Research
Outstanding Faculty and Research Opportunities
Our faculty and researchers are active in patents, publications, presentations, editorial boards, professional organizations and grant review study panels. Our state-of-the-art research attracts a diverse community of graduate students in both basic and clinical research.
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Office of Research and Graduate Studies
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Drug Discovery and Metabolomics Core Facility
DDMC Facility
The UMKC School of Pharmacy Metabolomics and Drug Discovery Core Facility provides advanced analytical instrumentation and hands on training.Faculty Researchers
Brandi Bowers Clinical Associate Professor Email: bowersbr@umkc.edu Research areas: Underserved Patient Care; Interprofessional Partnerships; Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Evidence-Based Medicine
Austin Campbell Clinical Associate Professor Email: campbellar@umkc.edu Research areas: Mental Health in Primary Care
Kun Cheng Curators' Distinguished Professor Email: chengkun@umkc.edu Research areas: Biotechnology; Drug Delivery
Lisa Cillessen Clinical Associate Professor Email: cillessenl@umkc.edu Research areas: Medication Safety; Point-of-Care Testing; Curricular Design
Seenae Eum Teaching Assistant Professor Email: eums@umkc.edu Research areas: Pharmacogenomics; Psychopharmacology
Simon Friedman Curators' Distinguished Professor Email: friedmans@umkc.edu Research areas: Chemical-Biology; Macromolecular Chemistry
Paul O. Gubbins Associate Dean at MSU Email: gubbinsp@umkc.edu Research areas: Health Education and Perceptions Among College Students; Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Pharmacy ; Point-Of-Care Tests for Infectious Diseases; Pharmacokinetics and Drug Interactions Associated with Antifungal Agents
William Gutheil Professor Email: gutheilw@umkc.edu Research areas: Chemical Biology
Kendall Guthrie Clinical Professor Email: guthriekd@umkc.edu Research areas: Community Pharmacy Practice Advancement; Interprofessional Education; Co-curricular Experiences
Karen Hardinger Clinical Professor / Director of Assessment Email: hardingerk@umkc.edu Research areas: Pharmacotherapy; Transplants
Chi H. Lee Professor Email: leech@umkc.edu Research areas: Implantable Polymer-Based Cardiovascular Systems for Delivery of Drugs, Proteins and Gene, Ideal Platform for 3D & 4D Printed AI-Based Biomedical Engineering
Cameron C. Lindsey Chair, Division of Pharmacy Practice and Administration/Professor Email: lindseyca@umkc.edu Research areas: Preventative Health; Community Engagement
Yifei Liu Associate Professor Email: liuyif@umkc.edu Research areas: Healthcare Services; Health Behaviors and Outcomes
Mridul Mukherji Associate Professor Email: mukherjim@umkc.edu Research areas: Enzymology; Epigenetics
Sarah Oprinovich Clinical Associate Professor Email: oprinovichs@umkc.edu Research areas: Community Pharmacy; Chronic Disease Management; editorial board for Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning
Erica Ottis Clinical Professor Email: ottisej@umkc.edu Research areas: Interprofessional Education; Interprofessional Team Development
Mark Patterson Associate Professor Email: pattersonmar@umkc.edu Research areas: Implementation Science; Community Pharmacy; Health Information Technology; Artificial Intelligence
Jordan Rowe Clinical Associate Professor Email: rowejm@umkc.edu Research areas: LGBTQ Health Outcomes; Educational Outcomes; Health Outcomes of Endocrine Disorders
Jennifer Santee Clinical Professor Email: santeej@umkc.edu Research areas: Diversity; Equity
Amanda Stahnke Clinical Professor Email: stahnkea@umkc.edu Research areas: Diabetes Distress; Health Equity
Diana Tamer Clinical Associate Professor Email: tamerd@umkc.edu Research areas: Cancer Genomics
Eric Wombwell Clinical Professor Email: ericwombwell@umkc.edu Research areas: Healthcare-Associated Infections Prevention; Microbiome Modulation for Health and Disease; Advanced Strategies for Clostridioides difficile Infection Management and Prevention; Antimicrobial Stewardship and Resistance Mitigation
Bi-Botti Celestin Youan Professor Email: youandb@umkc.edu Research areas: Nanomedicine; Controlled Drug Delivery; Targeted Drug Delivery, Pharmaceutical Technology; Pharmaceutical Engineering; Pharmaceutics