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Personalized Therapeutics Seminars

Clinical Pharmacology faculty member presenting at a seminar series

The Division of Clinical Pharmacology and the Indiana Institute for Personalized Medicine offer weekly research seminars as part of the fellowship curriculum. Seminar topics cover research activities in drug metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, pharmacogenetics, pharmacoepidemiology and clinical study design. Speakers include faculty, postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, and invited experts in the field of clinical pharmacology.

Personalized Therapeutics Seminar Schedule

Date  Speaker Presentation Title
Jan. 7  No Seminar   
Jan. 14 No Seminar   
Jan. 21 No Seminar   
Jan. 28 Malek Hajjawi, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow in Medicine
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine 
From Discovery to Development: Leveraging Modeling and Simulation for Alzheimer's Therapeutics 
Feb. 4 Lais Da Silva, PhD
Assistant Research Professor of Medicine
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine 
From Data to Decisions: Pharmacometrics in Clinical Pharmacology 
Feb. 11 No Seminar   
Feb. 18 Aislinn O'Kane, PharmD
Postdoctoral Fellow in Medicine
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine 
PBPK modeling of UGT2B10 ontogeny in Pediatrics and Neonates 
Feb. 25 No Seminar 
March 4  Nihal El Rouby, PhD, PharmD
Assistant Professor
University of Cincinnati  
Unlocking the Predictors of Metabolic Syndrome Post Second-Generation Antipsychotics 
March 11 Cristian Bernabe, MSc., PhD
Assistant Research Professor of Medicine
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine  
Uncovering the role of ABCA7 as a Risk Factor for Alzheimer's Disease 
March 18  No Seminar - Week of M&S Symposium    
March 25 Paul Territo, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine  
Assessment of Neurometabolic and Vascular Dysfunction: Development of An Early Translational Diagnostic of Disease Progression 
April 1 Yemi Gafari, PharmD, MBA
Postdoctoral Fellow in Medicine
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine
Global Health Challenges: A Tale of Resilience 
April 8  Daniel Fehrenbach, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow in Medicine
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine
ROCKing the Boat: Immune Dysfunction in Hypertension and Heart Failure 
April 15  Mofareh Alzahrani, PharmD, BPharm
PhD Candidate
College of Pharmacy
Purdue University
Minimization of Drug-Induced QT Interval Lengthening in Women 
April 22  No Seminar  
April 29  Phoebe Wu, PharmD
Postdoctoral Fellow in Medicine
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine
Pharmacogenetics of Steady State Metabolism, Pharmacokinetics, and Adverse Effects of Voriconazole in Healthy Participants 
May 6 Amir Rashidian, PharmD, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow in Medicine
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine
Understanding of mechanisms of potent bupropion interaction with CYP2D6 substrates: in vitro to in vivo extrapolation 
May 13 Ashley Springer, PharmD, MSPGx, RPh
Postdoctoral Fellow in Medicine
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine
Pharmacogenomic Projects
May 20  No Seminar  
May 27
No Seminar - ASCPT  
June 3 Jiang Bian, PhD
Chief Data Scientist, Regenstrief Institute
Chief Data Scientist, IU Health
Walther and Regenstrief Endowed Chair in Cancer Informatics
Associate Dean for Data Science
Indiana University School of Medicine
Real-World Data to Real-World Evidence: Successes, Challenges, and Opportunities in Cancer Research
June 10  David W. Hein, PhD, FAAPE
Peter K. Knoefel Endowed Chair of Pharmacology
Distinguished University Scholar
Professor and Chair, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Translating research in precision environmental health to pharmacogenomic-guided drug therapy:  Example paradigm is the N-acetylation genetic polymorphism 
June 17
No Seminar  
June 24
Francine J. Azeredo, PhD, BPharm
Research Assistant Professor
College of Pharmacy
University of Florida
Pharmacometric Innovations in Antimicrobial Therapy
July 1
No Seminar   
July 8 Evan Rajadhyaksha, MD
Resident Appointee Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine 
Functional and Histologic Effects of Recurrent UTI in Vesicoureteral Reflux
July 15  No Seminar  
July 22 Emma Tillman, PharmD, PhD
Associate Research Professor of Medicine
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine 
Updates on CFTR Modulator Clinical Trials at IU
July 29
Jumar Etkins, PharmD, MBA
Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine 
Genotype Specific Safety Profiles and Pharmacokinetics of Cannabidiol in Healthy Subjects 
Aug. 5  Michael Eadon, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Indiana University School of Medicine 
Pharmacogenomics of Hypertension: Latest Guidelines and Trials 
Aug. 12 No Seminar  
Aug. 19
Brent Clayton, PhD
Associate Research Professor of Medicine
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine 
Enabling Novel Targets for the Development of Alzheimer’s Disease Therapies 
Aug. 26 No Seminar  
Sept. 2
Jason Kim, PharmD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine 
Effect of Efavirenz on CYP2C9 and OATP1B1 Activity in Healthy Volunteers 
Sept. 9 Shaoyou Chu, MD, PhD
Senior Research Professor of Medicine
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine 
Aging, AD and anti-inflammation drug discovery targeting NF-kB and inflammasome pathways 
Sept. 16
Rebecca Levit, MD
Associate Professor
Division of Cardiology
Emory University 
Neutrophils and hydrogels in cardiac disease and next generation therapeutics 
Sept. 23 Tayler B. Smith
PhD Graduate Student
Medical & Molecular Genetics
Indiana University School of Medicine 
 
