| Date | Time | Location | Special Guest | Institution | Topic |
| Sep 19 | 12 PM | LLC 124 | Omar Tliba, DVM, PhD | LIU, College of Veterinary Medicine | "Corticosteroid Insensitivity in Asthma: Unique Role of Structural Cells" |
| Oct 3 | 11 AM | HS 107 | Inna Ricardo-Lax, PhD | Rockefeller Institute | "The Virus That Saved Me" |
| Oct 17 | 12 PM | H 514 | Rakesh Gollen, PhD | Synteract, Inc. | "The Increasing Role of Pharmacometrics in Drug Development" |
| Oct 24 | 12 PM | H 514 | Sybille Neuhoff, PhD | Centara UK, Inc. |
"Quantifying the Right System Correctly to Obtain Intrinsic Drug Data for Scaling from In Vitro to In Vivo within PBPK Modeling" |
| Nov 12 | 12 PM | LLC 122 | Sarika Namjoshi, PhD | The University of Queensland | "Product Quality Attributes and Performance Assessment as Evaluation Tools in Topical Semisolid Product Bioequivalence" |
| Dec 5 |
12 PM | LLC 122 | Tina Zerilli, PharmD and Brooke Fidler, PharmD | LIU Pharmacy | "Stimulation to Practice: Assessing the Impact of Standardized Patients on Pharmacy Students’ Ability to Perform a Medical History in Practice” |
| Conference | Date | Location | Website |
| 5th International Congress of the European Society for Pharmacogenomic and Personalized Therapy |
October 16 – 18, 2019 |
Seville, Spain |
https://www.pgrn.org/other-pgx-meetings |
| Society for Neuroscience (SfN) |
October 19 – 23, 2019 |
Chicago, IL |
https://www.sfn.org/Meetings/Neuroscience-2019 |
| American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) |
October 26 – 29, 2019 |
New York, NY |
https://www.accp.com/meetings/am19/ |
| American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) |
November 3 – 6, 2019 |
San Antonio, TX |
https://www.aaps.org/pharmsci/future-annual-events |
| American Pharmacy Association (APhA) |
March 20 – 23, 2020 |
National Harbor, MD |
https://aphameeting.pharmacist.com/ |
| American Chemical Society (ACS) |
March 22 - 26, 2020 |
Philadelphia, PA | https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/meetings/national-meeting.html |
| Experimental Biology (EB) |
April 4 – 7, 2020 |
San Diego, CA |
https://experimentalbiology.org/2019/Home.aspx |
| American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) |
April 24 - 29, 2020 |
San Diego, CA |
https://www.aacr.org/MEETINGS/PAGES/MEETINGDETAIL.ASPX?EVENTITEMID=213&DETAILITEMID=1057 |
| American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) |
July 18 – 22, 2020 |
Long Beach, CA |
https://www.aacp.org/events/annual-meetings |
| American Society of Pharmacognosy (ASP) |
July 25 – 30, 2020 |
San Francisco, CA |
http://aspmeetings.pharmacognosy.us/upcoming-asp-meetings/ |
| Date | Time | Location | Student Name | Title | |
| Dissertation Defense | |||||
| Sep 6 | 11 AM | HS 614B | Harsh S. Shah | PHD Thesis Defense: "Understanding and Classifying the Solid-State Properties of Selected Narrow Therapeutic Index Drug Substances and Modeling the Contribution of Stress Induced Changes on Drug Product Failure Modes" (Advisor: Dr. K. Morris) |
|
| Dec 5 | 1:30 PM | HS 614B | Vamshi Krishna Jogiraju | PHD Thesis Defense: "Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Modeling of Tizanidine" (Advisor: Dr. D. Taft) | |
| Thesis Defense | |||||
| Jun 28 | 11 AM | HS 614B | Amruta Samant |
MS P/T Thesis Defense: "The Combination Effect of Palbociclib and 5-Fluorouracil in Various Preclinical Models of Upper Gastrointestinal Cancers" (Advisor: Dr. V. Sehdev) |
|
| Aug 5 | 10 AM | HS 614B | Kajal Nahar |
MS IP Thesis Defense: "Estimating Intrinsic Solubility and Intrinsic Dissolution Rate of Metastable Form of any Drug Using Modified Nogami Method" (Advisor: Dr. K. Morris) |
|
| Aug 16 | 10 AM | HS 614B |
Jayshil Bhatt |
MS IP Thesis Defense: "A Structure-Mechanics Study of Drug-Drug Cocrystals to Optimize Tableting Performance of Metformin HCI" (Advisor: Dr. R. Haware) |
|
