BA, Chemistry/Psychology, Knox College (Galesburg, IL), 1979

PhD, Pharmaceutics, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1984

• Dissertation: "The Contribution of Metabolites to Pharmacologic Effect" under the direction of Danny D. Shen, PhD)
  

• Kinetics of blood-brain barrier transport, neuronal receptor binding, and central nervous system effects of xenobiotics
• Approaches to selective CNS delivery of therapeutic agents
• Kinetics and mechanisms of opioid tolerance development
• Contribution of metabolites to the pharmacologic/toxicologic effects of xenobiotics
• Data analysis methods for pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic systems
• Innovative instructional approaches for pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics
  

Academic Experience

Graduate Student Fellow, Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, State University of New York at Buffalo
August 1979 to December 1983

Assistant Professor, Division of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
January 1984 to December 1990

Assistant Professor, Curriculum in Toxicology, School of Medicine, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
January 1987 to December 1990

Associate Professor, Division of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
January 1991 to July 1999  

Associate Professor, Curriculum in Toxicology, School of Medicine, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
January 1991 to July 1999

Professor, Division of Drug Delivery and Disposition, School of Pharmacy, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
July 1999 to June 2005

Professor, Curriculum in Toxicology, School of Medicine, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
July 1999 to present

Professor, Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics, School of Pharmacy, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
July 2005 to present

Administrative Experience

Chair, Division of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
December, 1992 to February, 1995

Chair, Division of Drug Delivery and Disposition, School of Pharmacy, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
March, 1995 to January, 2005

Executive Associate Dean, School of Pharmacy, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
March, 2005 to present

Academic Awards and Honors

Chicago Heart Association Research Fellowship, 1978
American Chemical Society Undergraduate Chemistry Award, 1979
Phi Beta Kappa, Knox College, 1979
College Honors, Magna Cum Laude, Knox College, 1979
Woodburn Fellowship, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1979-1982
Graduate School Fellowship, SUNY Buffalo, 1982-1983
Buffalo Pharmaceutics Graduate Scholar, 1984
Fellow, American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists, 2001
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2004
Inaugural SUNY Buffalo Pharmaceutics GSA Alumni Speaker, 2004
Best Instructor, University of North Carolina School of Pharmacy PY1 Class, 2004
Member, New York Academy of Sciences, 2005
Best Instructor, University of North Carolina School of Pharmacy PY2 Class, 2005
Best Overall Instructor, University of North Carolina School of Pharmacy, 2005