Faculty and Scientist Research Expertise
For research-related inquiries, please contact Melissa King at mrk@olemiss.edu or (662) 915-7828.
| Faculty/Scientist | Department | Research Expertise |
| Dr. Kim Adcock | Pharmacy Practice | Pediatrics, Neonatal Medicine, Chronic Lung Disease, Cystic Fibrosis, Ethics, Clinical Research, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Educational Research |
| Dr. Abbas Ali | NCNPR | Discovery & development of natural products for Integrated Pest Management; Screening of natural products for their repellency and toxicity against Mosquitoes and Fire Ants; Designing management strategies against pests of medical and urban importance |
| Dr. Zulfiqar Ali | NCNPR | Natural Products Chemistry; Isolation/Characterization |
| Dr. Bahram Alidaee | Pharmacy Administration | Applied Management Science, Operations Management, Logistics and Supply Chain Management |
| Dr. Eman Ashour | Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery | Pre-formulation, Formulation Development, Enhance Solubility and Bioavailability of Poor Water-Soluble Drugs Using Solid Dispersion Approaches, Hot-Melt Extrusion, 3-D Printing |
| Dr. Nicole Ashpole | BioMolecular Sciences | Neuroscience, Aging, Geroscience, Learning and Memory |
| Dr. Bharathi Avula | NCNPR | Validation, Method Development, Dietary Supplements, Herbals/Botanicals, Chemical Profiling, Biological Samples |
| Dr. Phil Ayers | Pharmacy Practice | Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Specialized Nutrition Support, Parenteral Nutrition Safety, Acid-Base Disorders, Transitions of Care |
| Dr. Premalatha Balachandran | NCNPR | Anticancer drug disovery (botanical drugs); Pre-clinical studies in mouse tumor models; Signal Tranduction pathway screening/ high Throughput methods; in vivo Immune modulation ; 3D skin model for toxiity and permeation; SARS-CoV -2 inhibitor screening assays |
| Dr. Benjamin F. Banahan | Pharmacy Administration | Health Outcomes, Pharmacy Quality Measures, Drug Utilization, Medicaid, Pharmacoepidemiology |
| Dr. Katie E. Barber | Pharmacy Practice | Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, Bacterial Resistance |
| Dr. Marie Barnard | Pharmacy Administration | Public Health Issues in Pharmacy; Health Behavior; Health Outcomes; Intimate Partner Violence; STEM Education; Program Evaluation; Community-based Research; Pharmaceutical Marketing & Patient Behavior |
| Dr. John P. Bentley | Pharmacy Administration | Pharmaceutical Marketing & Patient Behavior, Evaluation of Healthcare Providers by Patients, Quality of Life, Medication Use, Misuse, & Outcomes, Medication Adherence, Ethics & Professionalism, Tobacco Use, Control, and Cessation Among College Students, Pharmacy Practice Management, Statistical Mediation Analysis, Longitudinal Data Analysis |
| Dr. Sandy I. Bentley | Pharmacy Practice | Tobacco Cessation, Medication Error Prevention |
| Dr. Kaustuv Bhattacharya | Pharmacy Administration | Pharmacoeconomics; Pharmacoepidemiology; Cancer survivorship, Oncology outcomes; Comparative Effectiveness; Administrative claims data research; Healthcare quality; Patient-centered outcomes |
| Dr. Paul Boudreau | BioMolecular Sciences | Drug Discovery, Isolation of Natural Products, Marine Natural Products, Natural Products Isolation and Structure Elucidation, Symbiosis, Mass Spectrometry-based Metabolomics |
| Dr. Alicia S. Bouldin | Pharmacy Administration | Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Decision-Making, Motivation, Professionalism |
| Dr. Meagan A. Brown | Pharmacy Practice | Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; Cardiometabolic Diseases; Community-Based Research; Community Pharmacy; Rural Health; Health Disparities; Scholarship of Teaching and Learning |
