Elmer J. Gentry, Ph.D. is Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences for the Chicago State University-College of Pharmacy. Dr. Gentry received his B.S. from Missouri Western State College (1993 in Chemistry) and M.S. (1996) and Ph.D. (1999) in Medicinal Chemistry from the University of Kansas. He served on the faculty at Midwestern University, College of Pharmacy-Glendale from 1999-2007.
He was named the 2007 Teacher of the Year for both the first and second year pharmacy classes at the College of Pharmacy-Glendale. Additionally he has received the Edgar C. Little Outstanding Chemistry Graduate Award from Missouri Western State College, the Pharmacy Graduate Student Honors Symposium Award from the University of Kansas, and an American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education Pre-doctoral fellowship from 1997-1999. He was honored as the National Advisor of the Year runner-up by the Phi Delta Chi pharmacy fraternity.
Dr. Gentry is a member of numerous scientific and professional organizations and has served as the Chair of the Section of Teachers of Chemistry of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. His research interests include: synthetic manipulation of antimicrobial agents to modulate potency and spectrum of activity, use of combinatorial chemistry for drug discovery and development, and improving delivery of science courses for professional and pre-professional students.
Lwandiko E. Masinde, B. Pharm., Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Pharmaceutics in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, in the College of Pharmacy at Chicago State University. He was a Director of Medical Programs at Capsulated Systems, Inc. (CSI) in Ithaca, New York for three years (2005 – 2008). Prior to joining CSI, he held teaching positions at Hampton University College of Pharmacy (1998 – 2005); and at Xavier University of Louisiana’s School of Pharmacy from 1995 – 1998. Dr. Masinde had worked as a Research and Development Scientist for Pharmedic Company in Wheeling Illinois in 1992 – 1995; shortly after completing his two years’ Postdoctoral experience at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy.
Dr. Masinde is a native of Tanzania, where he received his Pharmacy degree, B.Pharm. (Hons), from the University of Dar es Salaam, Faculty of Pharmacy. His graduate study was carried out at the Welsh School of Pharmacy, University of Wales, Cardiff in the United Kingdom. He has received a number of awards, including the British Commonwealth Academic Staff Scholarship Award, and the Fogarty (NIH) International Fellowship Award. His area of research interest is in drug delivery, dosage form design and formulation. Patent application for his most recent work at CSI, on long term release of local anesthetics for postoperative pain relief is under review by the US Patent Office. He holds membership to several professional organizations including American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP); The Association of American Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS), and International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP).
Melany P. Puglisi, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Chicago State University College of Pharmacy. She received her B.A. in chemistry from Southampton College, now part of Long Island University, in 1991. Her graduate studies were carried out at University of Guam where she received her M.S. in Biology in 1995 and the University of Mississippi, School of Pharmacy where she received her Ph.D. in pharmacognosy. She received grants from the American Museum of Natural History and the Australian Museum of Natural History to conduct her research on Guam and the Great Barrier Reef (Lizard Island).
Prior to joining CSU she conducted post-doctoral research at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California at San Diego, the Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce, and Shannon Point Marine Station at Western Washington University. Dr. Puglisi’s research interests include marine natural products and chemical ecology of algae and marine invertebrates. She has participated in numerous research expeditions in the tropical Atlantic and Pacific including the 2005 NOAA Florida Coast Deep Corals research cruise.
Dr. Puglisi is a member of several scientific and professional organizations including the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) and the American Society of Pharmacognosy. She has served as chair of the Younger Members Committee of the ASP. Dr. Puglisi has received awards throughout her academic career that not only recognize her research achievements but also highlight her service to the community.
Adesuyi A Leslie Ajayi, M.D., Ph.D., is a Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, at Chicago State University College of Pharmacy. He was Professor of Biomedical Science, in the Department Health Studies, College of Health Sciences at Chicago State University (2007-2008). Dr Ajayi is also currently an adjunct Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston Texas. He obtained his MD at the University of Ife in Nigeria in 1980, and his PhD from the Glasgow University, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1985.
Dr Ajayi is a trained internist and cardiologist and Fellow of the West African College of Physicians. He was Professor and Chair of Medicine at the Obafemi Awolowo University (previously University of Ife, ile-ife, Nigeria) from 1992-1999. Dr Ajayi was a Wellcome Trust Fellow at the University of Nottingham, Queen’s Medical Center, England ( 1991-2) and a Merck international Fellow in clinical pharmacology at the Department of Medicine, Medical university of South Carolina, Charleston SC (1992-94). He also was a Visiting professor and Senior Scientist at the NIH funded Center for Cardiovascular Diseases at Texas Southern University (1999-2004), and Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology at Ross University School of Medicine at the Common Wealth of Dominica.
Dr Ajayi’s research interest is in cardiovascular pharmacology& pathophysiology, thrombosis, and endocrine regulation of the endothelium upon which he has published many peer- reviewed journal articles. He is an elected Fellow of the British Pharmacological Society (FBPharmacolS), and Editorial board member of the journals Current Diabetes Review and the Open Journal of Heart Failure. Dr Ajayi has authored 4 books including Diaspora Medicine (2001) and Immigration and Health (2008).
Nadeem Fazal, M.D, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Chicago State University College of Pharmacy. He received his MD (1987) from King Edward Medical University, Lahore, and PhD (1994) in Immunology from The University of Birmingham, England. He completed his Post-doctoral training (1996-98), Fellowship (1999-2000) and later served as Faculty (2001-04) at Burn and Shock Trauma Institute Loyola University Chicago.
Dr. Fazal began his teaching career on the faculty (1987-96) at the Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Rawalpindi Medical College, Rawalpindi. He also served as faculty (2005-07) at Department of Biological Sciences at Chicago State University. His latest teaching assignment was as Professor, Department of Microbiology at King Faisal University, Dammam, KSA.
Dr. Fazal is a member of numerous scientific and professional organizations. He has received President’s and Young Scientist Award from Societies of General Microbiology (SGM), American Society for Microbiology (ASM) and British Society for Immunology (BSI). He was also a recipient of Rowtham Bequest Award from The University of Birmingham. His research interests include investigating mechanisms of cellular immune responses to acute injury/infection and drugs modulating such host responses. He has published more than 30 papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals. Dr. Fazal’s outstanding achievements have led to his inclusion in Marquis Who’s Who® in America in the forthcoming 2009 Edition.
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