About Lipscomb
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Chair, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences Dr. Akers received his Pharm.D. from the University of Tennessee in 1991 and his Ph.D. in Clinical Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Kentucky in 1998. While at the University of Kentucky, Dr. Akers was a faculty member in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science, served on graduate student advisory committees as full member of the Graduate Faculty, and coordinated the graduate program track in Clinical and Experimental Therapeutics in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Within the professional program, he coordinated the Cardiovascular Therapeutics Module and precepted pharmacy students and residents on clinical rotations in Chandler Medical Center. Dr. Akers also directed a research program focused on differential regulation of angiotensin II receptor subtypes in pre-clinical models of myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury and established a platelet pharmacodynamic laboratory to investigate mechanisms contributing to individual variability of antiplatelet drugs. View Dr. Akers' Curriculum Vitae |
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Vice Chair, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences Dr. Fowler received his Ph.D. in Physiological Chemistry from the Ohio State University in 1973 and completed a two year postdoctoral position in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Toxicology at Oklahoma Children’s Hospital in 1978. Since then he has held various clinical and academic appointments over the past 30 years. From 1981 until 2001, he progressed in academic rank from Associate Professor to Distinguished Professor of Biology and Chemistry at Oklahoma Christian University, served as the Department Chair of Natural Science for five years, and the Dean of the College of Science and Engineering for four years. More recently Fowler was a Professor of Biology and Chemistry in the College of Natural and Applied Sciences and served as the coordinator of the Pre-Clinical Nursing Program at Lipscomb University. View Dr. Fowler's Curriculum Vitae |
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Director of Development and Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences Dr. McCormack received his Ph.D. in Microbiology and Immunology from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in 1989 and completed a four year research associate postdoctoral position in the Department of Immunology at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in 1993. After this training he held various clinical positions as an assistant director and/or director of an HLA and Transplant Immunology Laboratory at Emory University Hospital, Baylor University Medical Center, and Scott & White Memorial Hospital from 1993-1998. Since then he has held several clinical and academic appointments, most recently as a visiting professor at Lipscomb University in the College of Natural and Applied Sciences. Dr. McCormack's scientific interests focus on the pathogenesis of infectious disease and the immunologic mechanisms integral to human transplantation. His academic teaching in the fields of Microbiology and Immunology emphasize the use of a case-based, problem solving approach that fosters the development of life-long learners. View Dr. McCormack's Curriculum Vitae |
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Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences Dr. Mercer received her B.S. in Chemistry at Seton Hill University in 2004 and a Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Maryland in 2008. Her graduate training provided both breadth and depth in every phase of classical drug discovery that included organic synthesis, medicinal chemistry, pharmacology, drug metabolism, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. During her training she supervised both undergraduate and Pharm.D. students in the research laboratory and was a graduate teaching assistant for Medicinal Chemistry I and II and Physical Chemistry courses in the professional program. She joined the founding faculty of Lipscomb University College of Pharmacy in the fall of 2008 and teaches in the Pharmaceutics and Pharmacology courses and the Integrated Biomedical Sciences Laboratory. In addition to her work with Lipscomb University, Dr. Mercer is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacology at Vanderbilt University and a member of the Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology. Dr. Mercer is currently collaborating with Drs. Eric Skaar and Alex Waterson on the design and development of novel inhibitors for anthrax and staph bacteria. Additional research interests include the design and synthesis of novel opioid analgesics with reduced side effects. Dr. Mercer is published in the medicinal chemistry and pharmacology literature and serves as a manuscript reviewer for Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters and Current Medicinal Chemistry. She has been the recipient of various awards including a Leadership Development Award from the ACS Younger Chemists Committee (2008) and has been recognized by Seton Hill University as a Distinguished Recent Alumni (2009). Dr. Mercer also serves her profession as the Secretary/Treasurer for the Drug Design and Discovery Section of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists. View Dr. Mercer's Curriculum Vitae |
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Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences Dr. Dilks received her PhD in Molecular Physiology and Biophysics at Vanderbilt University in 2002 and subsequently completed a 3 year postdoctoral Cancer Research Training Award in the Laboratory of Genomic Diversity at the National Cancer Institute. During her time as a postdoctoral fellow she also served as a visiting scientist at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard where she collaborated with scientists on projects related to genetic analysis of HIV/AIDS. For the past 3 years, Dr. Dilks has served as a Program Director at SRI International where she was responsible for identifying, evaluating, and deploying novel technologies for large-scale molecular biology and microbiology experiments. Her research interests focus on utilizing candidate gene approaches and genome-wide association studies to discover HIV/AIDS restriction genes and potential determinants of antiretroviral treatment responses.
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Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences Dr. Thomas received her B.S. in Pharmaceutical Sciences at the Goa College of Pharmacy, India in 2002 and her Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in 2008. During her graduate training she was a research and teaching assistant, and was involved in teaching the Drug Delivery Systems laboratory and Case Studies to Pharm.D. students. She also trained graduate and undergraduate students in the research laboratory where she worked. She has worked in the pharmaceutical industry at Abbott Laboratories and Ranbaxy Laboratories in India. Her research interests focus on drug delivery to the brain and the role of transporters expressed at the blood-brain barrier, in the brain uptake of chemotherapeutic agents. View Dr. Thomas' Curriculum Vitae |
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Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences Dr. Deweese received his B.S. in Biochemistry from Freed-Hardeman University in 2004 and his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Vanderbilt University in 2009. During his graduate career, he was trained in the enzymology of DNA topoisomerases. His graduate research focused on the DNA cleavage mechanism of human type II topoisomerases and involved the development of a method for isolating topoisomerase II- mediated DNA scission from ligation. Dr. Deweese taught as an adjunct instructor for Lipscomb University's Biology Department in 2007 and 2008. During graduate school, he tutored medical school students in Biochemistry and trained and supervised both undergraduate and graduate students in his mentor's research laboratory. His research interests include characterizing the mechanism of anti-cancer agents and enzymes that function on DNA. View Dr. Deweese's Curriculum Vitae |
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Administrative Assistant, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences Graves earned a degree in Elementary Education from Lipscomb in 2000. Previous to working at Lipscomb, Graves was a teacher at White House Christian Academy where she taught 1st grade for 5 years, and kindergarten for 2 years. She is the administrative assistant for the department of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
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