Sept. 30 Avi Benitah, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine 
 
Oct. 7  Chetna Jadala, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine 
 
Oct. 14 Pathum Weerawarna, PhD
Assistant Research Professor of Medicine
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine 
 
Oct. 21 NO SEMINAR - ACoP Annual Meeting   
Oct. 28 Jess Raffa, PharmD
PhD Graduate Student
College of Pharmacy
Purdue University 
 
Nov. 4 Debora Gisch, PhD
Assistant Research Professor of Medicine
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine 
 
Nov. 11 TBD  
Nov. 18 Tim Richardson, PhD
Senior Research Professor of Medicine
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine 
 
Nov. 25 No Seminar  
Dec. 2 Suhaas Muralidharan, PharmD
PhD Graduate Student
College of Pharmacy
Purdue University 
 
Dec. 9 Nitin Charbe, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine 
 
Dec. 16 Jim Tisdale, PharmD
Professor, College of Pharmacy
Purdue University
Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine 
 
Dec. 23 No Seminar  
Dec. 30 No Seminar  

Date  Speaker  Presentation Title 
Jan. 2  No Seminar   
Jan. 9  No Seminar  
Jan. 16  No Seminar  
Jan. 23  No Seminar   
Jan. 30  Matt Alexander, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Assistant Professor, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Vanderbilt University Medical Center 
The yin and yang of cutaneous immune cells in hypertension and kidney disease 
Feb. 6  NO SEMINAR - Division Faculty & Administrative Staff Retreat   
Feb. 13 Thiago Bruder do Nascimento, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine 
 
Feb. 20 No Seminar  
Feb. 27 No Seminar - Annual M&S Symposium
 
March 5 Aislinn O'Kane, PharmD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine 
Use of a Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic (PBPK) Model to Predict Genetic and Allometric Influences on Dexmedetomidine Pharmacokinetics in the Pediatric Population 
March 12 No Seminar  
March 19 Megan Shuey, PhD, MS
Assistant Professor
Division of Genetic Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
From EMRs to Precision Medicine: Harnessing Big Data for Disease Insights
March 26
No Seminar -ASCPT Annual Meeting
 