| Oct 30 | 11 AM | HS 614B | Tanvi Joshi | MS P/T Thesis Defense: "Can Grape Powder Supplemented Diet Protect Against Prostate Cancer?" (Advisor: Dr. A. Levenson) | |
| Nov 26 | 3 PM | HS 614B | Snigdha Kamath |
MS CS Thesis Defense: “Development and Evaluation of Dermatological Formulations of Diclofenac Sodium with Enhanced In Vitro Drug Release Using Lower Level of Drug” (Advisor: Dr. A. Babar) |
|
| Date | Presenter | Article Title | Journal | Publication Date |
| Nov 19 5 PM (HS 614B) | Aunusha Pinninti, Ph.D. Candidate | Dry Powder Inhalation Formulations for Pulmonary Drug Delivery | ||
| Dec 2 5 PM (HS 614B) | Joseph Saddick, Ph.D. Candidate | Investigating and Predicting Tablet Sticking Using Powder Rheology, Thermal Analysis, and Molecular Dynamics |
| Date | Time | Special Guest | Institution | Topic |
| Oct 18 | 1 PM | Kathleen Frey | LIU Pharmacy | "Computational and structure-based methods for resistance prediction and drug design" |
| Oct 25 | 1 PM | Kenneth Morris | LIU Pharmacy | "
Levothyroxine, the most recalled drug product in FDA history: solid form transitions and chemical stability” |
| Nov 2 | 1 PM | Ossi Korhonen | University of Eastern Finland |
“Continuous manufacturing of tablets; pharmacy at UEF-
Kuopio, Finland” |
| Nov 8 | 12 PM | Benedict Albensi | University of Manitoba |
“A new view on therapies for Alzheimer's disease” |
| Nov 27 | 2 PM |
Eyal Schwartzberg |
Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center |
“Overview of the Israeli drug regulatory affairs system” |
| Nov 29 | 1 PM | Peter Wildfong |
Duquesne University |
“Predicting API dispersability in PVPva using the R3m molecular descriptor” |
| Dec 20 | 11 AM |
Shao-Qing Cai |
Peking University Health Science Center |
“Design of ‘ultra-hypotoxic multidrugs’ based on the
efficacy theory of traditional Chinese medicines (TCMs)” |
| Jan 24 | 1 PM | Grazia Stagni | LIU Pharmacy |
“Applications of dermis microdialysis” |
| Jan 24 | 3 PM | Tuo Jin |
Shanghai Jio Tong University Pharmacy |
“Industrial pharmacy aspects of microspheres and
microneedles” |
| Feb 7 | 12 PM | Yoonsun Mo | LIU Pharmacy |
“Clinical and economic comparison of dexmedetomidine and propofol in ICU settings” |
| Feb 12 | 11 AM | John Pezzuto | LIU Pharmacy | “Resveratrol: 20 years of growth, development and
controversy” |
| Feb 14 | 1 PM | Michael Ng | EH&S | Annual lab safety seminar (mandatory) |
| Feb 15 | 1 PM |
Alesandro Marangon |
Novartis |
“From bench to business: making the transition from
academia to the pharmaceutical industry” |
| Feb 28 | 1 PM |
Tycho Heimbach |
Novartis |
“PBPK modeling in drug discovery and development” |
| Mar 20 | 11 AM |
Gernot Warnke |
JRS Pharma |
“Continuous direct compression in drug tablet manufacturing” |
| Apr 9 | 2-4 PM | Gisella Benitez |
Pharmacometrics Boehringer Ingelheim |
“Graduate Student to Pharmacometrician” |
| Conference | Date | Location | Website |
|
American Pharmacy Association (APhA) |
March 22 – 25, 2019 |
Seattle, WA |
https://aphameeting.pharmacist.com/ |
|
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) |
March 29 – April 3, 2019 |
Atlanta, GA |
https://www.aacr.org/Meetings/Pages/MeetingDetail.aspx?EventItemID=174 |
|
American Chemical Society (ACS) |
March 31 – April 4, 2019 |
Orlando, FL |
https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/meetings/national-meeting.html |
|
Experimental Biology (EB) |
April 6 – 9, 2019 |
Orlando, FL |
https://experimentalbiology.org/2019/Home.aspx |
|
American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) |
July 13 – 17, 2019 |
Chicago, IL |
https://www.aacp.org/pharmed19 |
|
American Society of Pharmacognosy (ASP) |
July 13 – 17, 2019 |
Madison, WI |
http://aspmeetings.pharmacognosy.us/ |
|
5th International Congress of the European Society for Pharmacogenomic and Personalized Therapy |
October 16 – 18, 2019 |
Seville, Spain |
https://www.pgrn.org/other-pgx-meetings |
|
Society for Neuroscience (SfN) |
October 19 – 23, 2019 |
