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Craig
Trusley
Craig Trusley is from Oklahoma City. He studied chemistry at the University of Portland and the University of Oklahoma before entering the Doctor of Pharmacy program in 2003, and the dual degree program in 2004. In the summer of 2004, Craig completed a research fellowship at the University of Connecticut, and he presented a poster from this work at the Pharmacy Student Research Conference in Denver in summer, 2005.
Craig’s chosen area of specialization is pharmaceutics, and his faculty advisor is Dr. Tom Kupiec, CEO of Analytical Research Laboratories in Oklahoma City. Craig’s thesis research is on the development and validation of a stability indicating high performance liquid chromatography method for deslorelin. He has two published journal articles and has submitted three others for publication, and expects to complete the dual degree in the spring of 2007.
Gautam
Damera
Medicinal Chemistry/Cystic Fibrosis
Gautam Damera is originally from Vizag, India and received his Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy from Dr. MGR Medical University in 1997 and his Master of Science degree in Pharmacy from Andhra University in 2000. Gautam entered our Ph.D. program in the Fall of 2000, specializing in medicinal chemistry and cystic fibrosis. Dr. Goverdhan Sachdev is Gautam’s faculty advisor.
Gautam has served as a Graduate Teaching Assistant in the pharmaceutics laboratory for first year pharmacy students. He has three publications in print, and has presented four papers at national meetings. Gautam received an award at the 2005 Graduate Research Education and Technology (GREAT) Symposium for his presentation entitled "Investigation of Airway Mucin and Glycosyltransferase Gene Expression in Chronic Airway Inflammatory Diseases". Gautam has also served as president of the Pharmacy Graduate Student Association (2005).
Gautam expects to complete his Ph.D. degree during the spring semester, 2006. The title of his dissertation is "Molecular mechanisms of mucus hypersecretion in chronic airway obstructive diseases".