany. Molecular cloning, expression and regulation of cytochrome P-450 genes; regulation of bile acid synthesis and cholesterol metabolism in the human liver. More on Chiang
Altaf Darvesh E-mail: adarvesh@neomed.edu Phone: 330-325-6658	Ph.D., University of Cincinnati, Development of antioxidant and anti-inflammatory strategies for neoplastic an neurodegenerative diseases, as well as psychiatric disorders. More on Darvesh
Dean E. Dluzen E-mail:ded@neomed.edu Phone: 330-325-6300	Ph.D., Ill. Inst. Tech. The role of dopamine in corpus striatum as function of age; influence of sex pheromones on neurotransmitter release and in olfactory area. More on Dluzen
Werner J. Geldenhuys E-mail: wgelden@neomed.edu Phone: 330-325-6474	Ph.D., North-West University, Potchefstroom. Drug discovery and neurodegenerative disorders, proteomics, bioinformatics. More on Geldenduys
Thomas J. Jones E-mail: tjones@neomed.edu Phone: 330-325-6219	Ph.D., Medical College of Ohio. Cilia mediated heat shock protein suppression, polycystic kidney, signaling pathways. More on Jones
Alexander Mdzinarishvili E-mail: amdzinarishvili@neomed.edu Phone: 330-325-6545 Fax: 330-325-5936	Ph.D., Russian Academy of Medical Sciences. Metabolic and transmitter changes in stroke. More on Mdzinarishvili
J. Gary Meszaros E-mail: jgmeszar@neomed.edu Phone: 330-325-2565 Fax: 330-325-5910	Ph.D., Univ. Texas Health Sciences Ctr., Houston. G-proteins in cardiac fibroblasts and myocytes; second messengers; receptor desensitization, cardiac fibrosis and failure. More on Meszaros
Priya Raman E-mail: praman@neomed.edu Phone: 330-325-6425	Ph.D., Northeast Louisiana University. Regulation of thrombospondin-1 by leptin in vascular smooth muscle cells, atherosclerosis. More on Raman
Prabodh Sadana E-mail: psadana@neomed.edu Phone: 330-325-6676 Fax: 330-325-5936	Ph.D., University of Tennessee. Hormonal regulation of lipid metabolism. More on Sadana
Mark A. Simmons E-mail: simmons@neomed.edu Phone: 330-325-6525	Ph.D., Emory University. Neuropharmacology. More on Simmons
Vijay Sutariya E-mail: vsutariya@neomed.edu Phone: 330-325-6485	Ph.D., University of Baroda. Drug delivery systems, nanoparticles. More on Sutariya
Charles Thodeti E-mail: cthodeti@neomed.edu Phone: 330-325-6423 Fax: 330-325-5912	Ph.D., S.V. University. Mechanical control of integrin activation in capillary endothelial cells, signal transduction. More on Thodeti
Cornelis J. Van der Schyf E-mail: cvanders@neomed.edu Phone: 330-325-6467 Fax: 330-325-5930	D.Sc., Potchefstroom University. etiology of neurodegenerative diseases, pharmaceutical intervention, stroke, Alzheimers, AIDS dementia. More on Van der Schyf
June Yun E-mail: jyun@neomed.edu Phone:330-325-6638 Fax:330-325-5912	Ph.D., George Washington University. Signaling via adrenergic receptors, cardiac contractility and growth. More on Yun
Yanqiao Zhang E-mail: yzhang@neomed.edu Phone: 330-325-6693	Ph.D., Wuhan University. Role FXR in lipid homeostasis and obestiy, atherosclerosis and cholesterol transport. More on Zhang