Chicago, IL |
https://www.sfn.org/Meetings/Neuroscience-2019 |
|
American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) |
October 26 – 29, 2019 |
New York, NY |
https://www.accp.com/meetings/am19/ |
|
American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) |
November 3 – 6, 2019 |
San Antonio, TX |
https://www.aaps.org/pharmsci/future-annual-events |
| Date | Time | Location | Student Name | Title | |
| Dissertation Defense | |||||
| Nov 8 | 10:15 AM | HS 614B |
Sawani Talekar |
PhD Thesis Defense: Incorporation of Self-Nanoemulsifying W/O/W Emulsions into Oral Films: An Approach to Improve Permeability of a BCS Class III Drug (Advisor: Dr. Rutesh Dave) |
|
| Feb 7 | 9 AM | HS 614B |
Kushal Shah |
Ph.D. Thesis Defense: Development and Application of a Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic (PBPK/PD) Model for Lamivudine Using the Simcyp Simulator (Advisor: Dr. David Taft) | |
| Apr 19 | 11 AM | HS 614B | Kaushalendra Chaturvedi |
Modeling of Adhesion in Tablet Compression at Molecular Level Using Thermal Analysis and Molecular Simulations (Thesis advisor: Dr. Rutesh Dave) |
|
| Thesis Defense | |||||
| Sept 24 | 11 AM | HS 614B | Pravin Phadatare |
MS P/T Thesis Defense: MTA1 Targeted Anticancer Activity of Mitoxantrone in Prostate Cancer (Advisor: Dr. Anait Levenson) |
|
| Oct 5 | 10 AM | HS 614B |
Kajal Risbud |
MS P/T Thesis Defense: Computational and Experimental Methods to Elucidate the Effects of GSTP Polymorphism I105V on Ezatiostat (Advisor: Dr. Kathleen Frey) |
|
| Oct 11 | 10 AM | HS 614B |
Kshiti Dholakia |
MS Thesis Defense: MTA1/ETS2-Mediated Antitumor Activity of Stilbenes in Prostate Cancer (Advisor: Dr. Anait Levenson) |
|
|
Oct 17 |
11 AM |
HS 614B |
Dhvanir Kansara |
MS P/T Thesis Defense: Palbociclib (PD-0332991) Synergistically Enhances the Anti-Cancer Activity of Cisplatin in Various Preclinical Models of Upper Gastrointestinal Cancers (Advisor: Dr. Vikas Sehdev) |
|
| Nov 1 | 10:30 AM | HS 614B |
Melinee D’silva |
MS P/T Thesis Defense: Chemopreventive Activity of Grape Powder Extract (GPE) in Prostate Cancer (Advisor: Dr. Anait Levenson) |
|
| Nov 13 | 3 PM | HS 614B |
Md Zahidul Islam Zahid |
MS CS Thesis Defense: In-Vitro Diffusion Studies to Develop and Evaluate Various Semisolid Bases to Optimize Clotrimazole Release with Reduced Level of Drug (Advisor: Dr. Almas Babar) | |
| Nov 19 | 1 PM | HS 614B |
Swati S. Rao |
MS IP Thesis Defense: Effect of Silicon Oil Viscosity During Microencapsulation by Coacervation Phase Separation Technique (Advisor: Dr. Rutesh Dave) | |
| Dec 13 | 11 AM | HS 614B |
Mangesh Kurade |
MS P/T Thesis Defense: Angiotensin II Type 2 (AT2) Receptors: A Novel Target in Asthma” (Advisor: Dr. Dovenia Ponnoth) | |
| Mar 21 | 12:30 PM | HS 614B |
Abhee Brahmbhatt |
MS DRA Thesis Defense: Cybersecurity in Community Pharmacies (Advisor: Dr. John Lonie) | |
| Apr 15 | 11 AM | HS 614B | Mai Bana | MS CS Thesis Defense: Transdermal Vitamin D3-A Literature Review (Advisor: Dr. Mimi Pezzuto) | |
| Apr 18 | 12 PM | HS 614B | Tasnim Tabassum | MS P/S Thesis Defense: Drug Repurposing: A Novel Approach to Discover HIV Therapies (Advisor: Dr. Kathleen Frey) | |
| Apr 24 | 11 AM | HS 614B | Prajakta Bagul |
MS IP Thesis Defense, “In-Vitro Diffusion Studies for the Assessment and Optimization of Hydroquinone Release from Dermatological Bases with Reduced Levels of Drug (Advisor: Dr. Almas Babar) |
|
| Apr 25 | 9:30 AM | HS 614B | Cara M. Clementelli | MS P/T Thesis Defense: Effect of Fluoxetine (Prozactm) on Expression of Biomarkers for Inflammation and Neurodevelopment by the Placenta (Advisor: Dr. Anait Levenson) |
|
| Apr 25 | 12:15 PM | HS 614B | Sarosh Ahmed | MS P/T Thesis Defense: Effect of 2,4,6 Tribromophenol (TBP) on Expression of Biomarkers on Inflammation and Neurodevelopment by the Placenta (Advisor: Dr. Anait Levenson) |
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