Faculty

Kim L.R. Brouwer, Pharm.D., Ph.D.

Professor and Chair
Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics

Education:

• B.S., Pharmacy, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
• Pharm.D., University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
• Ph.D., Pharmaceutics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
• Post-doctoral Fellows, Pharmacology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

Research Synopsis:

• Hepatic disposition of xenobiotics and alteration due to diseases, age, patient variables, pharmacologic and/or toxicologic interactions
• the development and refinement on in vitro model systems to predict in vivo hepatobiliary drug disposition, drug interactions and hepatotoxicity
• Mechanisms of aberrant drug absorption from the GI tract.

Email: kbrouwer@unc.edu

Mary Paine, Ph.D., R.Ph.

Assistant Professor
Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics

Education:

• B.S., Pharmacy, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
  

• Ph.D., Pharmaceutical Science, University of Washington, Tacoma, WA

• Post-doctoral Fellow,University of Michigan
  

Research Synopsis:

• Cliinical pharmacokinetics, drug metabolism and transport, and pharmacogenetics.
  
• Pharmacokinetic mechanisms underlying drug-drug and drug-diet interactions.

Email: mpaine@unc.edu

Adam M. Persky, Ph.D.

Clinical Assistant Professor
Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics

Education:

• B.S., Biology, Purdue Univeristy, West Lafayette, IN

• M.S., Exercise Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

• Ph.D., Pharmaceutical Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

• Post-doctoral Fellow, Clinical Pharmacokinetics / Pharmacodynamics Fellowship, Univerisity of North Carolina and GlaxoSmithKline

Research Synopsis:

• Pharmacokinetic EducationDietary Supplements - pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics

• Interaction of exercise and/or nutrition on drug disposition and action

Email: apersky@unc.edu

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Gary M. Pollack, Ph.D.

Executive Associate Dean and Professor
Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics

Education:

• B.A., Chemistry and Psychology, Knox College, Galesburg, IL
• Ph.D., Pharmaceutics, University of Buffalo, Amherst, NY

Research Synopsis:

• Blood-brain barrier transport
• Biologic effects of drugs and toxicants that are active in the central nervous system
• Development of new analytical approaches to support pharmacokinetic experimentation

 Email: gary_pollack@unc.edu