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Department of Pharmaceutics & Pharmaceutical Chemistry
College of Pharmacy
301 Skaggs Hall
30 South 2000 East
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
phone: 801-581-7831
fax: 801-581-3674






Research Groups

Administrative Support Group
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Andrade Group
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Bae Group
  You Han Bae
  You Han Bae
Polymeric delivery systems for low molecular and macromolecular drugs and cells
 

Cheatham Group
  Thomas Cheatham
  Thomas Cheatham

Use of advanced biomolecular simulation methodologies to give insight into therapeutic design, delivery and disposition.

 

Furgeson Group
  Darin Furgeson
  Darin Furgeson

Research Interests are

(i) Biosynthetic and bio-organic polymer development for drug, gene and protein delivery

(ii) Combined microwave thermal ablation and thermosensitive polymer-chemotherapeutics

(iii) Zebrafish for assessing biomaterial nanotoxicity and human tumorigenesis models

 

Ghandehari Group
  Hamid Ghandehari
  Hamid Ghandehari
URL http://www.innovationutah.com/research/ghandehari/hamidresearchteam.html
 

Grainger Group
  David Grainger
  David Grainger

URL http://www.bioen.utah.edu/faculty/DWG/

  • materials in medicine
  • drug delivery of biotechnology products
  • novel biomaterials for implant use
  • biomedical applications of biotechnology
  • diagnostic innovation
 

Herron Group
  James Herron
  James Herron
Our research program includes three different areas of investigation:
  • structure-function correlates of antigen-antibody complex formation
  • biosensors and clinical diagnostic assays
  • targeted drug-delivery systems
 

Higuchi Group
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Physical chemical approaches to transdermal drug delivery.

 

Kern Group
  Steven E. Kern
  Steven E. Kern
Our main research interests are as follows:
  • E.E.G. analysis of drug effects on the brain
  • Response surface modeling of drug kinetics and drug dynamics
  • Clincial bioavailability of new drug formulations
  • Conopeptides as new anesthetic drugs
  • Monitoring of metabolic disorders
 

Kim Group
  Sung Wan Kim
  Sung Wan Kim

Polymeric and biomolecular approaches to gene delivery.

 

Kiser Group
  Patrick Kiser
  Patrick Kiser
Our research is focused on applying controlled and triggered release principles to the design of microbicidal vaginal drug delivery systems for the prevention of the sexual transmission of HIV. We are working on projects that range from new materials discovery that could lead to new advanced microbicides, the development of new assays to evaluate microbicide products, and sustained delivery system projects of which some are developed enough to begin pushing towards the clinic with the help of our collaborators at the International Partnership for Microbicides and CONRAD.
 

Kopecek Group
  Jindrich Kopecek
  Jindrich Kopecek
Our group focuses on:
  • Targetable polymeric anticancer drugs.
  • Novel approaches to treat osteoporosis.
  • Biodegradable hydrogels.
  • Genetically engineered biomaterials and drug delivery systems.

 

Lim Group
  Carol Lim
  Carol Lim

 Our research focuses on:

  • Gene delivery
  • Protein compartmentalization
  • DNA/gene targeted therapeutics
  • Steroid hormone receptors
  • Cellular kinetics
  • Co-activators and co-repressors
  • Transcription factors
  • Transcription factor based therapeutics
  • Nuclear import and export. 

 

Lu Group
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We are interested in:
  • Targeted Delivery Systems for Diagnostics and Therapeutics
  • Non-invasive Methods for in-vivo Evaluation of Drug Delivery Systems and Gene Delivery Systems
  • Molecular Imaging
  • Tissue Specific MRI Contrast Agents