| Dr. Ruofan Cao | BioMolecular Sciences | Imaging, Microscopy, Cytometry, Image processing, fluorescence lifetime imaging, Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer |
| Dr. Amanda Capino | Pharmacy Practice | Pediatrics, Critical Care, Drug Withdrawal, Health Literacy |
| Dr. Walter G. Chambliss | Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery | Formulation Development, Modified Release Formations, Regulations, Patent Prosecution |
| Dr. Suman Chandra | NCNPR | Conservation, Multiplication, & Improvement of Medicinal Plants, Effects of Possible Future Climatic Changes on Physiology & Secondary Metabolites of Medicinally Important Plants |
| Dr. Amar Chittiboyina | NCNPR | Asymmetric Organic Synthesis, Total Synthesis of Natural Products, Chemical Modifications, Medicinal Chemistry, Structure-Activity Relationships, Biogenesis, Alternative Methods, Application of In-Silico Techniques |
| Dr. Pier Paolo Claudio | BioMolecular Sciences | Targeted Cancer Therapy, Gene Transfer, Anticancer Therapy Screening, Personalized Medicine, Natural Products, Botanical Drugs, Cancer Stem Cells |
| Dr. David A. Colby | NCNPR | Natural Products, Fluorine, Cancer, Medicinal Chemistry, Addiction |
| Dr. Courtney Davis | Pharmacy Practice | Diabetes, Cardiometric, Education, Community-Based |
| Dr. Joseph A. Dikun | Pharmacy Administration | Student Leadership Development, Scholarship of Teaching & Learning, Pharmacy Management, Community Pharmacy Practice Advancement |
| Dr. Robert J. Doerksen | BioMolecular Sciences | Computational Medicinal Chemistry; Properties of Small Molecules; Protein Structure; Protein-Ligand Interactions; Protein Kinases; Cannabinoid Receptors; Malaria; Computational Glycoscience |
| Dr. Sally Earl | Pharmacy Practice | Ambulatory Care Pharmacy, Transitions of Care, Chronic Disease Management, Pharmacy Service Integration into Value-based Health Care Models |
| Dr. Mahmoud A. ElSohly | Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery | Cannabis & Cannabinoids Chemistry, Product Development, Natural Products, Analytical Procedures |
| Dr. Joshua Fleming | Pharmacy Practice | Adherence, Cystic Fibrosis, Diabetes, Leadership: Health/Wellness |
| Dr. Laurie Warrington Fleming | Pharmacy Practice | Cardiometabolic Disease, Community-Based Research, Experiential Education, Endocrinology |
| Dr. Rama S. Gadepalli | BioMolecular Sciences | Synthesis; Purification; Molecular Modification Methods; Plant-Derived Medicinal Compounds |
| Dr. Deborah Gochfeld | NCNPR | Marine Chemical Ecology; Marine Natural Products; Coral and Sponge Diseases; Environmental Toxicology; Marine Ecology; Climate Change; Multistressor effects on sponges and bivalves |
| Dr. Bill Gurley | NCNPR | Dietary Supplement Safety; Herb-drug Interactions; Human Phytochemical Disposition; Clincal Pharmacokinetics; Dietary Supplement Dosage Form Performance |
| Dr. Seena Haines | Pharmacy Practice | Endocrinology, Obesity, Women’s Health, Tobacco Cessation, Faculty/Preceptor Development |
| Dr. Stuart T. Haines | Pharmacy Practice | Ambulatory Care, Anticoagulation Therapy, Diabetes, Hypertension, Implementation Science, Instructional Methods, Instructional Technology, Patient Management, Stroke Prevention, Venous Thromboembolism |
| Dr. Mona Hamdi Haron | NCNPR | Biological Screening of Natural Products (FASD, Neuro-protection and Immune Enhancement); Preclinical Studies (Herb-Drug Interaction, PK, Drug Metabolism and Bioavailability) |
| Dr. T. Kristopher Harrell | Pharmacy Practice | Experiential Education, Preceptor Development, Student Development, Cardiovascular Disease, Adult and Childhood Obesity |
| Dr. H.M.T. Bandara Herath | NCNPR | Natural Product Chemistry, Isolation, Purification, Activity & Toxicity |
| Dr. Erin Holmes | Pharmacy Administration | Health Policy, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacy Management, Pharmacy Law, Pharmacy Services |
| Dr. Mohamed Ali Ibrahim | NCNPR | Natural Products Chemistry, Drug Discovery, Anticancer: Depression Disorders, MRSA, Organic Chemistry, Drug Design, Phytochemistry |
| Dr. Muhammad Ilias | NCNPR | Natural Product Drug Discovery; Anti-infective; Anticancer; Neuropharmacology; Centrifugal Chromatography |
| Dr. Anastasia B. Jenkins | Pharmacy Practice | Practice Model Advancement; Institutional Pharmacy Practice; Parenteral Nutrition; Scholarship of Teaching & Learning; Transitions of Care; Nutrition Support |
| Dr. Seongbong Jo | Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery | Targeted Drug Delivery, Molecular Imaging, Photodynamic Therapy, Stimuli-Sensitive Polymers |
| Dr. Ikhlas A. Khan | NCNPR | Safety, Quality, Dietary Supplements, Microbial Transformation, Medicinal Plant Products, Large Scale Extraction, Natural Products |
| Dr. Shabana Khan | NCNPR | Biological screening (malaria, cancer, inflammation, diabetes, and metabolic disorder); MOA studies and in vivo efficacy of natural products against metabolic disorder (TypeII diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease); Preclinical studies: ADME, pharmacokinetics, metabolism, transport and bioavailability of phytochemicals; drug interaction potential of botanical dietary supplements; skin sensitization potential of phytochemicals in cosmetic products. |
| Dr. Hemant Lata | NCNPR | Plant Cell, Tissue & Organ Culture, Cryopreservation & Alternative Techniques for Long-term Storage of Clonal Plant Germplasm, Evaluation of Micropropagated Plants for Synthesis of Secondary Metabolites & Genetic Stability |
| Dr. Xing-Cong Li | NCNPR | Natural Products Chemistry, Medicinal Plants, Agrochemicals, Antifungal, Anti-Infective |
| Dr. Jing Li | BioMolecular Sciences |
Computational medicinal chemistry, Molecular modeling and simulation, Protein structure and function, Membrane protein, Ion channel |
| Dr. Soumyajit Majumdar | Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery |
Physicochemical Characterization, Biopharmaceutics, Formulation Development, Ocular, Transmucosal, Prodrugs, Transporter-targeting, Nanoparticles |
| Dr. Katie S. McClendon | Student Services | Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Obesity, Bariatric Surgery, Diabetes, Comprehensive Medication Management |
| Dr. Alex Mills | Pharmacy Practice | HIV/AIDS; Ambulatory Care; Pharmacy Residency Education; Stigma; Underserved Populations; Transgender Health; LGBTQ+ Health |
| Dr. Sushil Mishra | BioMolecular Sciences | Computational Glycosciences; Structure and Dynamics of Glycans, Proteins, and Protein-Glycan Complexes Through Computation; Homology Modeling; Docking; Molecular Dynamics Simulation; Replica-Exchange Molecular Dynamics; Binding Free-energy Prediction; Linear Interaction Energy (LIE) Approach; Umbrella Sampling; Free-energy Perturbation (FEP); GPU Computing |
| Dr. Sandeep Misra | BioMolecular Sciences | Protein Structure-Function Analysis; Hydroxyl Radical Protein Footprinting; Proteomics; Metabolomics; Mass Spectrometry; Chromatography; Protein-protein & Protein-Carbohydrate Interaction |
| Dr. Natalie Montgomery | Pharmacy Practice | Inpatient Pharmacy, Critical Care, Adult Medicine, Pediatrics, Outcomes Research, Medication Safety, Transitions of Care, Educational Research |
| Dr. Dale G. Nagle | BioMolecular Sciences | Tumor Metabolism, Antitumor Pharmacology |
| Dr. N.P. Dhammika Nanayakkara | NCNPR | Natural Product: Isolation, Chemistry, & Synthesis |
| Dr. Ahmed M. Osman | NCNPR | Isolation & Structural Elucidation of Natural Products; Chemical Modification of Natural Products; Chemical Derivatization of Natural Products; Pharmacognosy; Medicinal Chemistry |
| Dr. Pankaj Pandey | NCNPR | Computational Medicinal Chemistry, Protein-Structure and Ligand-Based Drug Design, Molecular Dynamics, Quantum Mechanics, Botanical-Drug Interactions, ADME predictions, Protein-Protein Interactions, Natural products, Neuroscience, Virtual Screening, ECD, OR, and NMR prediction, QSAR, Cheminformatics |
| Dr. Jason Paris | BioMolecular Sciences | Addiction, HIV/AIDS, Neurodegeneration, Neuroendocrinology, Psychiatric Disorders, Sex Differences |
| Dr. Iffat Parveen | NCNPR | Gene Cloning & Expression of Proteins, Secondary Metabolites, Molecular Biology, DNA Barcode, PCR, Dietary Supplements, Medicinal Plants |
| Dr. Adam Pate | Pharmacy Practice | Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Student Success, Motivation, Item-Writing Technique |
| Dr. Kristen Pate | Pharmacy Practice | Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Pharmacy Education, Ambulatory Care Pharmacy, Pharmacists’ Patient Care Process |
| Dr. Ha Phan | Pharmacy Practice | Transitions of Care for Pediatric Patients; Scholarship of Teaching and Learning; Wellbeing and Resilience; Ambulatory Service Implementation and Sustainability; Ambulatory Billing |
| Dr. James J. Pitcock | Pharmacy Practice | Cardiovascular; Heart Failure; Teaching & Learning; Pharmacy Practice |
| Dr. Eric Pittman | Pharmacy Administration | Medicaid, Fraud Detection Analyses, Cost-Effectiveness Analyses, Provider Education, Mental Health Treatment |
| Dr. Vitor Pomin | BioMolecular Sciences | NMR spectroscopy, Structural (Glyco)biology, Marine Natural Products, Glycomics, Carbohydrate-Protein Interactions, Interactomics, Anticoagulation, Antithrombosis |
| Dr. Nirmal D.C. Pugh | NCNPR | Immune, Product Development, Botanical, Dietary Supplement, Plant Microbiome, Standardization, Activators and Inhibitors of Pathogen Recognition Receptors |
| Dr. Mohamed M. Radwan | NCNPR | Cannabis, Metabolites from Plant, Fungi, & Marine Sources, Isolation & Structure Elucidation, Quality Control, Analysis of Natural Products |
| Dr. Sujith Ramachandran | Pharmacy Administration | Pharmacoepidemiology, Scale Development, Psychometrics, Patient-reported Outcomes, Health Outcomes, Administrative Claims Data Research; Healthcare Quality, Prescription Drug Abuse, Opioid Use, Stimulant Misuse, Mental Illness, Chronic Conditions |
| Dr. Vijayasankar Raman | NCNPR | Plant Taxonomy, Morphology, Anatomy, Identification and Authentication, Light Microscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Botanical Repository, Plant Photography |
| Dr. Junaid Rehman | NCNPR | Discovery & Product Development (natural & synthetic), Pest Control Strategies, Toxicity of Natural Products against Insects, Urban & Crop Pests, Human-Insecticide Exposure, Plant Protection |
| Dr. Michael A. Repka | Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery | Hot-melt Extrusion Technology, Drug Delivery, Solubilization Enhancement Techniques, 3D Printing, Pre-formulation and Formulation, Transmucosal/Transdermal/Transnail |
| Dr. Daniel M. Riche | Pharmacy Practice | Cardiometabolics, Diabetes, Lipids, Hypertension, Testosterone, Dietary Supplements, Natural Products, Clinical Trials, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Educational Research |
| Dr. John M. Rimoldi | BioMolecular Sciences | Synthetic Medicinal Chemistry, LC-MS Analysis, Natural Product Neurotoxins, Anticancer Drug Development, Environmental Chemistry |
| Dr. Gregg Roman | BioMolecular Sciences | Behavioral neuroscience, neural genetics, alcohol tolerance and self-administration, exploratory behaviors, olfactory learning, Drosophila transgenesis, optogenetics, optical physiology. |
| Dr. Courtney Roper | BioMolecular Sciences | Air Pollution, Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5), GC-MS, PM2.5 Filter Extraction Methods, Developmental Toxicology |