April 2  No Seminar  
April 9 Ahmed Abdelhady Abozeid, PhD
Director, Clinical Pharmacology, Ex Vivo
Intellia Therapeutics
Pre-Clinical to Clinical Translation of NTLA-2002, an Investigational in vivo CRISPR/Cas9 Therapy for Treatment of Hereditary Angioedema 
April 16 No Seminar  
April 23 No Seminar  
April 30 Paul J. Marvar, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Pharmacology & Physiology
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
The George Washington University
Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Stress Disorders: Untangling Bidirectionality
May 7 No Seminar  
May 14 Omar El Jordi, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine
Development of High-throughput Assay for Targeting Inflammasome Formation
May 21 No Seminar  
May 28 No Seminar  
June 4 Josiah Allen, PharmD
Pharmacogenomics Pharmacist
PGY2 Clinical Pharmacogenomics Pharmacy Residency Program Director
St. Elizabeth Healthcare 
When is a hereditary disease gene not a hereditary disease gene?
June 11 Brent Clayton, PhD
Associate Research Professor of Medicine
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine
Small Molecule PLCG2 Activators as a Therapeutic Strategy for the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease
June 18 No Seminar  
June 25 David W.J. Armstrong, MD, PhD, FRCPC
Fellow, Cardiovascular Medicine
Merryman Mechanobiology Lab
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Natriuretic peptides in cardiomyopathies: pathophysiology and therapeutic opportunities
July 2 No Seminar  
July 9 Shaoyou Chu, MD, PhD
Senior Research Professor of Medicine
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine 
Drug discovery for the neurodegenerative diseases through targeting activated inflammasome pathway 
July 16 Segewkal Hawaze Heruye, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine 
Polymines and Recovery from Acute Kidney Injury
July 23 David M. Haas, MD
Robert A. Munsick Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Professor of Medicine
Indiana University School of Medicine 
The Hoosier Moms Cohort: early pregnancy associations with gestational diabetes and ongoing analyses 
July 30 No Seminar  
Aug. 6 Michael Eadon, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Indiana University School of Medicine 
Diabetic Nodular Mesangial Sclerosis: Endothelial Cell Trajectories 
Aug. 13 Tayler B. Smith
PhD Candidate
Medical & Molecular Genetics
Indiana University School of Medicine  
Ancestry-Specific Tumor Mutational Burden as a Biomarker for Anti-PD-1 Immunotherapy 
Aug. 20  Forum Kamdar, MD, PhD, FACC
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division
University of Minnesota 
Harnessing Duchenne Muscular Cardiomyopathy Human Models as a Platform for Advancing Therapies 
Aug. 27  Emma Tillman, PharmD, PhD
Associate Research Professor of Medicine
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine 
Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) genetic variants and association with cancer 
Sept. 3  No Seminar  
Sept. 10 Ashley Springer, PharmD, MSPGx, BS
Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine 
Clinical Decision Support Projects 
Sept. 17 Emily Mason, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine 
Cell-Based Target Engagement Assays for Alzheimer's Disease (AD) Drug Discovery 
Sept. 24 Fatimah Alhurayri, PharmD, MSc
PhD Candidate
College of Pharmacy
Purdue University
Pharmacokinetic Drug-Drug Interaction of Oral Anticancer Drugs 
Oct. 1  No Seminar  
Oct. 8  Zeruesenay Desta, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine 
Implications of Differential Efavirenz Autoinduction of Metabolism 
Oct. 15 Omar Aboshady, MD, MSc
PhD Candidate
College of Pharmacy
Purdue University 
An application of model-informed drug development for Ph2 dosing selection 
Oct. 22 Peggy Huang
PhD Candidate
College of Pharmacy
Purdue University  
Physiologically-Based Pharmacokinetic Model to Predict CYP3A and OATP1B1 Substrate Disposition in Patients with Fontan-Associated Liver Disease 
Oct. 29 Pathum Weerawarna, PhD
Assistant Research Professor of Medicine
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine 
Discovery of Potent and Selective Type II Lyn Kinase Inhibitors 
Nov. 5  Tyler Shugg, PharmD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine
Endogenous Biomarkers for Drug Disposition: Emerging Tool or Science Fiction? 
Nov. 12 No Seminar - ACoP Annual Meeting  
Nov. 19 Tim Richardson, PhD
Senior Research Professor of Medicine
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine 
Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Research at IUSM: TREAT-AD Center Update 2024 
Nov. 26 No Seminar  
Dec. 3  No Seminar  
Dec. 10 Jim Tisdale, PharmD
Professor, College of Pharmacy, Purdue University
Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Indiana University School of Medicine 
Drug-Induced QT Interval Prolongation and Arrhythmias in Patients with Heart Failure 
Dec. 17 Syed Zaidi, PharmD, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine 
Obstetrics Pharmacology: A Journey from Mice to Humans
Dec. 24 No Seminar   

 

Date  Speaker  Presentation Title 
Jan. 3 No Seminar   
Jan. 10 No Seminar  
Jan. 17 No Seminar  
Jan. 24 Drs. Emma Tillman & Mary Wermuth
Indiana University School of Medicine  
Teamwork makes the dream work: Collaboration on an interesting patient case 
Jan. 31  Yaseen Abbasi, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine 
Opioid Literature Review and PBPK Lactation Model of Gabapentin 
Feb. 7 No Seminar  
Feb. 14 No Seminar  
Feb. 21 Bo Cao, PhD
T32 Postdoctoral Fellowship Candidate
Xavier University of Louisiana 
Mechanisms and Clinical Implementations of Interplay Between Androgen Receptor and Its Splice Variants 
Feb. 28 Anita Bellail, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Indiana University School of Medicine
Development of SUMO1 Small Molecule Degraders as the First-in-Class Anticancer drugs through entrepreneurship 
March 7 Ashley Springer
T32 Postdoctoral Fellowship Candidate
Manchester University 
 
March 14 No Seminar   
March 21 No Seminar - ASCPT Annual Meeting  
March 28 No Seminar   
April 4

