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Pharmacology

The effect of external chemicals on human biology and disease.

Pharmacology Researchers

Amosy M'Koma, MD, MS, PhD

Associate Professor
School of Medicine

Aramandla Ramesh, PhD

Associate Vice President for Research and Innovation, Professor of Cancer Biology and Pharmacology
Office for Research and Innovation
Health Disparities Research Center of Excellence, National Center for Medical Education Development & Research

(615) 327-6486
aramesh@mmc.edu

Amos Sakwe, PhD, MSCI

Associate Professor
School of Graduate Studies and Research
Center for Women's Health Research

(615) 327-6064
asakwe@mmc.edu

Anil Shanker, MS PhD

Senior Vice President for Research and Innovation & Professor of Biochemistry, Cancer Biology, Neuroscience, and Pharmacology
Office for Research and Innovation
Center for Women's Health Research, Health Disparities Research Center of Excellence, Center for Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience

(615) 327-6460
VP-Research@mmc.edu

Akiko Shimamoto, PhD

Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
Center for Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience

(615) 327-6291
ashimamoto@mmc.edu

Clivel Charlton, PhD

Director, Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience & Professor
School of Medicine
Center for Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience

(615) 327-6971
ccharlton@mmc.edu

Executive Director Center for AIDS Health Disparities Research, Professor and Interim Chair, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Physiology
School of Medicine
Center for AIDS Health Disparities Research, Center for Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience

(615) 327-6996
cdash@mmc.edu

Deok-Soo Son, DVM, PhD

Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Center for Women's Health Research, Health Disparities Research Center of Excellence

(615) 327-6189
dson@mmc.edu

Shawn Goodwin, PhD

Associate Professor
School of Medicine
Center for Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience

(615) 327-6686
jgoodwin@mmc.edu

LaMonica Stewart, PhD

Professor
School of Medicine

(615) 327-6749
lstewart@mmc.edu

Sanika Chirwa, PhD

Professor
School of Medicine
Center for Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience

(615) 327-6934
schirwa@mmc.edu

Salil Das, ScD, DSc, Fellow: AAAS; Royal Society of Medicine (UK)

Professor
School of Medicine
Center for Women's Health Research, Health Disparities Research Center of Excellence, Sickle Cell Center, Center for Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience

(615) 327-6988
sdas@mmc.edu

Subodh Nag, PhD

Assistant Professor
School of Medicine

(615) 327-6926
snag@mmc.edu

Zhenbang Chen, PhD

Professor
School of Medicine
Health Disparities Research Center of Excellence

(615) 327-5775
zchen@mmc.edu

Pharmacology Publications

The Exposome and Nutritional Pharmacology and Toxicology: A New Application for Metabolomics.
Blake R Rushing, Anne E Thessen, Ghada A Soliman, Aramandla Ramesh, Susan Cj Sumner

Analgesic Effects of the GIRK Activator, VU0466551, Alone and in Combination with Morphine in Acute and Persistent Pain Models.
Kristopher K Abney, Michael Bubser, Yu Du, Krystian A Kozek, Thomas M Bridges, Craig W Linsdley, J Scott Daniels, Ryan D Morrison, Kevin Wickman, Corey R Hopkins, Carrie K Jones, C David Weaver

Development and validation of an assay to analyze atazanavir in human hair via liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry.
Nhi Phung, Karen Kuncze, Hideaki Okochi, Alexander Louie, Leslie Z Benet, Igho Ofokotun, David W Haas, Judith S Currier, Tariro D Chawana, Anandi N Sheth, Peter Bacchetti, Monica Gandhi, Howard Horng

Organic Collaborative Research Partnership Building: Researchers, Needle and Syringe Program Providers, and People Who Inject Drugs.
Danielle Resiak, Elias Mpofu, Roderick Rothwell

The impact of persistent organic pollutants on fertility: exposure to the environmental toxicant 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin alters reproductive tract immune responses.
Victoria R Stephens, Kensley B Horner, Walter M Avila, Sabrina K Spicer, Riya Chinni, Emily B Bernabe, Antentor O Hinton, Steven M Damo, Alison J Eastman, Monique M McCallister, Kevin G Osteen, Jennifer A Gaddy

Alteration of benzo(a)pyrene biotransformation by resveratrol in Apc^Min/+ mouse model of colon carcinogenesis.
Ashley C Huderson, P V Rekha Devi, Mohammad S Niaz, Samuel E Adunyah, Aramandla Ramesh