Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Mission

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Provide unique drug and drug development expertise in a collegial environment that drives College of Pharmacy and OU Health Sciences research and workforce development missions that fuel clinical and translational research on campus and throughout the state. 


​Pharmaceutical Sciences Expertise

Biochemistry (S. Awasthi, Shankar, Gali, V. Awasthi, Joshi, Burgett, Eeda, Kasus-Jacobi)

Drug/diagnostic development (V. Awasthi, Pereira, Kasus-Jacobi, Garcia-Contreras, Ihnat, Burgett, Gali)

Drug metabolism and transport (Yue, Joshi, Garcia-Contreras) 

Formulation and/or specialized drug delivery (Garcia-Contreras, V. Awasthi, Kim, Agrahari, Galbraith, Gali)

Immunopharmacology (Gallucci, S. Awasthi)

Molecular synthesis (V. Awasthi, Gali, Burgett, Eeda)

Nuclear Imaging (PET/SPECT/CT), Radiochemistry, Nuclear Pharmacy (V. Awasthi, Eeda, Gali, Galbraith)

Pharmacology (Standifer, Ihnat, Sharpe, Gallucci, Kasus-Jacobi)

Pharmacokinetics (V. Awasthi, Garcia-Contreras, Kim, Yue)

Pharmaceutical Analysis/NMR (Galbraith, Gali, V. Awasthi, Burgett, Nimmo, Agrahari, Garcia-Contreras)

Preclinical in vivo studies (Garcia-Contreras, Standifer, Ihnat, Gallucci, Joshi, Kim, V. Awasthi, Sharpe, Kasus-Jacobi, S. Awasthi)

Regulatory Affairs (Gali, V. Awasthi, Galbraith)

Toxicology (Ihnat, Gallucci, Joshi, Yue)


​Areas of Research Interest

Cancer (Kim, Ihnat, Gallucci, S. Awasthi, Burgett, Garcia-Contreras, Gali, Yue) 

Neuroscience (Standifer, Kasus-Jacobi, Sharpe, V. Awasthi)

Cerebrovascular and/or Cardiovascular (V. Awasthi, Standifer, Eeda)

Toxicology (Gallucci, Ihnat, Joshi, Yue)

Metabolism/Metabolic diseases (Joshi, V. Awasthi, Sharpe, Eeda, Yue)

Infectious diseases and Inflammation (Burgett, S. Awasthi, Gallucci, Joshi, Shankar, Garcia-Contreras, Kasus-Jacobi, Pereira, Sharpe)

Vision and auditory (Pereira, Kasus-Jacobi, Garcia-Contreras, Agrahari)



Contact Us

Point of Contact:

Raye Lyn Stucker, Administrative Support Specialist
E-mail: raye-stucker@ouhsc.edu
(405) 271-6593, ext. 47272

Mailing Address:

The University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy
Attn: Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
P.O. Box 26901
Oklahoma City, OK 73126-0901

Building Location:

The University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy
1110 North Stonewall Ave., Room 323
Oklahoma City, OK 73117