Drs. Gary Mo & Maria Posada

Prediction of Human Pharmacokinetics and Doses to Inform First in Human Studies 
April 11 No Seminar  
April 18 No Seminar  
April 25 Murugesh Kandasamy, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine
Pharmacokinetics of SHIP1 inhibitors in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease 
May 2 Todd Skaar, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine 
Updates on implementing pharmacogenetic testing at IU 
May 9 Nick Powell, PharmD
Assistant Research Professor of Medicine
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine  
Pulling the Thread: Follow-up Research of a Putative mirSNP in Angiotensinogen 
May 16 Lauren A. Bell, MD, MPH
Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine   
Unintentional Adolescent Overdose: Recent Trends and Harm Reduction Approaches 
May 23 Darius Meiman, PharmD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine  
Predicting the Effect of Renal Function on Systemic Clearance: Is a Simple Scaling Method Sufficient? 
May 30  No Seminar   
June 6  Debora Gisch, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine 
The cell-type and region-specific chromatin landscape of the kidney in health and adaptive injury 
June 13 Brent Clayton, PhD
Associate Research Professor of Medicine
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine  
Small Molecule PLCG2 Activators as a Therapeutic Strategy for the Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease 
June 20 Aislinn O'Kane, PharmD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine  
The Development of PBPK Model for Dexmedetomidine in Pediatric Patients 
June 27 No Seminar  
July 4 No Seminar  
July 11 No Seminar  
July 18 No Seminar  
July 25 No Seminar  
Aug. 1 Chetna Jadala, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine   
PI3CK2A Kinase Inhibitors for Triple Negative Breast Cancer: Design, Synthesis, and Therapeutic Evaluation 
Aug. 8 No Seminar  
Aug. 15 No Seminar  
Aug. 22 Michael Eadon, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Indiana University School of Medicine 
A Cellular and Molecular Atlas of the Kidney 
Aug. 29 Sara Quinney, PharmD, PhD
Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Indiana University School of Medicine 
The Maternal Pediatric PRecision in Therapeutics (MPRINT) Hub 
Sept. 5  No Seminar  
Sept. 12  Tyler Shugg, PharmD, PhD
Assistant Research Professor of Medicine
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine 
Advancing Precision Medicine in Clinical Oncology 
Sept. 19 Allison E. Norlander, PhD
Assistant Professor of Anatomy, Cell Biology & Physiology
Indiana University School of Medicine 
Mitigating Immune-Mediated Inflammation in Hypertension 
Sept. 26 No Seminar   
Oct. 3 Pathum Weerawarna, PhD
Assistant Research Professor of Medicine
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine 
Potent and Selective Small-Molecule Tool Compounds to Probe the Role of Lyn in Alzheimer's Disease 
Oct. 10 Gerald So, PharmD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine 
Drug-Gene-Nutraceutical Interactions of Cannabidiol and Tacrolimus 
Oct. 17 Michael M. Attah, PharmD (RPh), MS
PhD Candidate
Clinical Pharmaceutical Science
Purdue University 
Enoxaparin Pharmacokinetics and Dose Optimization in Neonates and Infants using Real World Data 
Oct. 24 Emily Mason, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine 
Cell-Based Target Engagement Assays for Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) Drug Discovery 
Oct. 31 Min Yue
PhD Candidate
College of Pharmacy
Purdue University
Reducing the Risk of Drug-Induced QT Interval Lengthening: Population PK/PD Modeling 
Nov. 7  No Seminar - Annual American Conference on Pharmacometrics  
Nov. 14  Elizabeth Rowe, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine 
Escitalopram and Citalopram Persistence and CYP2C19 Metabolizer Status: Data from the UK Biobank 
Nov. 21 No Seminar  
Nov. 28 Omar Aboshady, MD, MSc
PhD Candidate
College of Pharmacy
Purdue University 
Characterization of a genetic link between PREGnancy progesterone metabolite exposure and CARDiac repolarization: PREG-CARD Study 
Dec. 5  Timothy Richardson, PhD
Senior Research Professor of Medicine
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine 
Collaborative Efforts in Alzheimer's Research: The TREAT-AD Center's Renewed Approach to Enabling the Next Generation of Drug Targets and Biomarkers 
Dec. 12  James E. Tisdale, PharmD
Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Purdue University
Adjunct Professor, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Indiana University School of Medicine 
Rhythm Blues: Prevention and Management of Selected Arrhythmias 
Dec. 19 John T. Callaghan, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine 
Precision Medicine Delivery Unveiled: Case Study Exposes 
Dec. 26  No Seminar  

Date  Speaker  Presentation Title 
Jan. 4  No Seminar  
Jan. 11 No Seminar   
Jan. 18 Thomas D. Nolin, PharmD, PhD
Associate Dean for Research and Sponsored Programs
Director, Small Molecule Biomarker Core
Associate Professor of Pharmacy and Therapeutics
University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy
Pursuing Improved Drug Development and Use in CKD: Insights into Nonrenal and Extracorporeal Clearance 
Jan. 25  Todd Skaar, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine 
Update on Pharmacogenomics discovery and implementation 
Feb. 1  No Seminar   
Feb. 8  No Seminar  
Feb. 15 No Seminar - Annual M&S Symposium  
Feb. 22 No Seminar  
March 1  No Seminar  
March 8  Ricardo Melo Ferreria, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine 
Kidney Real Estate: The search for the best neighborhood 
March 15  No Seminar - ASCPT Annual Meeting  
March 22 Elizabeth Rowe, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine 
Pharmacogenomics and Antidepressant Prescribing Patterns in Advanced Cancer Patients 
March 29  Wilberforce Osei
PhD Candidate
Indiana University School of Medicine 
Assess the feasibility of using somatic WES data to call germline PGx genotypes 
April 5  Christopher Bartlett, PhD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
College of Medicine
The Ohio State University 
EHR Data is Better Together: From Institutional Silos into Strengths 
April 12  Nick Powell, PharmD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine 
CYP2C19 is Downregulated in NAFLD 
April 19 Cynthia Harris, PharmD
Principal Research Scientist, Medical Development, Immunology
Eli Lilly and Company 
Precision Guiding Dosing of Infliximab 
April 26 Debora Gisch, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine 
DNA methylation in renal compartment 
May 3  Victoria Pratt, PhD, FACMG
VP Molecular Diagnostics Quality Assessments
Optum Genomics
Adjunct Professor, Medical and Molecular Genetics
Indiana University School of Medicine 
AMP’s Recommendations for Clinical TPMP/NUDT15 Allele Testing 
May 10  Nadia Bamfo, PharmD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine 
Clinical Study on Steady State PK of Dolutegravir/Rilpivirine (Fixed Dose Combination) in ESRD Patients Requiring Hemodialysis (HD) 
May 17 No Seminar  
May 24  Nick Miles, PharmD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine 
Using PBPK Modeling to investigate the Drug-Drug Interaction between Fluoxetine and Clopidogrel 
May 31  No Seminar  
June 7 Rebecca Silvola, PharmD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine  
PopPK Analysis to Estimate Gabapentin Exposure in Breastfed Neonates Immediately Following Cesarean Delivery 
June 14 No Seminar  
June 21 Paul Territo, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine  
Pharmacokinetic, Pharmacodynamic, and Transcriptomic Analysis of Chronic Levetiracetam Treatment in 5XFAD Mice: A MODEL-AD Preclinical Testing Core Study 
June 28 No Seminar  
July 5 No Seminar  
July 12 David Haas, MD
Robert A. Munsick Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Indiana University School of Medicine  
The PHI Hoosier Moms Cohort: opportunities for collaboration and analyses for all 
July 19 No Seminar   
July 26 Burcin Ekser, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Director, Transplant Research
Director, Transplant Immunology and Xenotransplantation Research Labs
Division of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery
Indiana University School of Medicine
Advanced in Vitro 3D Human Liver Models 
Aug. 2  Blessed Winston Arul Dhas, MD, MBBS
Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine  
Population Pharmacokinetics of Opioids 
Aug. 9 Catherine MT Sherwin, PhD, MPharm, DABCP, FCP, CPI
Professor & Vice Chair for Research
Director, Pediatric Clinical Pharmacology
Department of Pediatrics
Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology
Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine
Dayton Children's Hospital  
Proof is in the pudding: the utilization pharmacokinetics and size variables for children 
Aug. 16 Michael Eadon, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Indiana University School of Medicine  
Spatial transcriptomics and the kidney 
Aug. 23 No Seminar   
Aug. 30 QiPing Feng, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Clinical Pharmacology
Vanderbilt University Medical Center 
Pleiotropic effects of lipids and lipid-lowering medications 
Sept. 6  No Seminar   
Sept. 13 Chimnonso Onuoha, PharmD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine   
Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetics (PBPK) Modeling to Study Hops Compound 8-Prenylnarinenin (8-PN): Elucidating potential mechanisms underlying drug-hop interactions 
Sept. 20 Sara Quinney, PhD
Associate Professor or Obstetrics & Gynecology
Indiana University School of Medicine   
The Importance of PBPK Model Validation and Reproducibility 
Sept. 27 Emily Mason, PharmD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine   
Design & Implementation of Cell-Based Assays for Alzheimer's Disease (AD) Drug Discovery 
Oct. 4  Darius Meiman, PharmD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine   
Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Model to Assess the Drug-Drug-Gene Interaction Potential of Belzutifan in Combination with Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 4/6 Inhibitors in Healthy Volunteers 
Oct. 11 Rachael R. Schulte, MSCI, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Indiana University School of Medicine   
 
Oct. 18  Tyler Shugg, PharmD, PhD
Assistant Research Professor of Medicine
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine   
Precision Medicine Approaches to Optimize Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy 
Oct. 25 Lauren A. Bell, MD, MPH
Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine   
Denial and Self-Management: How Adolescents and Young Adults Initiate, Escalate, Problematize, and Contemplate Disclosure and Treatment of Opioid Use 
Nov. 1 No Seminar - ACoP Annual Meeting     
Nov. 8 Zeruesenay Desta, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine   
CYP2B6: from bench to clinic 
Nov. 15 Tim Richardson, PhD
Senior Research Professor of Medicine
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine   
Progress of the TREAD-AD Center 
Nov. 22 No Seminar    
Nov. 29 Emma Tillman, PhD, PharmD
Associate Research Professor of Medicine
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine   
Association of mental health adverse drug reactions with highly effective CFTR modulator therapy 
Dec. 6 James Tisdale, PharmD
Professor, Purdue University
Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine   
Small-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Current as a Possible Drug Target for Atrial Fibrillation 
Dec. 13  Shaoyou Chu, PhD, MD
Senior Research Professor of Medicine
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine 
Cellular assays supporting TREAD-AD Center drug discovery projects targeting microglia 
Dec. 20  No Seminar  
Dec. 27  No Seminar  

Date  Speaker Presentation Title
Jan. 5 No Seminar   
Jan. 12 Larissa Silva, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine 
Maternal Betamethasone pharmacokinetics and Respiratory Distress Syndrome in neonates 
Jan. 19 Paul Territo, PhD
Senior Research Professor
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine 
MODEL-AD: Development of the Next Generation of Late-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease (LOAD) Models 
Jan. 26 Blessed Winston Arul Dhas, MD, MBBS
Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine 
PK modelling of Methadone in Children undergoing Major Surgery 
Feb. 2 Tarun Mapder, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine 
Variability in adaptive immune response and Remdesivir pharmacokinetics in population of SARS-CoV-2 infected within-host models 
Feb. 9 No Seminar - Fellows Retreat  
Feb, 16 Peter Kissinger, PhD
Professor of Chemistry
Purdue Chairman and CEO, Bioanalytical Systems, Inc.
Indiana University School of Medicine 
Should we be overcoming the tyranny of averages with dosing by integrating modeling with measuring in individual patients? 
Feb. 23 Lindsey Kirkpatrick, DO, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine 
Current Challenges in Drug Quantitation from a Clinician’s View: Can Paper Spray Mass Spectrometry Fill the Gap? 
March 2  Yana Vorontsova, PharmD, MBA
Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine 
Development of a Natural Language Processing Machine to Identify Opioid Use Disorder in Electronic Health Records 
March 9  NO SEMINAR - ASCPT   
March 16 NO SEMINAR; CANCELLED   
March 23 NO SEMINAR - FOURTH YEAR COURSE   
March 30 Elizabeth Rowe, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine  
QT Interval Prolongation and Polypharmacy in Advanced Cancer Patients: Implications for Clinical Trial Eligibility 
April 6 Nadia Bamfo, PharmD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine  
PBPK models to predict stereo selective metabolism of bupropion and CYP2D6-mediated DDIs 
April 13 Nick Powell , PharmD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine  
Life-Threatening Docetaxel-Induced Pneumonitis in a Patient with Loss-of-Function Variants in CYP3A4, CYP3A5, and ABCC2: A Potential for Genetic Risk Scores 
April 20  Alexander B. Niculescu, III, MD, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry and Medical Neuroscience
Director, INBRAIN and Laboratory of Neurophenomics
Indiana University School of Medicine  
Towards Precision Medicine in Psychiatry 
April 27  Vicky Pratt, PhD, FACMG
Professor of Clinical Medical & Molecular Genetics
Indiana University School of Medicine  
AMP’s Recommendations for CYP2D6 Allele Testing 
May 4  Marc Rosenman, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Northwestern University 
Retrospective EHR methods in support of PGX studies 
May 11  Chimnonso Onuoha, PharmD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine
The utility of miRNA biomarkers in coronary artery disease 
May 18  No Seminar - SimCyp  
May 25 Rebecca Silvola, PharmD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine
PK and transfer of gabapentin during breastfeeding when used to reduce opioids after cesarean delivery 
June 1  Nick Miles, PharmD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine 
Modeling the Drug-Drug Interaction of Fluoxetine and Clopidogrel 
June 8 Shaoyou Chu, MD, PhD
Senior Research Professor
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine
Cellular assay development supporting AD drug discovery targeting microglia 
June 15  No Seminar - Cancelled  
June 22  Reynold Ly, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine  
Lessons and experiences learned from implementing Germline PGx Testing in the IU Precision Genomics Clinic 
June 29 No Seminar  
July 6 No Seminar  
July 13  Ricardo Melo Ferreira, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine 
Spatial transcriptomics of kidney injury 
July 20  Drs. Takacs, Storey, Kuhn & Krishnan
Eli Lilly & Company
Indiana University School of Medicine 
Lilly IU School of Medicine/CTSI Strategic Research Partnership - Understanding Autoimmune Disease Therapy through Transcriptome Analysis 
July 27  No Seminar   
Aug. 3 No Seminar   
Aug. 10 Tyler Shugg, PharmD, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine 
Ongoing Projects in Pharmacogenetics Discovery and Implementation 
Aug. 17 Larissa Silva, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine
Modeling approaches for oral absorption: the APX3330 example 
Aug. 24 David M. Haas, MD
Robert A. Munsick Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Indiana University School of Medicine 
Studying the impact of environmental pesticides on pregnancy outcomes- the Heartland Study 
Aug. 31 Michael T. Eadon, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Indiana University School of Medicine 
An Atlas of Healthy and Inured Kidney Cells 
Sept. 7 Prashant Desai, PhD
Director, ADME Lilly Corporate Center
Model-Informed Drug Discovery and Development 
Sept. 14 No Seminar   
Sept. 21 Young Jeong, PhD, PharmD
Professor
Department of Industrial & Physical Pharmacy
Purdue University
Gut bacterial metabolites modulate drug efficacy and toxicity 
Sept. 28 Sara Quinney, PharmD, PhD
Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Indiana University School of Medicine 
Indiana University-Ohio State University Maternal and Pediatric Precision in Therapeutics Data and Model Knowledge Research Coordination Center (MPRINT DMKRCC) 
Oct. 5 Emily Mason, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine 
Design and Implementation of Cell-Based Assays for Alzheimer's Disease (AD) Drug Discovery 
Oct. 12 Zeruesanay Desta, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine 
Mechanisms and Extent of Bupropion-CYP2D6 interaction 
Oct. 19 No Seminar  
Oct. 26 Tarun Mapder, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine 
Multiscale Approaches in Modeling Disease and Therapeutics 
Nov. 2 Timothy Richardson, PhD
Senior Research Professor of Medicine
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine 
Targeting SHIP1 and PLCG2 and Immunomodulation of Alzheimers Disease. Targeting a Class II PI3K Kinase to Augment Immunotherapy in Cancer 
Nov. 9 John T. Callaghan, MD, PhD, MA
Associate Dean for VA Research
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine 
MCAS, IMID,…Acronyms of Import? 
Nov. 16 Brenda Roseberry
Division Manager
Preclinical/Clinical—PK, Pharmacology, Pharmacometrics, Biomarkers Carter Mackay 
CV Preparation For Applications and Interviews in the Pharmaceutical Industry 
Nov. 23 No Seminar   
Nov. 30 Emma Tillman, PhD, PharmD
Associate Research Professor of Medicine
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine 
Identifying the problem is essential to finding a solution: An approach to detecting and preventing adverse drug reactions (ADRs) in children 
Dec. 7 James Tisdale, PharmD
Professor, College of Pharmacy, Purdue University
Adjunct Professor, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Indiana University School of Medicine 
Sex Hormones, Ventricular Repolarization and Proarrhythmia 
Dec. 14 Rolf Kreutz, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Indiana University School of Medicine 
Personalizing Antithrombotic Therapy in Interventional Cardiology: Finding the Right Balance 
Dec. 21 No Seminar   
Dec. 28 No Seminar  

