The Department of Pharmaceutics & Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Department Statistics

• University Distinguished Professors: 4
• Full Professors: 3
• Associate Professors: 5
• Assistant Professors: 2

• Journal of Controlled Release
• Drug Delivery
• Bioconjugate Chemistry
• Advance Drug Delivery Reviews
• International Journal of Pharmaceutics
• Journal of Biomaterials Science
• Journal of Pharmaceutical Science
• Pharmaceutical Research
• Biomaterials
• Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

• Dr. Andrade: National Academy of Engineering, National Academy of Sciences
• Dr. Bae: Developmental Therapeutics, Kidney Dialysis, Monitoring, and Therapeutics, Centers of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence, Lung, and Blood Program Project Review Committee, Cancer Drug Development and Therapeutics (SBIR), Protein structure and function, Bench to bedside diabetes (SBIR), Drug Delivery
• Dr. Grainger: AO Foundation, NCI/NIH, NESAC/Bio, MRSEC, CCMX
• Dr. Herron: NIH Peer Review Panel, Cooperative Research Partnerships for Biodefense
• Dr. Higuchi: American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists, American Chemical Society
• Dr. Kim: Institute of Medicine of the National Academies
• Dr. Kopecek: NIH Biomaterials and Biointerfaces Study Section
• Dr. Lim: NIH/NCI Review Panel, Applications of Emerging Technologies for Cancer Research

• K. Na and Y.H. Bae, "Recent advances pH-sensitive polymers for drug delivery," In: G. Kwon (Ed.), Polymeric Drug Delivery Systems, Marcel Dekker, Inc. 2005, pp. 129-194.
• H.C. Kang, M.H. Lee, and Y.H. Bae, "Polymeric gene delivery vectors," In: N.A. Peppas, J. Zach Hilt, and J. Brook (Eds), Nanotechnology in Therapeutics: Current Technology and Applications, Horizon Bioscience Press. 2007, pp. 131-161.
• D.Y. Furgeson and S.W. Kim, "Recent Advances in Poly(ethyleneimine) Gene Carrier Design," In: Polymeric Drug Delivery I: Particulate Drug Carriers, S. Svenson, ACS Symposium Series 923, Page 182 (2006)
• S. Kevin Li and W.I. Higuchi, "Quantitative Structure-Enhancement Relationships and the Microenvironment of the Enhancer Site of Action," In: Percutaneous Penetration Enhancers, Edited by E.W. Smith and H.I. Maibach, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL (2005).
• V. Cuchelkar and J. Kopecek, "Polymer-Drug Conjugates," In: Polymers in Drug Delivery, I.F. Uchegbu, A.G. Schhtzlein, Eds., CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 2006, pp. 155-182.
• Jiskoot, W., A. J. W. G. Visser, J. N. Herron, and M. Sutter, "Fluorescence Spectroscopy," In: Methods for Structural Analysis of Protein Pharmaceuticals (W. Jiskoot & D. Crommelin, eds.), AAPS Press, Arlington, VA, pp. 27-82 (2005).

• Dr. Kim: Plenary Lecture, International Pharmaceutical Symposium, Shanghai, China
• Dr. Kopecek: Busse Lectures, University of Wisconsin

• Dr. Bae: AAPS (American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists)
• Dr. Bae: AIMBE (American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering)
• Dr. Bae: AANM (American Academy of Nanomedicine)
• Dr. Grainger: AIMBE (American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering)

• Dr. William Higuchi: Presidential Citation, American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientist, 2003
• Dr. David Grainger: APhRMA Award "Excellence in Pharmaceutical Research", 2004
• Dr. Sung Wan Kim: University of Utah Rosenblatt Prize Award, 2003
• Dr. Jindrich Kopecek: Chair, Gordon Research Conference on Drug Carriers in Medicine and Biology, 2004
• Dr. Carol Lim: Distinguished Teaching Award, University of Utah, 2005

• Doctoral Candidates
  • Pharmaceutics: 43
  • Students from allied programs (Bioengineering, Materials Science, etc.): 13
• Awards
  • Kongnara Papangkorn: Jeffrey L. Fox Memorial Award, 2006
  • Aaron Mohs: Jeffrey L. Fox Memorial Award, 2006

• Novartis Fellowship
• Dinesh and Kalpana Patel Fellowship

• Total Research Dollars 2003-2006: $10,184,128

• Long Term Protein Delivery, PI: Y.H. Bae
• Micelle Surface Engineering, PI: Y.H. Bae
• Rapid Toxin Screen, PI: J. Herron
• CNS Drug Effect with the EEG, PI: S. Kern
• RCE Critical Path, PI: S. Kern
• RCE Translational Development, PI: S. Kern
• A Polymeric Drug Delivery System, PI: J. Kopecek
• Laser Tumor Ablation in Animal Tumor Model, PI: Z.R. Lu

• Center for Controlled Chemical Delivery (CCCD)

• Journal of Biomedical Materials Research
• Journal of Controlled Release
• Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
• International Journal of Pharmaceutics
• Pharmaceutical Research
• Biomaterials
• Biomacromolecules
• PNAS
• Analytical Chemistry