Pharmaceutics – Master of Science (MS) (Non-Thesis)

This degree is awarded upon completion of at least 30 credits in courses acceptable for the degree. These courses are from the required and program courses listed below and from courses approved by the advisor/program director. A minimum of 6 credits at the 800-level, a maximum of 6 credits at the 300- or 400-level, and the remainder at the 700- or 800-level are required. Registration (for 1 or 0 credits) and participation in PH 890 - Pharmaceutics Seminar is required each semester, but only one credit may be applied toward the 30-credit requirement.

Required

PH 750 - Advanced Pharmaceutics Credits: 4
PH 890 - Pharmaceutics Seminar Credits: 0 to 1 per semester
1 credit of PH 890 is required, see footnote below for details.

Program Courses

At least two courses from the program courses listed below:

CH 721 - Chemical Kinetics Credits: 3
PH 755 - Application of Regulatory Sciences in Pharmaceutical Development Credits: 2
PH 803 - Equilibrium Phenomena Credits: 3
PH 811 - Drug Diffusion and Controlled Delivery Credits: 2
PH 813 - Design of Experiments Credits: 2
PH 875 - Drug Dynamics Credits: 3
PH 880 - Pharmaceutical Polymers Credits: 3

Footnote:

Students must register for PH 890 every fall and spring semester. Students register for 0 credit hours when not presenting a seminar and for 1 credit hour when presenting a seminar. Students are expected to present 1 seminar each year, but only 1 credit of PH 890 may count toward completion of the degree program.

Faculty – Pharmaceutics

Sriramakamal (Kamal) Jonnalagadda
BPharm (Birla Institute of Technology and Science, India); PhD (University of Nebraska)
Associate Professor of Pharmaceutics
Director, Graduate Program in Pharmaceutics
Phone: 215.596.8942
E-mail: k.jonnal@usciences.edu
Research: biomaterials; design of biodegradable delivery systems for macromolecules; physical characterization of biodegradable polymers

Adeboye Adejare
BS, MS (University of Iowa); PhD (Ohio State University)
Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Phone: 215.596.8944
E-mail: a.adejar@usciences.edu
Research: mechanisms of neurodegeneration; drug targeting; pharmaceutical profiling; chemistry of fluoroaromatic compounds

Anil P. D’Mello
BPharm (University of Bombay, India); PhD (University of Pittsburgh)
Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Director, BS Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences
Phone: 215.596.8941
E-mail: a.dmello@usciences.edu
Research: role of the intrauterine environment in imprinting long-term changes in physiological systems; microencapsulation of enzymes for use in therapy

Pardeep K. Gupta
BPharm, MPharm (Panjab University, India); MS (Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science); PhD (University of Wisconsin)
Associate Professor of Pharmaceutics
Phone: 215.895.1141
E-mail: p.gupta@usciences.edu
Research: peptide and protein delivery systems; interaction of peptides and proteins with biomembranes

Zhiyu Li
BS (Nankai University, China); MS (University of Science and Technology of China);PhD (University of Maryland)
Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Director, BS Program in Pharmacology and Toxicology
Phone: 215.596.8943
E-mail: zh.li@usciences.edu
Research: design and engineering of protein-based carriers for drug formulation, targeting, and delivery; protein and nucleic acid drug delivery

Jeffrey C. Moore
BS (Drexel University)
Instructor in Pharmaceutics
Manager, Industrial Pharmacy Laboratory
Phone: 215.596.8987
E-mail: j.moore@usciences.edu

Clyde M. Ofner III
BS, PhD (Temple University)
Professor of Pharmaceutics
Phone: 215.596.8881
E-mail: c.ofner@usciences.edu
Research: natural polymer conjugates of drugs for cellular and tumor delivery; controlled drug release from proteinaceous microspheres

Roger L. Schnaare
BS (St. Louis College of Pharmacy); MS, PhD (Purdue University)
Professor Emeritus of Pharmacy

Adjunct Faculty

Matthew A. Howard
PhD (University of Missouri–Kansas City)
Adjunct Associate Professor of Pharmaceutics

Daniel Korey
PhD (University of the Sciences)
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutics

Der-Yang Lee
PhD (University of Iowa)
Adjunct Professor of Pharmaceutics

Patrick J. Marsac
PhD (Purdue University)
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutics

Shrinivas Murti
PhD (University of Missouri—Kansas City)
Adjunct Associate Professor of Pharmaceutics

Dina Patel
PhD (Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science)
Adjunct Research Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutics

Allison Radwick
PhD (University of Connecticut)
Adjunct Associate Professor of Pharmaceutics

Aniruddha Railkar
PhD (Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science)
Adjunct Associate Professor of Pharmaceutics

Venkatramana Rao
PhD (University of Kansas)
Adjunct Associate Professor of Pharmaceutics

Jan-Jaap Scherpbier
PharmD (State University of Groningen, the Netherlands)
Adjunct Associate Professor of Pharmaceutics

Denita Winstead
PhD (University of the Sciences)
Adjunct Associate Professor of Pharmaceutics