Date  Speaker Presentation Title
Jan. 7 No Seminar  
Jan. 14 No Seminar   
Jan. 21 No Seminar   
Jan. 28 No Seminar   
Feb. 4 No Seminar   
Feb. 11 Saugat Adhikari
PhD Candidate
College of Pharmacy
Purdue University 
Designing combination drug regimens to improve glioblastoma chemotherapy: A pharmacokinetic pharmacodynamic modeling approach
Feb. 18 No Seminar  
Feb. 25 Ryan S. Funk, PharmD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice
University of Kansas Medical Center
A Clinical Pharmacologists Approach to the Identification of Molecular Biomarkers of Methotrexate Response in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
March 3 Nianjun Liu, PhD
Interim Department Co-Chair, Epidemiology and Biostatistics Professor
Indiana University
Genetics of Warfarin Dose Response
March 10 Yana Vorontsova, PharmD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine
Pharmacokinetics of Buccal vs Vaginal Misoprostol for Labor Induction at Term 
March 17 No Seminar - ASCPT   
March 24 No Seminar - 4th Year Course   
March 31 CANCELLED - COVID 19  
April 7 CANCELLED - COVID 19  
April 14 Victoria Pratt, PhD
Professor of Clinical Medical & Molecular Genetics
Director of Pharmacogenomics and Molecular Genetics Laboratories
Indiana University School of Medicine 
Establishing Pharmacogenetic Clinical Testing Panels
April 21 No Seminar  
April 28 Ashley E. Rawson, MD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine 
Using Zebrafish to Identify Potential Genetic Targets in Kidney Infection 
May 5  No Seminar  
May 12 No Seminar  
May 19 Shaoyou Chu, PhD
Senior Research Professor of Medicine
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine
Cellular pharmacology aspect of antibody drug conjugate discovery 
May 26 No Seminar  
June 2  Eric A. Benson, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine 
Blood Circulating Extracellular Kinetics from Assay Development to 3 Compartment Model 
June 9  Anh Duong, PharmD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine  
Prediction of Voriconazole Drug-Gene and Drug-Drug-Gene Interaction Using a Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic (PBPK) Model 
June 16 Maayan Leroy-Melamed, MD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Adolescent Medicine & Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine 
Provider Views on Sexual and Reproductive Health for Adolescent and Young Adults with Sickle Cell Disease 
June 23  CANCELLED - COVID 19  
June 30  David M. Haas, MD
Robert A. Munsick Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Indiana University School of Medicine 
Cardiovascular Disease in Pregnancy: What does it mean for long-term health and how can research improve outcomes? 
July 7 No Seminar  
July 14 J. Thomas Callaghan, MD, PhD & Richard Bergstrom, PhD
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine 
Clinical Studies Experimental Design’s and the Foibles of Research | Lessons from COVID-19 / SARS-CoV-2 Researc 
July 21  No Seminar  
July 28  Timothy I. Richardson, PhD
Senior Research Professor of Medicine
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Indiana University School of Medicine  
A Medicinal Chemist’s Perspective on Translational Research • Introduction to the IU School of Medicine-Purdue TREAT-AD Center • Defining Target Engagement at an Orphan Nuclear Receptor for the Treatment of Autoimmunity 
Aug. 4 No Seminar   
Aug. 11 Michael Eadon, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Nephrology and Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine   
Integration of single cell and spatial transcriptomics in the kidney 
Aug. 18 No Seminar   
Aug. 25 No Seminar   
Sept. 1 No Seminar   
Sept. 8 Ebony Shah-Williams
PhD Candidate
Medical & Molecular Genetics
Indiana University School of Medicine   
Diversity, Inclusion and Health /Identifying race specific genetic biomarkers of Taxane Induced Peripheral Neuropathy in African-American breast cancer patients
Sept. 15 Reynold Ly, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine   
Analytical Validation of a Computational Method, Aldy, for Pharmacogenomics Genotyping from Clinical Whole Exome Sequencing 
Sept. 22 Robert E. Stratford, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director of the Disease and Therapeutic Response Modeling and Simulation Program
Indiana University School of Medicine   
Application of Modeling and Simulation to provide insight to existing and new clinical research problems 
Sept. 29 Sara K. Quinney, PharmD, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Indiana University School of Medicine   
Translational approaches to understanding high-dimensional drug-drug interactions 
Oct. 6 Zeruesenay Desta, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine   
Genomic and drug-drug interaction mechanisms of inter-individual difference in drug disposition 
Oct. 13 Tyler Shugg, PharmD, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Indiana University School of Medicine   
Clinical Potential of Repurposing Sequencing Data From a Precision Oncology Clinic to Support Multi-Disciplinary Precision Medicine 
Oct. 20 Kimberly Collins, PhD
Assistant Scientist in Medicine
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine   
Genotype-guided dosing of hydralazine 
Oct. 27 No Seminar   
Nov. 3 Emma M. Tillman, PharmD, PhD
Associate Research Professor of Medicine
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine   
Identifying the problem is essential to finding a solution:An approach to detecting and preventing adverse drug reactions (ADRs) in children 
Nov. 10 Anthony Raviele, PharmD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine   
In vitro characterization of bictegravir metabolism byUDP-glucuronosyltransferase and cytochrome P450 Enzymes 
Nov. 17 Joseph Ipe, PhD
Assistant Scientist in Medicine
Division of Clinical Pharmacology 
Indiana University School of Medicine   
Spatial omics to determine tumor heterogeneity and drug penetration 
Nov. 24 Brian Overholser, PharmD, FCCP
Senior Research Professor of Medicine
Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice
Department of Pharmacy Practice, Purdue University   
Calcium/Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase II (CaMKII) Control of Cardiac Repolarization: Potential Mechanism for Arrhythmias during Heart Failure 
Dec. 1 James E. Tisdale, PharmD, BCPS, FCCP, FAPhA, FAHA
Professor, College of Pharmacy, Purdue University
Adjunct Professor, IU School of Medicine   
Assessing the Effects of Drugs on Early Versus Late Ventricular Repolarization 
Dec. 8 Todd Skaar, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine   
Multi-disciplinary aspects of the implementation of clinical pharmacogenetic testing 
Dec. 15 Nick Powell, PharmD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine   
Identification of miRNA-mRNA interactome in primary hepatocytes and mirSNP functional testing 
Dec. 22 Ricardo Ferreira, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Indiana University School of Medicine   
Spatial transcriptomic signatures of the human kidney and murine models of kidney injury 
Dec. 29   No Seminar