Dhiren Thakker

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Dhiren Thakker
Dhiren R Thakker PhD
Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education, Ferguson Distinguished Professor
Division: Molecular Pharmaceutics
Street Address
UNC School of Pharmacy
Division of Molecular Pharmaceutics
301 Pharmacy Lane
Beard Hall, Room # 26
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7360
Contact Info
Email: dhiren_thakker@unc.edu
Office: 919-962-0092
Fax: 919-966-3525
 
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Research Interests

Mechanisms of drug transport; structure-transport relationships; prodrug strategies for tumor-targeting; metabolism of drugs and xenobiotics; delivery and disposition of macromolecules

Bio

Prior experience - Glaxo Inc., NIH, and FDA. Co-editor - Medicinal Research Reviews. Editorial board member - Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Current Drug Metabolism, Drug Metabolism and Disposition (past). Founder and member of the Board of Directors: ADMETech Inc. Awards/honors - Sato Memorial Award, the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan; Fellow, the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists.