Research
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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.
Faculty Researchers
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Hari K. Bhat Email: bhath@umkc.edu Research areas: Breast Cancer; Oxidative Stress
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Brandi Bowers Email: bowersbr@umkc.edu Research areas: Underserved Patients; Interprofessional Partnerships
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Kun Cheng Email: chengkun@umkc.edu Research areas: Biotechnology; Drug Delivery
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Lisa Cillessen Email: cillessenl@umkc.edu Research areas: Medication Safety; Point-of-Care Testing
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Simon Friedman Email: friedmans@umkc.edu Research areas: Chemical-Biology; Macromolecular Chemistry
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William Gutheil Email: gutheilw@umkc.edu Research areas: Chemical Biology
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Karen Hardinger Email: hardingerk@umkc.edu Research areas: Pharmacotherapy; Transplants
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Orisa Igwe Email: igweo@umkc.edu Research areas: Chronic Pain; Reactive Oxygen and Nitrogen Species (RONS); Toll-Like Receptor 4 (TLR4); Nuclear Factor kappa B (NFkB); Proteasomes; Mitochondrial Stress
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Chi H. Lee Research areas: Drug Delivery
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Cameron C. Lindsey Email: lindseyca@umkc.edu Research areas: Preventative Health; Community Engagement
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Yifei Liu Email: liuyif@umkc.edu Research areas: Health Care Services; Health Behaviors and Outcomes
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Mridul Mukherji Email: mukherjim@umkc.edu Research areas: Enzymology; Epigenetics
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Erica Ottis Email: ottisej@umkc.edu Research areas: Interprofessional Education; Interprofessional Team Development
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Mark Patterson Email: pattersonmar@umkc.edu Research areas: Implementation Science; Medication Reconciliation; Transitions of Care; Health Information Exchange; Electronic Health Records
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Jordan Rowe Email: rowejm@umkc.edu Research areas: LGBTQ Health Outcomes; Educational Outcomes
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Jennifer Santee Email: santeej@umkc.edu Research areas: Diversity; Equity
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Amanda Stahnke Email: stahnkea@umkc.edu Research areas: Diabetes Distress; Health Equity
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Diana Tamer Email: tamerd@umkc.edu Research areas: Cancer Genomics
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Bi-Botti Celestin Youan Email: youandb@umkc.edu Research areas: Nanomedicine; Controlled Drug Delivery; Targeted Drug Delivery, Pharmaceutical Technology; Pharmaceutical Engineering; Pharmaceutics
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Xiangming Zha Email: xzha@umkc.edu Research areas: Brain Acid Signaling; BBB and Ischemic Brain Injury