Pharmacy Phd Faculty Profiles

Ph.D. Program Academic Experience Professor, School of Pharmacy, Nova Southeastern University, Florida, USA. Professor and Chair, Department of Pharmacology, Central University of Venezuela, School of Pharmacy, Caracas, Venezuela. Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Chief, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Member of the Faculty of the Neurobiology Curriculum, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Member of the Graduate Faculty at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Member of the Hypertension Clinic at North Carolina Memorial Hospital. Associate Professor, Central University of Venezuela, School of Pharmacy, Dept. of Applied Biological Sciences, Pharmacology Section. Assistant Professor in Pharmacology, Mid-West University, School of Medicine, Barquisimeto, Venezuela. Administrative Experience Chair, Department of Pharmacology, Central University of Venezuela, School of Pharmacy, Caracas, Venezuela. Dean of Graduate School, School of Pharmacy, Central University of Venezuela. Acting Chairman. Dept. of Pharmacology, Mid-West University, School of Medicine, Barquisimeto, Venezuela. Chair. First International Congress of Therapeutics. Caracas, Venezuela. Vice-President. First Inter-American Congress for Diabetes. Maracaibo, Venezuela. Scholarly Activities 160 publications in peer-reviewed journals. 23 book chapters. 300 presentations at scientific meetings. Research Focus Mechanisms and treatment of hypertension associated with obesity. Salt-sensitive hypertension: epidemiology, genetic and acquired factors. Early detection of insulin resistance and abnormalities in glucose metabolism: defective insulin release versus insulin resistance. The statin withdrawal syndrome: molecular mechanisms and role of intracellular cholesterol synthetic pathway. Antiviral actions of statins: mechanisms of antiviral action and apoptotic effects. Role of small GTPases, lipid rafts and nuclear mRNA transport.