Pharmacy Phd Faculty Profiles

Ph.D. Program Academic & Industrial Experience Visiting Undergraduate Lab Assistant, Department of Cell Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, England, UK (July 1997-August 1997) Undergraduate Lab Assistant, Department of Molecular Biology, University of Patras Medical School, Patras, Greece (November 1997-September 1998) Adjunct instructor, Techniques in Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Patras, Patras, Greece (1999) Guest Lecturer, Special Topics in Molecular Pharmacology and Biology, Graduate Courses Program in the “Basic Medical Sciences”, School of Medicine, University of Patras, Patras, Greece (2003) Administrative Experience Member of the Faculty Committee for Research of Nova Southeastern University`s College of Pharmacy Scholarly Activities American Heart Association (AHA)`s Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship awardee for 3 years (2005- 2008) and Scientist Development Grant (SDG) active awardee (AHA National Center) totalling $314,000 2006 American Heart Association`s Melvin L. Marcus Young Investigator Award in Cardiovascular Sciences finalist & 2010 Cardiovascular Research Award of the Council on Basic Cardiovascular Sciences of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) finalist Author of over 19 research peer-reviewed publications in leading biomedical research journals, including a lead-author publication in the prestigious journal “Nature Medicine” in 2007, the highest- rated journal in biomedical research in the world Chapter author in 3 educational textbooks Peer reviewer for the American Heart Association`s (AHA) Basic Cardiovascular Sciences (BCVS) council Member of the Editorial Board of the “Journal of Carcinogenesis and Mutagenesis”, since July 2010 Scientific manuscript reviewer for the following journals: “Journal of Biological Chemistry”, “British Journal of Pharmacology”, “Circulation Research”, “Pharmacogenomics”, and “American Journal of Cardiology” Co-inventor in two provisional patents from Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, and Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, FL Research Focus Cardiovascular biology/pharmacology and gene therapy, with a focus on adrenergic system regulation in heart failure Novel roles of G-protein coupled receptor kinases and their co-factors, beta-arrestins, in regulation of various important cardiovascular G-protein coupled receptors are investigated. Roles of G-protein coupled receptor kinases and their co-factors, beta-arrestins in adrenal gland physiology and biology.