Associate Research Professor, Pharmacology

Dr. Watts is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, and managing Co-Director of the Genomics lab within the SWEHSC Omics Facility Core. Dr. Watts facilitates genomics research by SWEHSC members through consultation on experimental design and technology choice. He has over 20 years of experience in research on the environmental effects of epigenetics, genomics, and the microbiome. Dr. Watts has been collaborating with SWEHSC investigators for over 20 years on genomics projects resulting in over 20 collaborative authorships.

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Associate Professor

Dr. Wheeler has over 25 years of experience in research in designing algorithms, statistical models, and software for problems motivated by biological data. Projects in his research group range from statistical modeling of biological sequence families, to text indexing and bounded search algorithms, to low-level software optimization, to Deep Neural Networks and Natural Language Processing and related Machine Learning methods, to development of databases and accompanying web services.

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Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology
Director of Graduate Studies
Member, University of Arizona Cancer Center

Georg Wondrak, PhD, is a professor of pharmacology and toxicology within the R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy. 

Awards:

• R Ken Coit College of Pharmacy Basic Sciences Teacher of the Year 2023
  • Spring 2023
• 2020 University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Dr. James R. Halpert Faculty Research Award
  • COP, Fall 2020

 

Redox Drug Discovery Targeting Skin Cancer and Solar Photodamage

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Assistant Professor, Pharmacology & Toxicology

The Xiong lab is focused on the structure-based design of bioactive molecules to modulate disease-causing proteins or genes. We use modern molecular biology tools to develop biochemical, biophysical, and cellular assays to screen and optimize molecules for various therapeutic targets. Our projects also heavily utilize X-ray crystallography and computational modeling to guide molecule design. Two novel molecules developed from this pipeline successfully entered human clinical trials for treating advanced breast cancer (NCT03201913: Xiong R., et al., J Med Chem.

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Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences

Samuel Yalkowsky, PhD, serves as professor of pharmaceutical sciences, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology. His current work involves basic research about the relationships between chemical structure and physical phenomena, such as solubility, partitioning, and melting.

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Postdoctoral Research Associate I

Degree: PhD Candidate
rogram: Pharmacology and Toxicology
Track: Pharmacology and Toxicology
Faculty Mentor: Patrick T Ronaldson, PhD
Year Enrolled: 2017
Training Grant: T32 Pre-doctoral Trainee

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Associate Clinical Professor

Beth Zerr, PharmD, BCACP, is an assistant clinical professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice at the R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy. At the Coit College of Pharmacy, she co-coordinates Self Care, Pharmacotherapeutics, and Pharmacotherapeutics courses. She practices as an ambulatory care provider with BANNER HEALTH, PHOENIX, as part of the Centralized Services team. Her practices focuses on managing patients with diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular risk factors.

Professor, Pharmacology & Toxicology

Qing-Yu Zhang, PhD and professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology—studies the function of intestinal P450 enzymes in drug metabolism and safety. Her research investigates the effects of physiological, pathological and environmental factors on drug bioavailability and chemical toxicity, providing strategies to improve therapeutics and prevent diseases. She is a member of the Southwest Envirnomental Health Sciences Center.

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Professor, Pharmacology & Toxicology
R. Ken and Donna Coit Endowed Chair in Aging and Neurodegenerative Diseases
Co-Director, Coit Center for Longevity & Neurotherapeutics
Professor, BIO5 Institute
Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry

The Zhu laboratory studies RNA binding proteins and RNA metabolism including protein translation and stress granules under physiological and pathological conditions. We are also interested in protein phase separation and aggregation in vitro and in vivo and their relevance in human diseases. We strive to better understand the molecular mechanisms for neurodegenerative diseases including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and other diseases such as cancer.

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