| Dr. Meagen Rosenthal | Pharmacy Administration | Cardiometabolic Diseases, Community-Based Research, Ambulatory Care, Community Pharmacy, Rural Health, Health Disparities, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Diversity, Equity and Inlcusion |
| Dr. Samir A. Ross | BioMolecular Sciences | Drug Discovery, Anti-infective, Neuropharmacology, Microbial Transformation, Carbohydrate Chemistry, NMR Spectroscopy |
| Dr. Sudeshna Roy | BioMolecular Sciences | Synthetic Methods Development, Fluorine Chemistry, Antibiotic Drug Discovery, Medicinal Chemistry |
| Dr. Ziaeddin Shariat-Madar | BioMolecular Sciences | Plasma kallikrein kinin system (KKS), Cardiometabolics, Inflammation, Metabolic Syndrome |
| Dr. Joshua Sharp | BioMolecular Sciences | Mass Spectrometry, Structural Biology, Glycosaminoglycans, Protein-Ligand Interactions |
| Dr. Justin J. Sherman | Pharmacy Practice | Men’s Health Issues; Diabetes; Smoking Cessation; Instructional Design & Education; Community Practice; Cannabinoids |
| Dr. Marc Slattery | BioMolecular Sciences | Marine Ecology, Marine Biotechnology, Environmental Toxicology, Biochemical Adaptations |
| Dr. Cole Stevens | BioMolecular Sciences | Biosynthesis of Specialized Metabolites, Bacterial Predator-Prey Interactions, Myxobacteria |
| Dr. James A. Stewart, Jr. | BioMolecular Sciences | Diabetes Mellitus, Cardiomyopathy, Role of Extracellular Matrix, Advanced Glycation Endproduct (AGE)-Receptor for AGEs (AGE-RAGE), Fibrosis |
| Dr. Kayla R. Stover | Pharmacy Practice | Infectious Diseases, Antifungals, Pharmacotherapy, Antimicrobial Stewardship, Microbiology, Education, Teaching and Learning |
| Dr. Donna Strum | School of Pharmacy | Community Pharmacy, Marketing & Management Theories, Pharmacy Services, Health Care Quality, Medication Safety |
| Dr. Natascha Techen | NCNPR | Molecular Marker, DNA Barcode, PCR, Dietary Supplements, Medicinal Plants |
| Dr. Gary D. Theilman | Pharmacy Practice | Education, Technology, Assessment, Web |
| Dr. Emily Tschumper | Pharmacy Practice | Inpatient Pharmacy, Emergency Medicine, Critical Care, Antimicrobial Stewardship, Adult Medicine |
| Dr. Noa Valcarcel-Ares | BioMolecular Sciences | Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Pharmacology, Cultural Competency |
| Dr. Jamie L. Wagner | Pharmacy Practice | Antibiotic Resistance, Antimicrobial Stewardship, Outcomes Research, Epidenmiology of Infectious Diseases |
| Dr. Larry A. Walker | NCNPR | Renal Pharmacology, Cardiovascular Pharmacology, Natural Products |
| Dr. Amira Wanas | NCNPR | Cannabis and Cannabinoids chemistry, production, isolation and analysis. Natural products chemistry and drug discovery. |
| Dr. Yan-Hong Wang | NCNPR | Isolation, Characterization, & Analysis of Natural Products, Synthesis of Biologically Active Compounds |
| Dr. Noel E. Wilkin | Pharmacy Administration | Practical Reasoning, Decision Making, Drug Therapy, Pharmacy Entrepreneurship, Pharmacy Management, Professional Education Issues |
| Dr. Kristine L. Willett | BioMolecular Sciences | Environmental Toxicology, Public Health, Aquatic Animal Models of Human Diseases, Developmental Basis of Health and Disease, Marine Biology, Zebrafish, Anticancer Research, Neuroscience, Environmental Chemistry |
| Dr. Yi Yang | Pharmacy Administration | Outcomes Research, Health Economics, Pharmacoeconomics, Pharmacoepidemiology, Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER), Epidemiology and Safety of Opioid Use, Medication Use & Outcomes in Older Adults |
| Dr. Ryan Yates | NCNPR | Pre-clinical and Clinical Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Botanicals |
| Dr. Jin Zhang | NCNPR | Natural Products, Isolation & Structure Elucidation, Anticancer, Cell Signaling, High Throughput Screening |
| Dr. Jianping Zhao | NCNPR | Natural Products Chemistry, NMR-based Metabolomics, Chromatographic Techniques in Pharmacognosy, Quality Assessment of Herbal Medicines & Dietary Supplements |